Kara Altenbaumer-Price
Associate
karaaltenbaumer-price@andrewskurth.com
Suite 3700
Dallas TX 75201
P: 214.659.4453
F: 214.659.4763
Download v-cardKara's experience includes representing clients in litigation, government investigations, and internal investigations with a specialization in SEC and DOJ enforcement. She has worked on a range of regulatory and financial issues including Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; revenue recognition and other accounting and financial reporting issues; insider trading; commercial bribery; investor advisor regulations; securities registration violations; Medicare and Medicaid fraud and Stark law violations; white collar criminal defense; and special litigation committee representation. She has spoken and written on the subjects of deferred prosecution, parallel investigations, and privilege issues in government and internal investigations. Prior to entering private practice, Kara was a law clerk for Texas Supreme Court Justices Craig Enoch and Scott Brister during the 2003 - 2004 term.
Representative Experience
Recently, Kara represented a foreign attorney in an unregistered securities SEC investigation. She successfully briefed the matter to the SEC during the Wells process and was able to convince the SEC to close the matter without penalty after the issuance of a Wells notice. More of Kara's experience includes:
- Representation of a multi-million pipeline services company in an industry-wide FCPA investigation by the SEC and DOJ.
- Representation of the Special Litigation Committee of a multi-million nutritional products company in a shareholder derivative action.
- Representation of a multi-million electrical services company in an internal investigation of a whistle-blower claim of improper revenue recognition.
- Representation of more than 30 employee witnesses in an SEC investigation of financial reporting irregularities of a major enterprise software company.
- Representation of the audit committee of a high-tech company in an internal investigation during the due diligence phase of a planned initial public offering.
- Representation of a multi-state restaurant holding company in a securities class action.
- Representation of numerous individuals in SEC investigations alleging insider trading, financial advisor regulation violations, the sale of unregistered securities, securities fraud, and failure to properly file an 8-K.
Articles / Publications
- "The Civil, Regulatotry and Criminal Responses to the Subprime Mortgage Meltdown" Andrews Financial Crisis Litigation Reporter, Thomson Reuters/West (October 23, 2008)
- "Pros and Cons of Deferred Prosecution Agreements" Executive Legal Adviser (January 2006)
- "From the Newsroom to the Courtroom" (pdf) Texas Tech Lawyer magazine (Fall 2005)
- "Assessing Risks of Sharing Internal Inviestigations: Target firms cooperating with government risk waiving their privilege" National Law Journal (March 21, 2005)
- "Texas Bar CLE's Practice Before the Texas Supreme Court" Supreme Court Update Supplement (April 2004)
Briefings, Seminars & Speeches
- Moderator, "The Legal and Ethical Issues of New Media: Blogs, Podcasts, Live Chats, Copyright & Libel, Newsgathering, Privacy" Presented by Dallas Bar Association's Media Relations Committee (May 5, 2008)
- Moderator, "Do's and Don't of Brief Writing," presented by the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Judiciary Committee (May 21, 2008)
- Co-presenter with J. Wiley George and Matthew Nielsen, "Best practices for transaction lawyers to preserve legal privilege and confidentiality: avoiding missteps," presented at the Andrews Kurth 2008 Corporate/Securities & Tax Retreat (May 17, 2008)
- "What to do When the Government Comes Knocking" Presentation to Dallas Association of Financial Professionals (September, 20, 2007)
Professional / Civic Affiliations
Member
- Dallas Association of Young Lawyers
- 2005 Leadership Class
- Chair, Judiciary Committee
- Dallas Bar Association
- Co-Chair, Media Relations Committee
Civic
- March of Dimes Sponsorship Committee
- Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program
- Hugh O'Brian Youth Foundation
- Board of Directors
Clerkships
- the Honorable Craig T. Enoch, Texas Supreme Court, 2003
- the Honorable Scott A. Brister, Texas Supreme Court, 2004
Media
"Kara Altenbaumer-Price is One to Watch," featured on the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers' website (April 2008). Please click here to view the article.
Practice Areas
Education
- JD, 2003, summa cum laude, Texas Tech University School of Law, Texas Tech Law Review, Articles Editor (2001 - 2003), Order of the Coif, Board of Barristers
- Bachelor of Journalism, 1998, with Honors, The University of Texas, Daily Texan, Staff Member (1995 - 1997)
Admitted
- Texas 2003
- U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
