White Collar Defense and Government Investigations

Our team includes seasoned advocates with decades of defense-side litigation experience, former senior federal prosecutors, former federal defenders, three fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a fellow of the American Board of Criminal Lawyers. Our lawyers have tried scores of cases to jury verdict and have litigated dozens of appeals. 

Clients come to us because we possess the necessary experience and sound judgment to guide them through complicated and sensitive issues. We understand how prosecutors, regulators and judicial decision-makers think, how hard to push, and which issues should be fought. Prosecutors and regulators know us and respect us, and we use our hard-earned credibility to address their concerns without compromising our clients’ positions. Drawing on broad experience gained from working with the U.S. Department of Justice, numerous U.S. attorneys’ offices and numerous regulatory regimes, we develop innovative arguments and winning strategies.

Our cases have involved every substantive aspect of white collar civil, criminal and regulatory investigations and litigation affecting businesses and individuals, such as:

• Securities fraud, including insider trading and market manipulation
• Commodities, banking and accounting fraud
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations
• Antitrust, including bid-rigging and price-fixing allegations
• Consumer fraud
• Health care fraud
• Money laundering
• Federal and state criminal tax investigations
• Public corruption
• Obstruction of justice and RICO

We regularly represent public and private companies; large accounting firms; corporate officers, directors, executives and employees; and public officials in inquiries and enforcement proceedings brought by federal and state regulators, including the Department of Justice, U.S. attorneys, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, Congress, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and state attorneys general. We frequently handle regulatory matters involving parallel criminal or civil litigation, including class actions. Our successful track record in scores of matters is well recognized by our clients and by the agencies themselves.

When parallel civil and regulatory proceedings accompany criminal actions, we often represent clients in those matters, too.

Additionally, our lawyers regularly advise clients on preventive measures, helping them establish corporate policies and compliance programs to minimize risk of becoming a target of a government investigation, and conduct independent internal investigations of corporate conduct. We have represented audit committees and other special committees investigating accounting fraud and other alleged wrongdoing.