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Ms. Carmen J. Lawrence serves as Co-Head of Securities Enforcement & Regulation Practice of King & Spalding LLP. Ms. Lawrence serves as a Partner of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP and serves as its Co-Head of the securities enforcement and regulation practice of New York office. Ms. Lawrence joined Fried Frank as a Partner in 2000. Her practice focuses on representing parties in investigations and litigations conducted primarily by the Securities and Exchange Commission, self-regulatory organizations and state securities regulators, conducting internal investigations, providing crisis management advice to public and private companies and counseling public companies and regulated entities (broker-dealers, investment advisers and investment companies) on their obligations under the federal securities laws. From 1996 to June 2000, Ms. Lawrence was the Regional Director for the SEC's Northeast Regional Office (covering 14 states and the District of Columbia), where she oversaw all enforcement and regulatory operations in the SEC's largest region. From 1990 to 1995, she served as Senior Associate Regional Director, heading up the Northeast Regional Office's Enforcement Division. From 1981 to 1989, she served in various staff and senior positions in the Enforcement Division. Ms. Lawrence has spoken extensively and participates in numerous continuing legal education programs for federal securities law matters and is co-editor of Securities in the Electronic Age: A Practical Guide to the Law and Regulation (Glasser Legal Works, third edition). She is a Trustee of Association of Securities and Exchange Commission Alumni, Inc. (ASECA), Practising Law Institute, Inc. and The SEC Historical Society. She is a Member of American Bar Association and Federal Bar Council. Ms. Lawrence received numerous awards during her tenure at the SEC, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Award in 1998; the Presidential Distinguished Executive Award in 1995; the Stanley Sporkin Award in 1993; and the Irving M. Pollack Award, presented to an enforcement lawyer exhibiting leadership, integrity and intellect in 1990. Ms. Lawrence is consistently recognized by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business as a leading individual for Securities Regulation (National) and for Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations. She is recognized by Legal 500 in Litigation: White-Collar Criminal Defense. She is also recognized by Benchmark: Litigation as a Local Litigation Star. Ms. Lawrence holds JD from University of Michigan Law School in 1981 and BA from Cornell University in 1978.