NEW YORK — Jan. 23, 2025
Key takeaways
- Artie McConnell has joined BakerHostetler’s New York office as a partner in the nationwide Litigation Practice Group and a member of the White Collar, Investigations and Securities Enforcement and Litigation team. He will also co-lead the firm’s newly formed National Security Investigations and Litigation Task Force with Atlanta partner Jenna Solari and Washington partner Melissa Mannino.
- McConnell joins BakerHostetler after serving as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York for 10 years.
- He will counsel and represent companies and individuals in a broad range of high-stakes criminal and civil enforcement actions, cross-border regulatory proceedings, internal investigations and compliance matters.
Why this matters
With a decade of experience trying complex cases in numerous practice areas and holding key leadership positions with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, McConnell is a solid addition to BakerHostetler’s Litigation Practice Group. He, Solari and Mannino will lead the new National Security Investigations and Litigation Task Force, which will help clients address sensitive issues at the intersection of business and national security, including corporate national security enforcement, economic sanctions and export controls, economic espionage and trade secret theft, transactional due diligence and monitoring, critical incident and cybersecurity response, anti-corruption, congressional investigations and military defense, and government access to information and classified litigation.
Key quote
“We are thrilled to launch the National Security Investigations and Litigation Task Force and have Artie co-lead this impressive team of former federal prosecutors and government enforcement officials with years of experience successfully investigating, litigating and trying to verdict some of the nation’s most complex national security matters,” said Ray Whitman, chair of BakerHostetler’s Litigation Practice Group. “His experience in working across the highest levels of law enforcement, the intelligence community, regulatory agencies and foreign officials will be invaluable to the firm and our clients.”
About McConnell’s practice
As an assistant U.S. attorney, McConnell tried complex, high-profile cases as lead counsel in nearly every practice area, including securities fraud, public corruption, cybercrime and national security matters. He held several leadership positions within the U.S. Attorney’s Office, most recently as deputy chief of the National Security and Cybercrime section, where he supervised and handled some of the most sensitive and complex terrorism, espionage and cybersecurity cases in the nation. McConnell also served as head of the office’s global sanctions and export control enforcement program, where he focused on dual-use technologies and the energy sector.
McConnell’s cases were frequently cited by government agencies in compliance guidance issued to the private sector. He twice received attorneys general awards, including the John Marshall Award for his trial advocacy and the Distinguished Service Award — the Department of Justice’s second-highest honor — for his sanctions and export control work.
McConnell received both a Master of Arts and a J.D. from The George Washington University.
Key quote
“Any company doing business that touches on national security issues face massive liability for even minor missteps. Artie’s prior service as a Deputy National Security Chief is a tremendous resource for our clients – proactively in compliance and strategically in defense of historic acts,” said George Stamboulidis, managing partner of BakerHostetler’s New York office and co-leader of the firm’s White Collar, Securities and Investigations team. “Jenna, Melissa and Artie are outstanding choices to lead our new task force that will provide coordinated solutions to the most complex disputes.”
With more than 400 litigators in offices coast to coast, BakerHostetler’s Litigation Practice Group represents market-leading clients in virtually every type of case and proceeding, nationally and around the world. The group’s roster of litigators includes former prosecutors, veteran civil trial attorneys and former enforcement officials from various government agencies. Recognized as a “go-to law firm” for its deep bench, commitment to client needs and tenacity, and named by BTI four years in a row as “Most Feared in Litigation,” BakerHostetler’s Litigation Practice Group successfully protects clients in and outside the courtroom. For more information, visit bakerlaw.com/Litigation. Connect with us on LinkedIn at @BakerHostetler, @RayWhitman, @GeorgeStamboulidis or @Artie McConnell or on the social platform X at @BakerHostetler.
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