White Collar defense is one of the primary practice areas of the Firm. We represent individual and corporate clients who become involved in government investigations or prosecutions. We routinely handle cases involving defense of criminal charges or regulatory enforcement proceedings, related trials and appeals, and compliance with subpoenas for testimony or documents.
Our experience includes defending clients in prosecutions initiated by federal and state prosecutors and investigations conducted by:
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Securities and Exchange Commission
- Commodities Futures Trading Commission
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Internal Revenue Service
- United States Coast Guard
- Defense Criminal Investigative Service
- Connecticut Department of Banking
- Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
- Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
We recognize that clients facing any level of involvement in a government investigation require responsiveness, sensitivity to potential collateral consequences, and careful decision making at every turn. We are committed to working closely with our clients to navigate through what can often be a complex and challenging process.
Recent Cases
- Served as co-trial counsel with multinational law firm in defense of charges under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
- Successfully defended client facing federal investigation regarding criminal tax and financial reporting laws.
- Representation of individual in connection with investigation under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act being conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission
- Defense of criminal securities fraud charges in federal district court investigated by the FBI and prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office.
- Criminal appeal before the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit involving allegations of mortgage fraud.
- Representation of individual in connection with an environmental and maritime investigation.
- Representation of clients in connection with health care related investigations and cases.
- Representation of shipping company in connection with negligent homicide investigation resulting from a collision.
- Representation of defense contractor in connection with civil false claims investigation.
- Investigation involving government contracts and the Defense Criminal Investigative Service.
- Defense of criminal cases investigated by the Internal Revenue Service involving income taxes and structured transactions claims.
- Representation of individual under investigation by the Connecticut Department of Banking.
- Representation of individual charged with insider trading by the Securities and Exchange Commission.