KERI CURTIS AXEL
Partner
Waymaker LLP
Keri Curtis Axel practices white-collar criminal and government enforcement defense, and civil litigation. A former federal prosecutor and SEC enforcement attorney, Axel is a first-chair trial lawyer who helps clients navigate government investigations and charges and has successfully litigated and argued many Ninth Circuit Appeals. Axel also draws on her extensive experience in tax, accounting, and the securities industry in representing executives, entrepreneurs, and financial services professionals and companies in FINRA matters and civil litigation. She regularly provides insight into criminal and SEC investigations for the national media.
Among Axel’s recent matters, she represents former Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig who faces federal charges arising out of a sports gambling investigation. In December 2022, Puig withdrew from an agreement to plead guilty to a single count of lying to federal authorities. Axel said in November that “significant new evidence” had prompted Puig’s withdrawal. The case has received significant media coverage.
