NEW YORK – Law360 has named Bracewell LLP partners Nicole Boeckmann and Seth D. DuCharme White Collar MVPs for 2026. The distinction honors lawyers who have secured achievements in high-stakes litigation, significant global matters or record-breaking transactions over the previous year.
Boeckmann and DuCharme are recognized for their defense of individual and corporate clients in high-profile federal trials as well as investigations by the US Department of Justice (DOJ), the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Office of Foreign Assets Control and other federal agencies involving allegations of Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) violations, wire fraud, securities fraud, bribery, violations of the Food Drug and Cosmetics Act, money laundering and the Classified Information Procedures Act.
Boeckmann is a former federal prosecutor with extensive trial experience and a deep understanding of matters involving financial fraud, public corruption, national security and the False Claims Act. Before joining Bracewell, she served for nearly two decades at the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, including as First Assistant US Attorney and Acting Chief of the Criminal Division.
DuCharme chairs the firm’s international government enforcement and investigations practice and has more than 25 years of experience in highly sensitive criminal, regulatory and national security matters. He spent over a decade at the DOJ, where he held several senior positions, including Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General of the United States and Acting Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.
Law360, a Portfolio Media, Inc. publication, reviewed nearly 1,000 submissions from 89 leading law firms to select this year’s MVP winners.