Panoramic: Automotive and Mobility 2025
Courtney A. Caruso
Senior Associate Litigation, Arbitration, and Employment
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Insights and events
Courtney Caruso is a skilled litigator whose practice is focused on internal investigations, government enforcement actions, white collar criminal defense, and complex civil litigation.
Courtney works with clients through all phases of investigation, risk analysis, and litigation, particularly in matters involving the False Claims Act. She advises and advocates for professionals and companies in highly regulated industries, including health care, life sciences, education, and financial services. She excels in cross-border investigations and recently completed a secondment based in the Hogan Lovells Singapore Office. She also has an active pro bono practice, most often providing representation to immigrant and refugee children in deportation proceedings and to individuals seeking post-conviction remedies.
Courtney joined the firm in 2017 after serving as a law clerk for the Honorable Jennifer C. Boal in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Prior to her clerkship, Courtney practiced in the Boston office of an international law firm, where she focused on litigation matters involving trade secrets and employment contracts.
During law school, Courtney was a member of Harvard’s Criminal Justice Institute and served as an intern at the Trial Division of the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office and at the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts. She also studied for a semester at L'École de Droit de Sciences Po in Paris, France. Prior to law school, Courtney conducted historical research as a Fulbright Scholar in Venice, Italy.
Courtney is active in her community, previously serving on the Generation Citizen New England Board; Boston City Awake Advisory Board; and Boston Chamber of Commerce, Talent Development and Retention Leadership Council. She currently serves on the Dana Hall School Board of Trustees.
Representative experience
Defended electronic health records provider in DOJ investigation into meaningful use fraud.
Resolved state attorney general investigation of state-mandated disclosures for online school system.
Served as an independent investigator in matters involving alleged violations of a university's Title IX policies.
Defended former CEO of financial services firm against fraud claims brought by the SEC in federal civil action.
Defended the CEO of a high-speed trading firm in connection with an SEC enforcement alleging misrepresentation of the firm's capabilities through marketing claims.
Defended multiple business professionals in federal bribery and corruption investigations and associated criminal litigation.
Conducted comprehensive cross-border investigation of a global business unit of a major global pharmaceutical company, including leadership assessment.
Conducted multiple investigations into allegations of discrimination and harassment within university departments.
Counseled major automative company on the development of standard operating procedures, global compliance, and risk management documents.
Successfully represented high-profile individual in criminal jury trial and related civil litigation.
Successfully represented city official in federal Hobbs Act extortion trial and post-trial motion practice.
Successfully represented standards development organization in civil litigation.
Obtained substantial settlement on behalf of class of incarcerated individuals subjected to a campaign of unlawful and discriminatory violence.
Advised UN Special Rapporteur on racial injustice on policing best practices and comparative legal remedies.
Served as member of Monitoring Team overseeing implementation of policing-related Consent Decree, with particular focus on behavioral health and crisis intervention.
Serves as Deputy Monitor on Monitoring Team appointed to oversee court and policing reform.
Defending technology company in software-related trade secrets litigation.
Defending multiple health care companies in Civil Investigative Demands issued by the DOJ.
Defending technology company in False Claims Act litigation pertaining to spectrum auction and associated FCC regulations.
Defending major pharmaceutical company in federal False Claims Act litigation pertaining to CMS regulations.
Credentials
Education
- J.D., Harvard Law School, 2013
- B.A., Washington University, summa cum laude, 2009
Bar admissions and qualifications
- Massachusetts
Court admissions
- U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
- U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
Memberships
- Boston Bar Association
- Women's Bar Association
- Dana Hall School Board of Trustees