Overview
Ms. White has extensive litigation experience representing clients both domestically and abroad. She represents clients in a broad array of white collar and complex commercial litigation as well as internal investigations and compliance. She also represents entertainment and media clients in matters concerning First Amendment and defamation issues. For nearly a decade, Ms. White served as counsel to the SIPA trustee to the Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities estate to trace and recover assets across the globe. She handles disputes for clients in racketeering, fraud, corruption, antitrust, bankruptcy, libel, and business disputes.
Ms. White maintains an active pro bono practice focused on women’s and international human rights. She works in connection with the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund and National Women Law Center’s Legal Network for Gender Equity to counsel and represent women in defamation suits stemming from public allegations of sexual misconduct. She also represented an NGO in bringing a constitutional class action for violence against civilians in Kenya. Ms. White previously interned at the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia.
Professional Affiliations
- Member, New York State Bar Association
- Member, New York City Bar Association
- Member, Sex & Law Committee, New York City Bar Association (2018-2020)
- Member, International Human Rights Committee, New York City Bar Association (2012-2013)
- Member, American Bar Association
Experience
- Baker & Hostetler
- Defence Intern at the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia
- Nagashima, Ohno and Tsunematsu (summer)
Publications & Events
What are the pitfalls and best practices in vetting #MeToo accusations; how to preserve privacy and work with NDAs; defending libel claims when the alleged abuser or victim claims the other is a liar; are the standards the same for both alleged abusers and victims?; for the media that reports on it?
April 6, 2021LBKM wins summary judgment for pro bono client sued for defamation after sharing letter detailing sexual harassment.
March 8, 2021This year has seen a push for reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act from both sides of the aisle. While the parties’ positions on what and how regulation should change differ greatly, they agree that Section 230 is overly broad and has allowed platform providers to amass an undesirable amount of control over the content available on the internet.
October 14, 2020The Second Circuit held that 28 U.S.C. § 1782(a) cannot be used to support petitions for discovery for use in private foreign commercial arbitrations, settling an issue that has lingered unresolved in the circuit since 2004. The new decision, In re Guo, puts the Second Circuit squarely at odds with recent decisions issued by other circuit courts, raising the possibility that the Supreme Court will take up the issue next session to resolve the split. While Guo does not impact the ability of parties to foreign public arbitrations and litigations to take § 1782(a) discovery, for now at least, parties to private foreign arbitrations may have to look to more favorable circuits outside New York for relief.
July 13, 2020- Currents, June 2016
- LexBlog, November 13, 2014
- LexBlog, June 17, 2014
- LexBlog, March 12, 2014
- Obama Administration at Blows with Federal WhistleblowersFebruary 2014
- LexBlog, December 11, 2013
- LexBlog, October 29, 2013
- policyLab, June 25, 2008
In the News
- October 13, 2021
Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss PLLC is pleased to announce that John Moscow has been named to the 2021 New York Super Lawyers list. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in each state are selected to receive this honor. In addition, A. Mackenna White has been named to the 2021 New York Rising Stars list. Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected to receive this honor.
September 30, 2021Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss PLLC is pleased to announce that three of its lawyers have been named to the 2020 New York Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists.
September 29, 2020- Law360, August 26, 2020
Six LBKM professionals have been selected to the 2019 New York and Washington, DC Super Lawyers lists - an honor limited to 5 percent of the lawyers in each state. In addition, one LBKM professional has been selected to the 2019 New York Rising Stars list.
October 2019
Practice Areas
Education
- University of Chicago School of Law, 2008
- Instituto Internacional de Sociología Jurídica de Oñati, 2005
- University of California at Santa Barbara, 2004
Bar Admissions
- New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York