Margaret E. Krawiec

Margaret Krawiec has represented clients in connection with U.S. Department of Justice investigations, state attorney general investigations, investigations by various congressional committees, matters before federal agencies and complex civil litigation.

Ms. Krawiec previously worked as a trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Division, through the auspices of the Attorney General’s Honors Program. While serving in this position, she gained substantial trial and courtroom experience representing the United States in diverse, high-profile cases in federal district courts throughout the country.

Ms. Krawiec also served as a law clerk for the Honorable Gregory J. Hobbs, Jr. of the Colorado Supreme Court. Ms. Krawiec’s cases at Skadden have included representing clients in matters involving simultaneous criminal, civil, administrative and congressional proceedings.

She has defended clients in investigations, litigation and administrative actions by the Department of Justice, the Food and Drug Administration, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Treasury and various state attorneys general.

She also has advised on matters involving various congressional committees, including the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation, the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Education:

• J.D., Loyola University of Chicago School of Law, 1998 (cum laude; Editor in Chief, Law Review)
• B.A., Santa Clara University, 1995 (magna cum laude)

Admissions:

• Colorado
• District of Columbia
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia