Rebecca Brodey

Member

Rebecca Brodey joined the firm’s Washington, D.C., office in 2009. She is a member in the firm's White Collar Defense & Investigations Practice Group.

Rebecca earned her bachelor's degree in French from the University of California, Berkeley. She earned her law degree from Georgetown Law, where she was a member of the Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy and was a Global Teaching Fellow. She also completed a master's program in global economic law at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. 

Rebecca has been recognized as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers magazine in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. She was also named as one of the top 100 “Women in Investigations” by Global Investigations Review.

Experience

Represented high-level employees at three different Japanese auto parts manufacturing companies in a United States federal criminal antitrust investigation that has obtained guilty pleas from at least 32 companies and over $2.4 billion in fines.

Represented a witness in a multi-year DOJ and SEC parallel investigation into potential obstruction of justice and other potential criminal offenses following a major oil disaster.

Conducted internal investigation for national services company regarding billing practices and mismanagement of company's resources by local agents.

Represented former CEO of publicly traded health-care company at sentencing; obtained for client a sentence of 36 months imprisonment where the applicable Sentencing Guidelines range called for a minimum of 10 years' imprisonment. 

Represented Internet poker website in federal prosecution of interstate gambling and money laundering; no criminal charges filed against client.

Represented several executives of two international banks in connection with federal investigations of possible violations of U.S. Treasury sanctions and State of New York law; no charges filed against any clients.

Represented executive of payment processing company who pleaded guilty to operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business servicing Internet gambling businesses; obtained for client a sentence of 36 months imprisonment where Court found that the applicable Sentencing Guidelines range was 108-135 months imprisonment.

Advised multinational gaming company on United States federal and state regulations related to online sweepstakes.

Represented a concert promoter in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against Grammy-nominated rapper Wiz Khalifa, who claimed breach of contract, and over a million dollars, for the cancellation of a show by the promoter. Hayes, Fox and Brodey argued successfully to dismiss on grounds that no contract was ever formed.

News

Best Lawyers Honors More Than 200 Cozen O'Connor Attorneys to its Best Lawyers in America 2024 Edition

August 17, 2023

Best Lawyers selected 232 Cozen O’Connor lawyers from 24 of the firm’s U.S. offices for inclusion in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

More Than 200 Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Named Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch

August 22, 2022

210 Cozen O’Connor lawyers from 24 of the firm’s nationwide offices for inclusion in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

More Than 205 Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Named Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch By The Best Lawyers In America

August 19, 2021

Best Lawyers selected 210 Cozen O’Connor lawyers from 23 of the firm’s nationwide offices for inclusion in the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

82 Cozen O’Connor Lawyers, 19 Practices Earn Top Recognition in Chambers USA 2021 Guide

May 26, 2021

Chambers USA, the leading annual guide to the top lawyers and law firms in the United States, has ranked 82 Cozen O’Connor lawyers as leaders in their respective fields in the guide’s 2021 edition; of those, 15 lawyers have been recognized nationally.

Twelve Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Recognized as Washington, D.C., Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

May 05, 2021

Super Lawyers has named 12 Cozen O'Connor attorneys to its 2021 Washington, D.C., Super Lawyers and Rising Stars list.

200 Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Named Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch By The Best Lawyers In America

August 20, 2020

Best Lawyers selected 200 Cozen O’Connor lawyers from 23 of the firm’s nationwide offices for inclusion in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© (Copyright 2020 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC).

63 Cozen O’Connor Lawyers, 16 Practices Earn Top Recognition in Chambers USA 2020 Guide

May 14, 2020

Chambers USA, the leading annual guide to the top lawyers and law firms in the United States, has ranked 63 Cozen O’Connor lawyers as leaders in their respective fields in the guide’s 2020 edition.

Fourteen Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Recognized as Washington, D.C., Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

April 20, 2020

Super Lawyers has named 14 Cozen O'Connor attorneys to its 2020 Washington, D.C., Super Lawyers and Rising Stars list.

13 Cozen O'Connor Attorneys Recognized as Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

April 25, 2019

The 2019 Washington, D.C, edition of Super Lawyers Magazine, published by Thomson Reuters, has named 13 Cozen O’Connor attorneys to its list of Super Lawyers and Rising Stars.

57 Cozen O’Connor Lawyers, 16 Practices Earn Top Recognition in Chambers USA 2019 Guide

April 25, 2019

Chambers USA, the leading annual guide to the top lawyers and law firms in the USA, has ranked 57 Cozen O’Connor lawyers as leaders in their respective fields in the Guide’s 2019 edition.

Rebecca Brodey Named to GIR’s 2015 Top 100 “Women in Investigations”

April 07, 2015

Rebecca Brodey, an associate in Cozen O’Connor’s Criminal Defense & Internal Investigations Practice Group, has been named to Global Investigations Review’s 2015 “Women in Investigations: One Hundred Investigations Specialists from Around the World.” The inaugural list, featured in the magazine's April 2015 issue, highlights 100 women selected by GIR's editorial team in recognition of “achieving great things in a competitive and notoriously tough area of law.”

Publications

Half-Baked: The Yates Memo Calls for Charging More Offenders, But How Do We Sentence Them?

July 02, 2018

Barry Boss and Rebecca Brodey author this article in The Enforcement MAZE.

Understanding the DOJ's Airlines Antitrust Investigation [Corporate Counsel]

August 03, 2015

Barry Boss, Stephen Miller, and Rebecca Brodey discuss the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division’s latest investigation – airline capacity restrictions.

Immaculate Suspension: Non-Analytical Positive Doping Violations from USADA to MLB [Entertainment and Sports Lawyer]

March 31, 2014

In an article titled “Immaculate Suspension: Non-Analytical Positive Doping Violations from USADA to MLB,” Barry Boss and Rebecca Brodey, of the Criminal Defense & Internal Investigations Practice Group, discuss a new era of combating drug use in baseball and other sports, one where athletes are increasingly suspended for doping violations not because of a positive drug test, but based on non-analytical evidence.

Events & Seminars

Past Events

2023 WWCDA Awards Gala

November 28, 2023 - Washington, D.C.

ABA White Collar Crime 2023

March 01, 2023 - Miami, FL

Industry Sectors

Education

  • Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2010
  • Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Master, Global Economic Law, 2009
  • University of California–Berkeley, B.A., 2004

Awards & Honors

Best Lawyers in America "Ones to Watch" 2022, 2023

Chambers USA (Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations - DC): 2021

DC Super Lawyers’ Rising Stars (White Collar Defense & Investigations): 2014-2021

Chambers USA Up and Coming: 2020

Global Investigations Review – Top 100 Women in Investigations: 2015

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