Assistant U.S Attorney

U.S. Department of Justice

Based in San Francisco, Kathryn Haun is a federal prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice and is its first-ever coordinator for emerging financial technologies. Since 2006, she has served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, first in the Washington D.C. area and later in San Francisco, California. She has investigated and prosecuted hundreds of violations of federal criminal law in U.S. courts and before juries, with a focus on financial fraud, cybercrime, the Dark Net, and digital currency.

 

Kathryn speaks frequently to international and domestic audiences on matters ranging from cybersecurity to blockchain, including recently at TEDx. In addition to her role at the Justice Department, she teaches cybercrime at Stanford Law School and is frequently called on for her expertise in this area, having appeared in national media outlets including NPR, Bloomberg, CNBC, Forbes, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.

 

She has successfully investigated and prosecuted corporate compliance failures, and negotiated resolutions with Fortune 500 companies. Kathryn has also served as lead counsel in numerous jury trials, including RICO murder and organized crime cases, all to successful verdict, and led several high-profile, complex investigations including against Ripple Labs, Inc. and against the former federal agents investigating the Silk Road marketplace.

 

Kathryn previously worked on national security issues and held senior positions in the Justice Department, including as Counselor to Attorney General Michael Mukasey and as Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for National Security. Prior to that she was in private practice at Sidley Austin LLP in Washington D.C. She clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy and is an Honors graduate of Stanford Law School where she served as Managing Editor of the Stanford Law Review.

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