Kyle Hankey - Miami, FL

As a trial lawyer with extensive business-case experience, Kyle brings a rare combination of litigation skills to his clients: nearly a decade as a federal prosecutor at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he investigated and prosecuted some of the nation’s most significant corporate fraud cases, and nearly a decade in private practice at a prominent national law firm. This dual perspective gives Kyle an uncommon ability to anticipate how courts and enforcement agencies will approach a matter, and to develop strategies that advance his clients’ interests at every stage. As an Assistant Chief in the DOJ Criminal Division’s Fraud Section, Kyle provided strategic leadership and litigation direction on a portfolio of the Section’s most consequential corporate fraud matters, while continuing to personally investigate and prosecute cases through trial. He developed particular depth in securities fraud, procurement fraud, and accounting fraud, and worked extensively with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the DOJ’s Civil Fraud Section, the Department of Defense, and other federal agencies on parallel civil and criminal enforcement actions.

Kyle has handled several landmark cases that generated national attention, including the criminal case against a major U.S. Navy shipbuilder that pleaded guilty to an accounting fraud scheme and obstruction of a Defense Department audit; the entry of a deferred prosecution agreement with a Fortune 500 defense contractor that paid over $950 million to resolve defective pricing and other charges; the prosecution of three former executives of a Chicago-based advertising technology company who were convicted after an eleven-week trial on charges arising from a $1 billion scheme to defraud the company’s customers, lenders, and investors; and multiple other trial convictions in cases involving securities fraud, investment fraud, and accounting fraud. Kyle received two Assistant Attorney General’s Awards for outstanding performance in the prosecution of significant financial fraud cases.

Before joining the Department of Justice, Kyle spent nearly a decade at a prominent national law firm, where he rose to partner. His practice focused on representing corporations and individuals in criminal and civil government enforcement matters and complex business litigation. Kyle was a member of the trial team that secured the dismissal of all criminal charges against a former division president of a Fortune 500 company following a ten-week federal criminal trial over allegations of fraud and environmental violations. He also handled complex commercial disputes involving government contracts, construction, and natural resource rights. Kyle’s trial record gives him the credibility and courtroom experience that sophisticated companies and executives demand when the stakes are highest. And clients considering whether to bring whistleblower actions benefit from Kyle’s firsthand understanding of how the government evaluates and investigates these matters from the inside.