Nicolle Sayers
Associate, Washington, D.C.
Overview
Professional experience
Education and qualifications
Overview
Nicolle represents individuals and corporations in white collar cases, internal and regulatory investigations, cross-border regulatory compliance, and in high-stakes, complex commercial disputes. She has experience representing and advising clients across a wide range of issues, including insider trading, fraud, securities litigation, False Claims Act, US economic sanctions and US tariffs and related enforcement. Nicolle also has experience advising clients on cross-border matters. Nicolle is fluent in Spanish.
Nicolle is also committed to pro bono work. In 2024, she received the Linklaters Social Impact Award in recognition of her dedication to advancing justice for underserved communities. Her pro bono representations have included assisting individuals in obtaining legal status in the United States through Special Immigrant Juvenile Status and T-Visas, challenging the constitutionality of state laws, including with respect to equal protection and due process violations, in federal court, and engaging in impact litigation against discriminatory policing practices in federal court.
Work highlights
- Several corporation executives: representing several executives and employees as pool counsel in connection with an internal investigation and SEC inquiry.
- A major national sports league organization: advising on an internal investigation prompted by a related whistleblower complaint.
- A multinational corporation: representing on a consumer class action claim alleging product defects.
- A bank executive: representing an executive in an SEC litigation alleging securities fraud, aiding and abetting securities fraud, and accounting controls claims.
- A large multinational corporation: advising on an internal compliance investigation in connection with a voluntary disclosure to CBP resulting from unpaid tariffs.
- Mylan Pharmaceuticals CIO: securing complete dismissal of DOJ securities fraud charges two weeks before trial and securing a dismissal in a SEC enforcement action.
- A pharmaceutical executive: representing an executive in a DOJ prosecution alleging insider trading, a pump and dump scheme and fraud.
- Several bank executives: advising clients in connection with multiple government investigations, including the DOJ, SEC, DFPI and FRB.
- A global financial institution: advising on an internal compliance investigation in connection with a parallel SEC and CFTC investigation.
- A large multinational corporation: advising on an independent internal compliance investigation in connection with allegations of fraud and conflicts of interest.
- A leading international electronics company: advising on complex civil litigation and a commercial dispute.
- Major cross-border corporations: advising on pre- and post-acquisition diligence, including full-scale compliance uplifts.
Professional experience
Nicolle is a member of the D.C. Bar Association, the Hispanic Bar Associations’ D.C. Chapter and the National Hispanic Bar Association.
Education and qualifications
In law school she was a Student Attorney at the AUWCL Criminal Justice Clinic which practiced in the Montgomery County State Attorney’s Office District Court. She was also the Executive Editor of The Criminal Law Prosecutor, AUWCL's only dedicated criminal law publication, and a senior staffer of the Business Law Review. Nicolle was a member of the Mock Trial Honor Society, where she competed in six national competitions, winning several awards and placing as quarterfinalist in three competitions.