Reese Alutto-Schmidt

Teresa (Reese) Alutto-Schmidt is a Partner in our Washington, DC office and part of the firm’s Investigations & White Collar Defense and Employment & Labor practice groups. Reese has broad experience representing clients in connection with government and internal investigations, employee misconduct investigations, and responses to government subpoenas.

Having previously served in government and as in-house counsel, Reese brings a wealth of experience to help her clients manage the risk associated with allegations of fraud or misconduct, government investigations, and enforcement matters.  She has conducted investigations relating to bank and wire fraud, money laundering, false claims, securities laws, government procurement, government program fraud, identity theft, security clearance reporting obligations, and whistleblower retaliation, as well as violations of company policy relating to expense and corporate card fraud, IT asset misuse, improper gifts, misappropriation of intellectual property, and time mischarging.

Representative Experience

Private Practice

• Conducted over 200 internal investigations involving allegations of fraud and employee misconduct for a Fortune 500 company
• Served as temporary in-house counsel for clients, supporting internal investigation and civil litigation functions
• Regularly coordinated subpoena compliance efforts for financial institutions and tech companies, including data and document collection, processing, review, and production

Government

• Investigated conspiracy to commit fraud in connection with the Paycheck Protection Program, resulting in criminal charges
• Investigated individual implicated in multiple counts of bank fraud, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft, resulting in criminal charges
• Conducted whistleblower retaliation investigation involving classified information, which required the interview of an Acting Cabinet-level official
• Conducted review of incident at immigration facility pursuant to Congressional inquiry, resulting in a public report
• Conducted review of federal agency policy relating to the deportation of parents, resulting in a public report
• Conducted regular trainings for new employees regarding prohibited personnel practices and whistleblower retaliation