Kenya is a partner at Boies Schiller Flexner and has more than 20 years of experience in high-stakes trials and investigations, with more than 50 trials under her belt. Most recently, Kenya brought a labor trafficking case to trial for five Guatemalan migrant farmworkers, which resulted in securing a $570,000 jury verdict for the plaintiffs, including $450,000 in punitive damages under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act. In addition to investigations and commercial litigation work, Kenya advises companies on ESG-related issues, such as ensuring the integrity of supply chains and labor practices. She also co-leads the firm’s sexual misconduct litigation and investigations practice and has represented numerous clients in litigation filed under New York’s Adult Survivors Act and other similar legislation.
Kenya has served as an adjunct professor at American University where she teaches a course on the laws and policies surrounding domestic violence. She is currently the Chair of the Litigation Committee for the McDowell Social Justice Center.
Peter Johnson, J.D., M.B.A., is a federal criminal trial attorney, teacher and advocate. He is a Lecturer in Law at University of California (UCLA) School of Law and the University of Southern California (USC) Gould School of Law.
Prior to opening his own law firm in Southern California, he served as an Assistant Federal Public Defender in Baltimore, Maryland, and a Deputy Federal Public Defender in Los Angeles, California. He also worked as a litigation associate in a mid-sized law firm in Washington, D.C.
Peter graduated from the University of Maryland School or Law, Order of Barristers, where he was a member of the National Trial Team and the Jessup International Moot Court Team. He also earned his Master of Business Administration from IE Business School in Madrid, Spain, where he lived and taught graduate and undergraduate courses in principles of finance, international corporate finance, business economics, operations management and European business law.
After law school, Peter served as a law clerk to the Honorable Robert M. Bell, Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals of Maryland, and law clerk to the Honorable Alexander Williams, United States District Judge. With more twenty years of experience in public service and private practice, Peter has litigated hundreds of federal criminal cases, including jury trials, bench trials, evidentiary hearings and appeals. Peter is licensed to practice law in California and Maryland.
Shawn M. Wright is a litigator who concentrates her practice in the area of white collar criminal defense, with a specific focus on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) and international anti-corruption laws; criminal antitrust; public corruption; congressional investigations; government contracts matters including False Claims Act litigation; and complex civil litigation matters. She represents corporations, boards of directors, and corporate executives in a wide range of internal and government investigations, audits and risk assessments, parallel proceedings, and complex commercial litigation. She regularly appears before enforcement agencies and bodies such as the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”), Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and other regulatory authorities.
Shawn’s practice includes internal compliance program development for the FCPA, including establishing workplace compliance policies and procedures, due diligence in mergers and acquisitions, as well as post acquisition integration, procedures and protocols for third-party relationships, risk assessments, gap analysis and audits of ABAC compliance programs, and other transactions. She also conducts internal investigations and provides counsel on violations of the Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”).
Additionally, she represents companies and nonprofit organizations and their boards of directors in various matters involving corporate governance, compliance, and internal controls issues. She serves as outside counsel for several nonprofit organizations. As a litigator, Shawn has represented individuals and corporations in state and federal courts throughout the country on a variety of criminal and civil matters.
Outside the Firm
Shawn is Chair of the Board of Directors for My Sister’s Place, one of the oldest domestic violence shelters in the District of Columbia, and a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated. She is a tutor and mentor to diverse women law students and law firm associates, and an enthusiastic football and basketball fan, both professional and collegiate.
Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Maryland
- U.S. District Court - District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court - Maryland
- United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- District of Columbia Bar Association
- Maryland Bar Association
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- National Bar Association
- National Association of Corporate Directors
Education
- Howard University, BA, cum laude
- Santa Clara University School of Law, JD
Professional Activities
Shawn is currently an independent director for the National Capital Bank of Washington, the oldest community bank in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. She serves on both the Audit and Corporate Governance Committees. She is also on the Board of Directors of D.C. Legal Aid Society, serving on the Nominating Committee. Shawn previously served as chair for the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights , and currently serves as a Commissioner for the Maryland State Racing Commission. Additionally, Shawn serves on the Board of Directors of The Economic Club of Washington, D.C. and is a member of the finance committee. She maintains active membership in various bar associations, currently serving as the Vice Chair of the National Bar Association Division – Minority Partners in Majority Firms, Secretary of the D.C. Chapter of the Women White Collar Defense Association, the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics, and the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals. She is also a member of the William Bryant Inn of Court.
Lillian is a U.S. Associate in Linklaters' Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations practice. Lillian has experience in a variety of areas including False Claims Act qui tam actions, internal investigations, class action lawsuits, sports law, government enforcement actions, and white-collar defense.
Her commitment to legal excellence is matched by a profound dedication to pro bono work, primarily centered on the defense of constitutional rights. Lillian played an instrumental role on a Linklaters' team that helped draft an amicus brief for the Supreme Court of the United States, representing the National Women's Law Center and other notable civil rights organizations, advocating for college admissions policies that promote diversity.
Lillian is an alumna of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she dual-majored in Psychology and Legal Studies, demonstrating her diverse interests and comprehensive approach to the field of law. At UW-Madison, Lillian served as president of the undergraduate Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. chapter, a community-conscious, action-oriented organization. Her legal education was furthered at the University of Virginia School of Law, where she obtained her juris doctor degree. There, Lillian served as president of the Black Law Students Association and received the National Chapter of the Year Award during her tenure.
Lillian is admitted to practice in both Washington, D.C. and New York.