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experience also includes an associate position at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP. Ms. Harris is a
graduate of Columbia Law School and Harvard College and clerked for the Honorable Eugene H. Nickerson.

M. Kristin Mace is a partner in Covington & Burling LLP’s White Collar Defense and
Investigations Group where she represents entities and individuals before domestic
and foreign law enforcement agencies, as well as in court. She also conducts
investigations and advises businesses on maintaining compliance with U.S. and
international regulations, helping them operate effectively in global markets governed
by complex laws and multiple oversight regimes. With over 13 years of experience
as a federal prosecutor, Kristin previously served as Chief of the Criminal Division in
the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York where she supervised
more than 115 Assistant U.S. Attorneys and the investigation, prosecution, and trial of countless high-
profile cases. Before serving as Criminal Division Chief, Kristin gained extensive investigations and trial
experience, including in the global investigation of corruption in international soccer and the resulting
charges against over 50 defendants from more than 20 countries and two jury trials in the FIFA cases.
Kristin graduated cum laude from Northwestern University School of Law and received her B.A. with high
honors from Oberlin College. She previously served as a law clerk to the Honorable Virginia A. Phillips in
the Central District of California and the Honorable Joel M. Flaum on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

Jessica Masella, a partner at DLA Piper LLP (US), is an experienced trial lawyer who
represents international and domestic corporations and individuals in criminal and
regulatory proceedings, government investigations, and complex civil litigation.
She regularly leads investigations for corporate clients involving a variety of issues
including bribery and corruption (including FCPA), financial and accounting fraud,
and employee misconduct.

Prior to joining DLA Piper, Jessica served for twelve years as an Assistant United
States Attorney in the Criminal Division of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of
New York, where she was a member of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force. She also served
as the Chief of the Narcotics Unit and, in that role, she supervised approximately 20 Assistant United
States Attorneys in all aspects of their investigations and prosecutions. She has conducted federal criminal
trials both as a prosecutor and as a defense lawyer, and she has briefed and argued more than a dozen
appeals in the Second Circuit. Jessica has an active pro bono practice and has served on the Criminal
Justice Act Panel for the SDNY for more than six years and has represented dozens of individuals facing
federal criminal charges.

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