Lisa A. Prager
Principal
(212) 880-9570
(202) 349-0123
Lisa A. Prager has represented individuals and corporations in a wide variety of federal criminal and regulatory matters. She focuses on government investigations and enforcement actions arising from the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, U.S. export controls, economic sanctions law, and government contracts matters. Ms. Prager has conducted internal investigations for public corporations and has experience representing Boards, as well as senior management, in such investigations. In addition, Ms. Prager has worked with companies in the administration of consent decrees, monitorships and other post settlement agreements.
Prior to entering private practice, Ms. Prager was an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia and Acting Assistant Secretary and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement at the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security. Her work at the Commerce Department included managing many of the Agency's largest export control settlements and indictments to date, including criminal investigations related to Chinese exports and the freight-forwarding industry. As an Assistant U.S. Attorney, Ms. Prager has dealt with federal cases involving terrorism, wire and mail fraud, economic espionage, and export control violations, among many other matters.
Ms. Prager is admitted in the District of Columbia and New York and United States Court of Federal Claims and has litigated cases in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, as well as numerous federal appellate courts and District of Columbia courts.
