Edward T. Kang

• National counsel for a global health insurance company in complex commercial litigation and arbitration matters.
• Lead trial counsel for an investment adviser in an SEC enforcement action pending in federal district court.
• Representing individuals in connection with the special counsel’s investigation into Russian interference with the 2016 presidential election.
• Counsel for several companies in the residential mortgage industry in investigations conducted by the DOJ and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
• Counsel for former state attorneys general as amici curiae in former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell’s appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals.
• Counsel for individuals and corporations in numerous investigations conducted by the DOJ and U.S. Attorney’s Offices involving allegations related to bribery, health care fraud, wire fraud, false statements, and tax evasion. No charges were brought against any of these individuals or entities.
• Counsel for pharmaceutical companies in a state False Claims Act lawsuit filed by a state attorney general relating to alleged misrepresentations regarding FDA approvals.
• Conducted numerous internal investigations on matters related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and antitrust for Fortune 500 companies across a wide range of industries, including aerospace and defense, health care, life sciences, financial services, automotive, information technology, and insurance.
• Counseled numerous companies on a variety of anticorruption issues, including FCPA acquisition due diligence, third-party due diligence, anticorruption training for employees, and revisions to corporate policies and procedures.

Edward (Ted) Kang is co-leader of Alston & Bird’s Government & Internal Investigations Team. His practice focuses on white collar defense and compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, False Claims Act, and Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctions.

Ted regularly represents companies and individuals under investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ), Securities and Exchange Commission, and other federal and state enforcement agencies. He counsels and conducts internal investigations for clients in an array of industries. Ted has a robust complex commercial litigation practice, particularly in the health care industry. He is an accomplished courtroom lawyer and has tried a dozen cases to verdict and argued cases before federal circuit courts.

Ted served for eight years as a federal prosecutor in the DOJ Criminal Division and at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut, where he prosecuted some of the department’s most high-profile fraud and public corruption cases. He is a recipient of the 2016 National Asian Pacific American Bar Association’s (NAPABA) “Best Under 40 Award” as well as the 2012 Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service. In 2014, he was named a D.C. “Rising Star” by The National Law Journal.

Ted is frequently called upon to provide expert analysis on white collar matters, including for the Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal and as a television analyst for WUSA9-DC.

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• New York

Education

• Harvard University (J.D., 2001)
• Yale University (B.A., 1998)

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