Esther Rhee

Esther Rhee is Global Compliance Counsel and a managing director based in the New York office.  She advises the firm on compliance matters related to the execution of investigations and background checks, with a focus on data privacy, consumer protection and professional ethics. She is also responsible for managing a variety of client matters, ranging from employment and transactional due diligence to internal investigations and litigation support cases.  Prior to joining the Mintz Group, Esther was a litigation associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in New York, where she focused on internal and regulatory investigations, white collar criminal defense cases and securities fraud litigation, and gained extensive deposition and trial experience.  She previously also worked with the Legal Aid Society and Capital Defender Office in New York, and was a law clerk in the Eastern District of New York.  She received her J.D. from Brooklyn Law School and B.A. from New York University.  Esther is a member of the New York Bar.