Kara Altenbaumer-Price
Associate
Kara's experience includes representing clients in litigation, government investigations and internal investigations with a specialization in SEC and DOJ enforcement. She has worked on a range of regulatory and financial issues including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; revenue recognition and other accounting and financial reporting issues; insider trading; commercial bribery; investor advisor regulations; securities registration violations; Medicare and Medicaid fraud and Stark law violations; white-collar criminal defense; and special litigation committee representation. She has spoken and written on the subjects of the FCPA, deferred prosecution, parallel investigations, the subprime crisis and privilege issues in government and internal investigations. Prior to entering private practice, Kara was a law clerk for Texas Supreme Court Justices Craig Enoch and Scott Brister during the 2003 - 2004 term.
Representative Experience
Kara has successfully represented clients through the SEC's Wells briefing process, persuading the SEC to close two recent matters without penalty. She has also represented a number of other clients in regulatory and securities matters:
- Representation of a multimillion-dollar pipeline services company in an industry-wide FCPA investigation by the SEC and DOJ
- Representation of the Special Litigation Committee of a multimillion-dollar nutritional products company in a shareholder derivative action
- Representation of more than 30 employee witnesses in an SEC investigation of financial reporting irregularities of a major enterprise software company
- Representation of the audit committee of a high-tech company in an internal investigation during the due diligence phase of a planned initial public offering
- Representation of a multistate restaurant holding company in a securities class action
- Representation of numerous individuals in SEC investigations alleging insider trading, financial advisor regulation violations, the sale of unregistered securities, securities fraud and failure to properly file an 8-K
- Representation of a multimillion-dollar electrical services company in an internal investigation of a whistle-blower claim of improper revenue recognition
Publications
- "FCPA Prosecution: Lessons Learned From Deferred and Non-Prosecution Agreements," (co-author) (pdf) White-Collar Crime Andrews Litigation Reporter (August 2009)
- "The Civil, Regulatory and Criminal Responses to the Subprime Mortgage Meltdown" (pdf) Andrews Securities Litigation & Regulation Reporter (November 18, 2008)
- "The Civil, Regulatory and Criminal Responses to the Subprime Mortgage Meltdown" Andrews Financial Crisis Litigation Reporter, Thomson Reuters/West (October 23, 2008)
- "Pros and Cons of Deferred Prosecution Agreements" Executive Legal Adviser (January 2006)
- "Assessing Risks of Sharing Internal Investigations: Target firms cooperating with government risk waiving their privilege" National Law Journal (March 21, 2005)
- "Texas Bar CLE's Practice Before the Texas Supreme Court" Supreme Court Update Supplement (April 2004)
In The News
- "Kara Altenbaumer-Price is One to Watch" (pdf) featured on the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers' website (April 2008)
- "From the Newsroom to the Courtroom" (pdf) Texas Tech Lawyer Magazine (Fall 2005)
Events
- Presenter, "Professional Responsibility: Current Developments in White Collar & Regulatory Matters" at the Federal Bar Association’s Annual Federal Civil Practice Seminar in Dallas (February 13, 2009)
- Moderator, "Do's and Don'ts of Brief Writing," presented by the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Judiciary Committee (May 21, 2008)
- Co-presenter with J. Wiley George and Matthew Nielsen, "Best practices for transactional lawyers to preserve legal privilege and confidentiality: avoiding missteps," presented at the Andrews Kurth 2008 Corporate/Securities & Tax Retreat (May 17, 2008)
- Moderator, "The Legal and Ethical Issues of New Media: Blogs, Podcasts, Live Chats, Copyright & Libel, Newsgathering, Privacy" presented by Dallas Bar Association's Media Relations Committee (May 5, 2008)
- Co-presenter with Matthew Nielsen, "What to Do When the Government Comes Knocking" presented to the Dallas Association of Financial Professionals (September 20, 2007)
