Nicholas (Nick) E. Hakun is an associate at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he is a member of the firm’s litigation department. His practice focuses on white collar litigation, government and internal investigations, and sanctions compliance. Nick represents individuals and companies at various stages of litigation, from investigations through indictment to sentencing, and has handled investigations with DOJ’s Criminal and Civil Divisions as well as the SEC, OFAC, and FDIC. He also advises companies on their compliance programs, with a focus on anti-corruption, sanctions, and national security issues. 

Outside of his main practice, Nick represents pro bono clients, including indigent criminal defendants and prisoners accused of civil rights violations. He is also an assistant professor at Temple University’s Fox School of Business and Management. There, he teaches courses on white collar crime, corporate compliance, and business ethics to undergraduate and graduate students. 

Prior to joining the firm, Nick served as a law clerk to the Honorable Timothy J. Savage, U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. His career began as a litigation associate at Morgan, Lewis and Bockius LLP in Philadelphia, where his practice focused on complex litigation, government investigations, and antitrust. In that role he also served, pro bono, as a Special Assistant District Attorney for Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, where he conducted preliminary hearings and examined witnesses in Magisterial District Court. 

During law school, Nick interned with the Fraud Section of the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security. He was also an active leader of the trial advocacy team, where he won Georgetown's annual William H. Greenhalgh trial advocacy competition and traveled across the country to participate in prestigious competitions.

Before law school, Nick worked as a high school mathematics teacher in Cleveland, Mississippi, as a member of Teach for America. 

Nick is practicing virtually from Pennsylvania, where he is licensed.