Sher Tremonte Expands White Collar and Investigations Capabilities with Opening of Washington, D.C. Office to be led by Former DOJ Unit Chief Brian Kidd

New York, NY and Washington, D.C. – Sher Tremonte LLP announced today the opening of its Washington, D.C. office at One Lafayette Centre, 1120 20th Street, NW, Suite 360, Washington, DC 20036, marking a significant expansion of the firm’s white collar, investigations, and complex litigation platform. The office will be led by partner Brian Kidd, a former Chief of the Department of Justice’s Market Integrity and Major Frauds Unit, whose practice focuses on high-stakes government-facing investigations, enforcement actions, and related civil and criminal litigation.

Kidd joined Sher Tremonte’s D.C. office in June from a top international law firm and brings extensive experience representing public and private companies, boards of directors, and senior executives in complex DOJ, SEC, and CFTC investigations, internal investigations, and corporate crises. He has first-chaired more than a dozen federal trials and regularly advises clients navigating parallel inquiries by federal and state prosecutors, regulators, and congressional committees.

Before entering private practice, Kidd served in senior leadership roles in the DOJ’s Criminal Division, including as Chief of the Market Integrity and Major Frauds Unit in the Fraud Section, where he supervised a team of roughly 40 federal prosecutors and oversaw some of the Department’s most significant securities, commodities, cryptocurrency, and corporate fraud prosecutions. He also chaired DOJ’s Securities and Commodities Fraud Working Group, working closely with senior officials at the SEC, CFTC, FDIC, and Federal Reserve on cross-agency enforcement priorities.

“Launching our Washington, D.C. office is a natural next step in the growth of Sher Tremonte’s white collar and investigations practice,” said Sher Tremonte partner and co-founder Justin Sher. “With Brian at the helm, we are deepening our ability to handle high-profile matters at the intersection of enforcement, regulation, and complex litigation, and to guide clients through government scrutiny from D.C.-based agencies and beyond.”

Sher Tremonte’s Washington, D.C. office will serve clients across a range of industries, including financial services, fintech and cryptocurrency, education, healthcare, professional services, technology, and defense, as they navigate enforcement risk, internal reviews, and complex disputes. The opening of the office reinforces the firm’s commitment to providing sophisticated, trial-tested counsel in matters that attract attention from regulators, prosecutors, and the public.

“Our clients increasingly face simultaneous inquiries from DOJ, the SEC, the CFTC, state attorneys general, and congressional committees, and they need counsel who understand how those pieces fit together,” said Kidd. “Sher Tremonte’s trial pedigree, lean and efficient teams, and deep experience in complex investigations make it an ideal platform for helping clients confront their most difficult regulatory and enforcement challenges from Washington, D.C.”