Mary Shannon Little

Mary Shannon Little is both a criminal lawyer and a professional investigator. Mary has worked as a lead investigative strategist in cases involving securities and accounting fraud, racketeering, copyright infringement, FCPA violations, Medicare and Medicaid fraud, antitrust violations and various state and federal regulatory matters. She has been a key player in many litigation support, monitorship and compliance matters.

Mary has worked on numerous internal investigations for Fortune 500 companies that required reporting to courts, Boards of Directors or state and federal oversight agencies. She has designed and implemented ethical and legal compliance programs for financial, corporate and commercial clients. Mary is experienced in monitoring criminally-controlled enterprises and was appointed to serve as court officer for the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union’s Local 100 and as deputy compliance officer for the Long Island carting industry.

Following a career as a white collar criminal defense lawyer, and later as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York specializing in high-profile corruption cases, Mary worked as a Managing Director for two well-known international investigative consulting firms.

Mary Shannon Little received her BA degree magna cum laude from the University of San Diego in 1978 and her JD degree from New York University School of Law in 1982.