Marked for Oversight: How to Approach Investigations During the 120th Congress
Panelists:
Reginald J. Brown, P.C., Kirkland & Ellis
Sara Zdeb, Emory University Law School
William E. Moschella, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
About:
Backed by sweeping authority and guided by few rules, congressional investigations pose unique challenges to those directly targeted or indirectly affected. The significant turnover anticipated in both houses, as well potential change in party control, complicates strategies and exacerbates the risks. Our speakers will share their decades of experience from public and private participation in oversight and help viewers assess their readiness.
Panelists
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Reginald J. Brown, P.C., is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Kirkland & Ellis. Reg has assisted leading institutions and high-profile individual clients with more than a hundred-fifty congressional inquiries and hearings, as well as many federal, state and global crisis avoidance and mitigation matters. He previously served in the White House Counsel’s office, as assistant to the CEO and vice president of corporate strategy at Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, and as the deputy general counsel to former Florida Governor Jeb Bush.
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Sara Zdeb is Visiting Assistant Professor of Practice at Emory University School of Law. She joined the faculty in July 2025 and teaches courses on congressional investigations, separation of powers, and government lawyering. She served most recently as Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs at the U.S. Department of Justice, where she was responsible for managing the Justice Department’s response to high-stakes congressional oversight and investigations. From 2019 through 2022, Sara was a senior member of the Democratic staff of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.
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As co-chair of the firm’s Government Relations Department, Will Moschella leverages his experience in the Justice Department and Congress to counsel clients on a range of matters, including antitrust, financial services, legal reform, intellectual property and criminal law. He served at the Justice Department as principal associate deputy attorney general and as assistant attorney general in the Office of Legislative Affairs. In Congress, Will served on the House Judiciary Committee as chief oversight counsel, chief legislative counsel and parliamentarian.
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