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About
Provided by Matthew J O'Connor
Practice Areas
Matthew O'Connor is co-chair of the Life Sciences Litigation and Investigations Practice Group and is resident in the firm’s Washington Office.
Matt has extensive experience in all aspects of the white collar defense practice, with a particular emphasis representing life sciences companies and executives in broad-ranging federal and state civil and criminal investigations, follow-on consumer protection actions, and congressional investigations. Matt also has an active litigation practice in defending False Claims Act, RICO, and other follow-on litigation arising from governmental investigations.
Chambers Review
USA
Matthew O'Connor has an impressive record representing major clients in the life sciences sector.
Matthew O'Connor is cochair of Covington & Burling's life sciences litigation and investigations practice group. He receives praise for his white-collar crime practice, which focuses on representing individuals and life sciences organizations in criminal investigations.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is very thorough, no-nonsense and always keeps his eye on the commercial impact."
"He is very thorough, no-nonsense and always keeps his eye on the commercial impact."