Rachel S. Mechanic Partner

Rachel skillfully represents corporate and individual clients in securities enforcement proceedings, complex commercial litigations, and white-collar criminal matters.

Rachel Mechanic advises clients in matters that proceed simultaneously in regulatory, white-collar defense, and civil litigation forums, including courts at the federal and state levels, arbitrations, and mediations. She has extensive experience defending clients in investigations and enforcement proceedings conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, state attorneys general offices, and other governmental and regulatory bodies. These include matters involving alleged securities fraud, market manipulation, accounting fraud, suitability, sexual harassment and retaliation, and economic sanctions. Rachel also advises registered representatives in connection with Forms U4 and U5 disclosure language and expungement actions. 

A community leader, Rachel maintains an active pro bono practice. She represents clients in post-conviction proceedings, immigration matters, and family law actions. Rachel also represents clients in connection with their role as amici, including in connection with two recent seminal Second Amendment cases before the U.S. Supreme Court of the United States.