Antonia M. Apps

Antonia M. Apps is the Regional Director of the New York office of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Prior to joining the SEC, Antonia was a partner at Milbank LLP practicing in the area of securities enforcement, white collar defense, and commercial litigation. Earlier in her career, Antonia served as federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York U.S. Attorney’s Office, where she led many of the government’s high-profile securities fraud and insider trading cases, including the prosecution of the hedge fund S.A.C. Capital Advisors, and received the Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys’ Director’s Award for Superior Performance. Antonia has tried over 15 criminal and civil cases to verdict and is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Among numerous industry awards, Lawdragon has named Antonia in its list of 500 Leading Lawyers in America every year since 2014, she is ranked (Band 2) in Chambers USA’s listing for White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, and was named in the National Law Journal’s list of “Litigation Trailblazers” for 2020. She also teaches a course on White Collar Criminal Law & Procedure at Harvard Law School.  She is a graduate of Harvard Law School, Oxford University, and Sydney University Law School.