Law Class of 2020 Speaker Information

Carmen M. Ortiz

Partner, Anderson & Kreiger
Former U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts

As a partner at Anderson & Kreiger, Carmen Ortiz focuses her practice on internal investigations, corporate compliance, civil litigation and white collar criminal defense.

She served from 2009 to 2017 as U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, where she oversaw the investigation and litigation of many significant and complex criminal and civil cases involving financial and securities fraud, health care fraud, public corruption, money laundering, cybercrimes, national security, organized crime and violent crime. Among other high-profile matters, she directed the prosecutions of Whitey Bulger and the Boston Marathon bomber. Protecting the civil rights of Massachusetts residents was a top priority for Ortiz, and she implemented the district’s first Civil Rights Unit.

Before becoming U.S. attorney, Ortiz was an assistant U.S. attorney in the Economic Crimes Unit of the U.S. Attorney’s Office. She also served as an assistant district attorney in Middlesex County, as well as a defense attorney.

Among her many honors, Ortiz is listed among the 2020 Best Lawyers in America in the area of administrative/regulatory law. In 2014 she was named Latina Lawyer of the Year by the Hispanic National Bar Association, and in 2011 The Boston Globe named her Bostonian of the Year. She serves on the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Advisory Board of Trustees and is a board member at large for the Massachusetts Women’s Forum. Ortiz holds degrees from George Washington University Law School and Adelphi University.