PRACTICE

White Collar Litigation + Investigations

From compliance to the courtroom, our team is experienced and capable in mitigating risks and defending your business.

About Our White Collar Practice

Effective advocates in your toughest matters

The legal and business ramifications of government enforcement actions and internal investigations can be extensive, and may include negative publicity, customer backlash, and financial and criminal liability. Our team includes former government prosecutors, in-house compliance counsel, and seasoned white collar defense attorneys who resolve sensitive government investigations and proceedings. We have decades of experience handling high-stakes civil and criminal government investigations throughout the U.S. and are able to respond quickly to minimize risk.

We guide clients through an often unfamiliar and complex process, defending companies and individuals in all types of government investigations, complex federal and state criminal investigations, and related civil litigation, including single-plaintiff and class actions.

Our attorneys have helped clients in connection with inquiries handled by nearly every federal agency and many state enforcement agencies, including the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), U.S. Attorney’s offices, state attorneys general offices, and other federal and state regulators. Additionally, our team represents accountants and auditors who face issues before the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). Working proactively with our clients, we help clients to identify and communicate the risks and potential outcomes of law enforcement and regulatory activities, whether arising from civil enforcement actions or resulting from a criminal investigation.

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Securities Fraud/Insider Trading

  • Obtained a defense verdict on behalf of former CFO in a 10-week trial involving claims of accounting fraud brought by the SEC.
  • Represented a former public company sales executive in an SEC investigation into alleged securities fraud involving the company’s sales practices and related private civil litigation.
  • Represented a private UK-based company in connection with a FINRA insider trading inquiry over an aborted public company merger and acquisition transaction.
  • Represented a large financial institution in parallel DOJ and SEC investigations involving alleged securities fraud, bank fraud and embezzlement.
  • Represented a publicly traded utility company in an SEC investigation involving complex financial accounting and reporting issues.
  • Represented the CEO of a health care company in an accounting fraud investigation conducted by the SEC.

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  • Chambers USA: Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations – Georgia (2022-2025)
  • Chambers USA: Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations – Massachusetts (2023-2025)
  • Chambers USA: Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations – Pennsylvania (2020-2025)
  • Chambers USA: Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations – Texas (2019-2025)
  • Chambers USA: Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations – Virginia (2022-2025)
  • Legal’s Finest White Collar Crime Attorney – USA (2014)
  • Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”: Criminal Defense: White-Collar (National) (Tier 3) 2022; (Tier 2) 2024; (Tier 1) 2023
  • Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”: Criminal Defense: White-Collar (Dallas) (Tier 1) 2016-2025
  • Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”: Criminal Defense: White-Collar (Houston) (Tier 1) 2018-2021; 2025
  • Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”: Criminal Defense: White-Collar (Philadelphia) (Tier 1) 2019-2024
  • Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”: Criminal Defense: White-Collar (Richmond) (Tier 1) 2021-2024
  • Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”: Criminal Defense: White-Collar (Boston) (Tier 1) 2018-2019, 2024; (Tier 2) 2023
  • Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”: White Collar Crimes (Richmond) (Tier 1) 2019-2020
  • Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”: Government Relations Practice (Dallas) (Tier 1) 2025
  • Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”: Government Relations Practice (Raleigh) (Tier 2) 2019-2020
  • Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”: Government Relations Practice (Atlanta) (Tier 3) 2019
  • Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”: Government Relations Practice (Richmond) (Tier 3) 2020; (Tier 1) 2023-2024
  • Super Lawyers – Corporate Counsel Edition for Criminal Defense: White Collar
  • Law & Politics as a Virginia Super Lawyer in Criminal Defense: White Collar
  • Ethisphere-Corpedia “Lawyers Who Matter for FCPA”
  • Recommended for white collar criminal defense by The Legal 500 United States

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Preparation is the best defense

Our white collar toolkit outlines step-by-step what businesses need to do to best defend themselves against allegations of wrongdoing.