Matthew Reilly

Deputy Chief at DOJ

Speaker

Matt Reilly is the Deputy Chief in the Fraud Division’s Public Trust and Financial Integrity Section focusing on securities fraud and market-related matters. Matt joined the Department in 2021 and was previously the Acting Assistant Chief in the Criminal Division’s White Collar and Corporate Enforcement Section. Prior to joining DOJ, Matt spent six years as a staff attorney and senior counsel in the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission’s Division of Enforcement. During his time in the Department, Matt has led a number of the Fraud Section’s largest securities fraud initiatives including the 10b5-1 Insider Trading Initiative and the Short and Distort Initiative, including prosecuting cases out of these initiatives as first-chair trial counsel. Previously, Matt served as a Special Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia, worked in the Litigation Department at Cahill, Gordon, & Reindel in New York, and clerked on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York for the Hon. William F. Kuntz, II.