Kaitlin Konkel is counsel in the Washington, D.C. office of Hecker Fink LLP.
Kaitlin’s practice includes criminal defense, civil litigation, and compliance matters. She works closely with clients to understand and resolve their legal problems—whether in the context of government and congressional investigations, complex civil litigation, criminal proceedings, or strategic counseling. Kaitlin regularly handles high-stakes matters, novel legal issues, and emergency litigation, including preliminary injunction motions and motions to quash grand jury subpoenas. She also advises clients on the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), INTERPOL Red Notices, international extradition, and other cross-border and national security issues.
Select Representative Matters
- Representing individuals and organizations in connection with government investigations, congressional investigations, and criminal proceedings.
- Representing clients in civil litigation challenging executive-branch action on constitutional and statutory grounds.
- Representing individuals seeking relief for violations of the Privacy Act.
- Representing individual and organizational clients in complex civil litigation, including commercial litigation and cross-border disputes.
- Advising companies, organizations, and individuals on compliance with FARA.
- Representing individuals facing INTERPOL Red Notices, possible extradition proceedings, and other complex legal risks that span jurisdictions.
- Representing clients in litigation involving the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), Anti-Terrorism Act, Alien Tort Statute, Torture Victim Protection Act, and Trafficking Victims Protection Act, including at the dispositive motions stage, during discovery, at trial, and on appeal.*
- Representing current and former foreign officials asserting immunity defenses in U.S. civil litigation and criminal proceedings.*
- Representing numerous clients in criminal defense, immigrant rights, prisoner civil rights, and voting rights litigation.*
Prior to joining the firm, Kaitlin was counsel at Arnold & Porter and clerked for the Honorable Catherine Blake of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. She received her J.D. from Yale Law School, where she was a member of the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic, and her B.A. in Political Science and English from Williams College.
* Matters prior to joining Hecker Fink.