M. Annie Houghton-Larsen

M. Annie Houghton-Larsen is a New York litigation attorney focusing on complex civil disputes, contracts, defamation, securities matters, financial disputes, government investigations, and enforcement actions. Her work supports commercial enterprises, institutional clients, and individuals facing high-stakes claims or regulatory scrutiny. She helps clients evaluate facts, prepare arguments, manage discovery, address trial strategy, and respond to disputes involving courts, agencies, and opposing parties.

Annie earned a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. She also earned a B.A., summa cum laude, from Washington University in St. Louis. Her education supports legal research, written advocacy, trial preparation, and client counseling. She uses that background to analyze contracts, financial records, public statements, securities issues, enforcement demands, evidence, and procedural questions in complex litigation and investigation matters.

Annie has experience serving as trial counsel in numerous federal trials. Her practice includes civil disputes involving contracts, defamation, securities, financial matters, and other high-stakes claims. She also represents clients in government investigations and enforcement actions brought by agencies such as the SEC and CFTC. Her work requires careful preparation, persuasive advocacy, fact development, and judgment under litigation pressure.

M. Annie Houghton-Larsen helps clients address litigation and investigations with preparation, focus, and practical judgment. Her work supports clients facing commercial disputes, reputational claims, securities concerns, financial matters, agency inquiries, and trial risks. She is admitted in New York and federal courts in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. She also maintains a pro bono practice involving impact litigation, election law, healthcare, reproductive justice, and defamation for clients navigating urgent legal and business decisions under intense pressure.

Law Office Affiliations

• Senior Associate in Litigation Department, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
• Member, New York State Bar Association

Licensed State

• New York

Education

• Georgetown University Law Center
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Washington University in St. Louis
  BA with Summa Cum Laude

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