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Wendy Wysong focuses on white collar criminal defense, complex civil litigation, and international and domestic regulatory compliance. As a former AUSA in DC and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement, Bureau of Industry & Security, Department of Commerce, she counsels and defends clients based on her unique combination of experience and insight as both a prosecutor and regulator before courts and agencies. Her practice includes international law, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, International Traffic in Arms Regulations, Export Administration Regulations, Office of Foreign Assets Control economic sanctions, and U.S. anti-boycott laws, as well as government fraud and public corruption.

Wendy has tried more than 50 jury trials in federal and state courts. In addition to numerous Special Achievement Awards, she was given the Attorney General's Director's Award in 1996 for an investigation of congressional fraud and corruption. Through Clifford Chance's global network she provides clients multi-jurisdictional representation that takes into account local, regional, and international laws.

Wendy is a guest lecturer at the American University Washington College of Law, White Collar Crime Seminar. She is the co-Chair of the Transnational Crimes Subcommittee of the ABA White Collar Crime Committee, Criminal Justice Section and of the ABA Export Controls & Economic Sanctions Committee, International Law Section. 

In 2011, select speaking engagements have included:

• ACI China Summit on Anti-corruption (Shanghai), "Properly Defining the Scope of an Internal Investigation into a Bribery Allegation: How Far You should Go to Collect Adequate Evidence and Maximize Credibility to Government?" 
• C5 Advanced International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) Control in Europe (Munich),"ITAR Enforcement: The Overlap of ITAR and Anti-Corruption Laws"
• Lexus Nexus Conference on Corporate Compliance (Shanghai),  "Optimizing the Anti-Bribery Compliance Program Structure to Handle the Commercial Risks in Asia"
• Asia Pacific Pharmaceutical Compliance Congress and Best Practices Forum (Singapore),   "Overview of UK Bribery Act and FCPA Update"
• AIMA/Bloomberg Seminar Series (Hong Kong), "Anti-corruption laws: Are your investment companies vulnerable? Are you?"
• Association of Banks Singapore, "Compliance Risks for Bankers: The UK Bribery Act, FCPA and FATF Tax Crime"

Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Columbia 1989-2004: Attorney General’s Director’s Award Superior Achievement as an AUSA 1996;
Senior Litigation Counsel 2003
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement, Bureau of Industry & Security, Department of Commerce 2005-2007; Acting Assistant Secretary 2004
University of Virginia School of Law (JD, Law Review) 1984
University of Nebraska (BA, English, Political Science) 1981
Law Clerk, Judge Stanley S. Harris, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia 1984-85
Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in Virginia 1986 and DC 1986