Pei Pei has more than 20 years of experience in private practice and at the highest level of New York State government. She has represented clients across a range of industries in complex commercial litigation, construction, and real estate matters; she has also assisted clients with complex regulatory and compliance issues, government and internal investigations, and criminal defense in federal and state courts. Pei Pei is uniquely qualified given her experience both in and out of government to advise business and individual clients with respect to government procurement, ethics, lobbying, and regulatory issues and to litigate those matters when necessary. Her experience is also invaluable when providing representation with respect to governmental inquiries and interactions in New York City, New York State, and beyond.
In her role as deputy counsel to the governor of New York, Pei Pei managed high-profile disputes and controversies for all executive agencies, handled special projects for the governor, oversaw executive state litigation, and was liaison to the Office of the Attorney General and to the State Comptroller. She further had responsibility for matters involving ethics, risk management, compliance, and procurement across New York State’s executive agencies. While in her role as deputy counsel to the governor, Pei Pei also served as counsel to the Executive Chamber, which works to advance the governor’s policy initiatives and agenda by overseeing government operations and coordinating with state agencies, federal and local governments, and community stakeholders.
In Pei Pei’s prior role as executive deputy inspector general at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, she oversaw investigations into capital projects and services contracts with the MTA. She also spent five years as the director of investigations at the New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics, where she conducted investigations focused on potential lobbying and ethics laws violations.
Pei Pei served as a part-time adjunct professor of law at Fordham Law School and New York Law School.