biography

Diana K. Lloyd Diana K. Lloyd

Education

  • New York University School of Law, JD, MA, 1989, Editor-in-Chief, New York University Law Review
  • St. Lawrence University, BA, 1984, Valedictorian, summa cum laude, Fulbright French Government Teaching Assistant

Admissions

  • Massachusetts
  • US Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
  • US Court of Appeals, First Circuit
  • US District Court, Massachusetts

Practice Areas

clerkship

Honorable Amalya L. Kearse, US Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

Diana K. Lloyd

Practice Group Leader

617-248-5163

Diana Lloyd is co-chair of the firm’s Government Enforcement & Compliance practice group.  She has over 20 years of experience in federal and state government enforcement matters, internal investigations and related business and securities litigation.  Although Ms. Lloyd is a tenacious and aggressive trial and appellate attorney, she has also had considerable success dissuading governmental agencies from pursuing any enforcement or criminal action against her clients.  As an Assistant US Attorney in Boston, she received numerous awards for excellence from the US Attorney and various federal law enforcement agencies.  Ms. Lloyd has been recognized as a Massachusetts Super Lawyer since 2005, was selected for inclusion in The International Who's Who of Business Crimes Lawyers 2010 and has been appointed co-chair of the Boston Bar Association’s Criminal Law Section. 

Practice Focus

Government Enforcement & Compliance:  extensive experience representing companies and individuals subjected to government investigations or in need of representation in connection with internal corporate investigations. 

Complex Financial Litigation & Securities Litigation:  handle private and SEC securities litigation, represent individuals and corporate clients before the SEC and FINRA.

Previous Experience

Prosecutorial:  Assistant US Attorney, Boston in Major Crimes and Economic Crimes Units; Special Assistant District Attorney, Suffolk County District Attorney's Office.

Private Practice:  Sullivan & Cromwell, New York; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Boston. 

Representative Engagements

  • Defense of corporations, investment advisers and individuals in securities-related investigations involving variety of civil and potentially criminal allegations.
  • Obtained reversal of federal criminal conviction for multi-year conspiracy involved alleged environmental fraud.
  • Representation of major pharmaceutical company in federal investigation into sales and marketing practices.
  • Successful representation of individuals and entities investigated in federal public corruption investigations.
  • Defense of former executive of major medical device manufacturer who was acquitted of conspiracy to defraud the US after a lengthy trial.
  • Representation of senior executives accused of sophisticated financial fraud.
  • Successful representation of numerous individuals in federal healthcare fraud investigations.

Publications and Presentations

  • “What Every Board Member Needs to Know,” panelist, Association for Corporate Growth Boston Women’s Executive Forum, March 2010. 
  • “Meet the New US Attorney: A Program with Carmen Ortiz,” moderator, Boston Bar Association, March 2010.
  • “Legal Power Couple: Jordan Hershman and Diana Lloyd,” profiled, Law360, February 2010.  Click here to view article.
  • “Gain Insight from Varying States Surrounding Current and Pending Regulations,” moderator, CBI Pharmaceutical Compliance Congress, January 2010.
  • “W.R. Grace: Lessons Learned from the Largest Environmental Prosecution in US History,” moderator, Boston Bar Association, October 2009. 
  • "Responding to a Government Subpoena," presenter, New England Legal Foundation, October 2008.
  • Criminal Section Bench/Bar Conference, co-chair, Boston Bar Association, October 2008.
  • Criminal Section Health Care Fraud Seminar, co-chair, Boston Bar Association, April 2007.
  • “Interacting With Employees,” co-presenter, A Step-By-Step Guide to Conducting Internal Investigations for the Pharmaceutical Industry, American Conference Institute, January 2007.
  • “Electronic Discovery in Criminal Cases,” panel moderator, Boston Bar Association, January 2007.
  • “Trial Practice Luncheon Roundtable Series: Pretrial Preparation and Jury Issues,” speaker, Massachusetts Bar Association Seminar, July-September, 2006.
  • “25 Years of Criminal Enforcement of the Pharmaceutical Industry: Increasing Scrutiny and Shifting Theories,” co-author, Pharmaceutical Executive, August 2006.
  • “Off-Label Promotion,” co-author, Pharmaceutical Executive, January 2006.
  •  “Fundamentals of Preparing and Trying Your First Jury Case,” speaker, Massachusetts Bar Association Seminar, 2003, 2004, 2005.
  • “Fiduciary Duties of Directors, Officers and Owners of Closely Held Businesses,” speaker, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Seminar, 2004.
  • “RICO in Federal Civil Litigation,” co-author, Federal Litigation in the First Circuit, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, 2004.

Professional and Community Involvement

Ms. Lloyd is co-chair of the Steering Committee for the Criminal Section of the Boston Bar Association.  She has also served on the Board of Trustees of the Women’s Bar Foundation.  For six years, she was a member of the Federal Criminal Justice Act panel, accepting court appointments to represent indigent defendants in federal criminal cases.  She is active in the NYU Law Alumni of New England and has served on various committees for the South Area Solomon Schechter Day School.  She has taught in the Citizen Schools Trial Advocacy Program, an after-school enrichment program for Boston public school students.  She is a former co-chair of Choate’s Hiring Committee and former member of the firm’s Diversity Committee.