I am a Corporate Deputy General Counsel at Comcast, where I oversee and report on the compliance programs across the company's global subsidiaries, including Comcast Cable, NBCUniversal, and Sky. I have over 12 years of legal experience, with a focus on complex commercial litigation, investigations, and regulatory inquiries involving US and international enforcement authorities.

My mission is to advance the company's compliance culture and values, and ensure adherence to the highest ethical standards and legal obligations. I advise on the company's compliance risks in areas such as financial crime, international trade controls, and human rights, and collaborate with our business unit legal and compliance teams on enhancing the overall compliance program. I also served as the Interim Chief Compliance Officer at Sky for seven months, where I led the development and implementation of compliance policies, procedures, and training.

In addition, I am committed to giving back to the community and promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in the legal profession, as evidenced by my pro bono work, civic initiatives, and recognition by Legal Momentum, the Legal Intelligencer, National Black Lawyers, and the Philadelphia Business Journal.

Nicole is a former federal prosecutor and she focuses her practice on representing companies and individuals in criminal matters and parallel civil proceedings, as well as in internal investigations. Her practice includes advising clients in matters arising under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), U.S. export controls and sanctions and anti-money laundering regulations, federal health care laws, and the securities and commodities laws, as well as in connection with federal procurement, mortgage, and bank fraud allegations. She frequently represents corporate and individual clients in antitrust cartel internal and government investigations, including those conducted by the Department of Justice Antitrust Division’s Procurement Collusion Strike Force.

Internal investigations that Nicole has conducted include allegations of workplace harassment against an internationally renowned opera singer on behalf of the industry labor union; allegations of harassment, discrimination and hostile workplace environment in the entertainment and health care industries; allegations of sexual assault in the professional sports industry; and various allegations of sexual assault, harassment and student misconduct on behalf of a government program administrator. Further to that work, Nicole frequently advises clients regarding implementation of recommendations for remedial measures and corporate governance and compliance program enhancements.

Nicole has also represented clients in investigations being conducted by World Bank Group's Integrity Vice Presidency, and served as a monitor for a company participating in the World Bank’s Voluntary Disclosure Program and consulted with clients in designing and implementing effective compliance programs to obtain the release of sanctions and reinstate good standing with the World Bank Group. Nicole has represented clients in investigations by U.S. government authorities under Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties (MLATs) and, while serving as a federal prosecutor, she coordinated parallel foreign proceedings under MLATs.

An experienced trial lawyer, Nicole has tried federal and state cases in the District of Columbia and throughout the country. She has litigated cases involving a broad range of industries, including accounting, banking, securities, commodities trading, health care, construction, government contracting, and the student loan industry. Her practice includes handling False Claims Act under the federal act and state-law corollaries and other civil litigation matters, including civil forfeiture, shareholder class action, securities fraud, breach of contract and defamation cases, including under California’s anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation Law) statute, which supplements the First Amendment in that state.

Immediately prior to joining Cozen O’Connor, Nicole practiced in the criminal defense, investigations, and civil litigation practice in the Washington, D.C., office of a large international law firm. Prior to joining the law firm, she served as a prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Fraud Section, where she prosecuted FCPA, securities and commodities, procurement, and health care fraud cases, as well as cases involving fraud against the Export-Import Bank of the United States.

As a prosecutor, Nicole led criminal investigations in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, and in parallel with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the then-UK Financial Services Authority, and other international antitrust regulators. Nicole was one of the first prosecutors of cases involving the manipulation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and other international bank interest rates. She also tried one of the National Century Financial Enterprises cases in the Southern District of Ohio, then the largest private financial fraud committed to date.

Nicole is also an active member of the pro bono community — taking a substantial role in capital murder cases at the trial and U.S. Supreme Court appellate levels, and serving as a member of the ABA Criminal Justice Section’s Task Force on Law Enforcement Body Cameras. She also led a team that prepared a revision of The Constitution Project’s publication, Irreversible Error: Recommended Reforms for Preventing and Correcting Errors in the Administration of Capital Punishment.

Karen focuses her practice on a variety of litigation matters, particularly those involving allegations of white-collar crime and fraud. She defends individual and corporate clients in state and federal trial courts and arbitration proceedings across the United States, as well as in connection with internal and government investigations.

Karen has experience in various phases of criminal matters – from conducting internal investigations and responding to federal grand jury subpoenas to litigating a case to jury verdict. She has represented clients in a broad range of industries, including government contracting, mortgage services, alcohol distribution, and professional services.

Internal investigations that Karen has conducted include allegations of harassment and hostile workplace environment in the entertainment and technology industries and allegations of fraud and anti-kickback violations in the health care industry.  She also advises clients in matters arising under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and U.S. export controls and sanctions and anti-money laundering regulations.

Before joining Cozen O'Connor, Karen served as counsel in the litigation section of the Washington, D.C., office of a large, international law firm and as a law clerk to the Honorable Thomas D. Schroeder of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.

Karen is also active in providing pro bono legal representation, including representing one of over two hundred defendants arrested in D.C. while protesting during the 2017 Inauguration.  She has also represented two individuals facing the death penalty at the trial level.

While attending law school, she was the editor-in-chief of the American University Law Review and was named a member of the Order of the Coif. She also served as an extern at the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Appellate Staff and as an intern to the Honorable Reggie B. Walton of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.  Prior to law school, Karen worked in journalism.

Kurt is an experienced white collar litigator and former federal prosecutor who defends companies and individuals in the context of government or internal investigations, enforcement actions, and civil or criminal trials.

Kurt served as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of Florida (SDFL) for 13 years, leading a wide range of high-profile investigations. He first chaired or supervised nearly 30 trials to verdict, including prosecution of international drug trafficking, money laundering, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations, alien smuggling, maritime crimes, environmental crimes, health care fraud, kickback schemes, and financial fraud.

Widely respected in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Kurt received numerous recognitions and was promoted to several leadership posts, most recently deputy chief in the International Narcotics and Money Laundering Section and, prior to that, deputy chief in the Major Crimes Section. Kurt also worked in private practice for six years as a white collar criminal defense attorney in New York City and Philadelphia before going into government.

In his current practice, Kurt defends clients who are witnesses, subjects, or targets of government inquiries and investigations, leads internal and whistleblower claim investigations, and partners with corporate clients to audit and enhance compliance with federal and state laws.

Kurt earned his A.B. from Princeton University in 1999 and his J.D., cum laude, from Duke University School of Law in 2003, where he was an editor for the Alaska Law Review. Kurt completed a clerkship with the Honorable Richard J. Leon in the District Court for the District of Columbia.

A former NCAA Division I athlete, Kurt was captain of Princeton University’s lacrosse team, winning three national championships and co-captaining the 1996 World Champion U.S. Under-19 team. He is still deeply involved in the lacrosse community, serving as a member of the disciplinary committee of the professional Premier Lacrosse League and as a volunteer high school lacrosse coach.