Megan Linares

Practices

• White Collar & Investigations

Languages

• Spanish

Biography

As a former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Megan is an experienced trial attorney and litigator who handled civil and criminal cases, as well as government investigations. Megan brings critical insight to the White Collar & Investigations team. She has investigated and prosecuted criminal offenses, including complex international cyber intrusion, malware, malvertising, wire fraud, identity fraud, money laundering, narcotics and narco-terrorism cases, violent crimes, racketeering offenses, and drug conspiracies. With extensive trial experience, Megan has conducted grand jury proceedings, secured indictments, and successfully tried cases in federal court. She has a deep understanding of the criminal justice system, having drafted search warrants, criminal complaints, indictments, plea agreements, pretrial motions, legal memoranda, and appellate briefs. She has argued bail motions, pretrial motions, and sentencing recommendations before district court and magistrate judges, and also served as Digital Asset Coordinator for the District of New Jersey.

Megan has worked closely with federal agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and Internal Revenue Service (IRS), on criminal investigations, utilizing complex investigative tools to secure criminal charges. She has also worked on joint international investigations and collaborated with foreign law enforcement officers and prosecutors, as well as Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section attorneys on international cyber investigations.

Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Megan was in private practice at the New York office of Norton Rose Fulbright, where she represented financial services institutions, private investment funds, and individuals in a wide variety of matters including contract disputes, bank fraud, international investigations, and white-collar criminal defense.

Megan is a recipient of the Hispanic National Bar Association (“HNBA”) 2024 Top Lawyers Under 40 Award, and BINJE’S Best Hispanic Business Leaders of 2025 award.