Rhea represents international companies and individual clients in a wide range of complex litigation matters, with a focus on government and internal investigations. Rhea also represents financial services clients in complex securities matters, focusing on regulatory investigations, enforcement actions, and internal investigations.
Rhea maintains an active pro bono practice, focusing on constitutional litigation and legal advocacy.
Prior to joining McGuireWoods, Rhea clerked for the Northern District of Texas where she drafted orders and memoranda in connection with dispositive and non-dispositive motions.
Experience
- Represented individuals affiliated with U.S.-listed public companies in connection with SEC and DOJ allegations of accounting fraud.
- Represented a healthcare company in criminal and civil investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice.
- Represented individuals and financial institutions accused of violating the False Claims Act in responding to administrative subpoenas.
- Represented a former corporate employee in a Department of Justice antitrust trial.
- Represented U.S. listed public companies and broker dealers in responding to subpoenas issued by the SEC.
- Represented a broker-dealer in a FINRA enforcement action related to their Regulation D offerings.
- Counseled multiple Wall Street firms’ institutional and retail broker-dealer businesses in responding to regulatory inquiries ranging from cyclic examinations to enforcement actions with the SEC, FINRA, and/or the exchanges.
- Counseled broker dealers with respect to enforcement proceedings and examinations involving securities transaction reports, including Electronic Bluesheets (EBS) and Consolidated Audit Trail (“CAT”).
- Counseled a broker dealer on compliance with state level public entity investment regulations.
- District of Columbia
- Texas
- Author, FDA to Expand Unannounced Inspections of Foreign Facilities — Manufacturers, Research Firms Should Prepare, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, May 22, 2025
- Author, Crypto’s Next Compliance Challenge: Preparing for Regulatory Scrutiny of Manipulative and Insider Trading, The International Journal of Blockchain Law, Vol. 11, February 2025
- Co-author, "Crypto.com’s Suit Against SEC Could Hold Major Implications," Law360, October 31, 2024
- Author, Crypto.com Sues the SEC in Texas – Arguments and Implications for the Cryptocurrency Industry, Subject to Inquiry, October 14, 2024
- Author, SEC Speaks 2024: In Defense of Enforcement’s Aggressive Agenda, Subject to Inquiry, April 11, 2024
- Author, Spring Has Sprung for Recent Reg NMS Reporting Changes, Subject to Inquiry, April 4, 2024
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The University of Texas School of LawJD
with Honors
2022 -
The University of Texas at AustinBA
with Honors
2019
- Marathi
- Hon. Hal R. Ray, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, 2022-2023