Steven Fagell
USA Guide 2024
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations + 1 more ranking
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Steven Fagell is co-chair of Covington's White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Group. As a former senior official in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, Mr. Fagell represents leading companies and senior executives facing high-stakes civil and criminal enforcement matters. He routinely represents clients before the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and other law enforcement and regulatory agencies. Mr. Fagell has particular expertise handling cases involving the FCPA, criminal export controls, and complex accounting fraud. Since returning to private practice from DOJ in 2010, he has achieved extraordinary results for his clients, securing declinations in most of his corporate representations, even after multi-year investigations in which the U.S. government has invested significant resources.
Career
U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Deputy Chief of Staff and Counselor to the Assistant Attorney General.
Personal
Harvard Law School, J.D., 2000 magna cum laude. Dartmouth College, A.B., 1995 magna cum laude.
Chambers Review
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Partner Steven Fagell is cochair of Covington & Burling's white-collar defense and investigations practice. He offers particular expertise in assisting large corporations with investigations and providing anticorruption compliance advice.
Steven Fagell is cochair of the white-collar defense and investigations practice at Covington & Burling. He draws on substantial prosecutorial experience to advise corporations and individuals from a broad range of industries, including the energy, financial services and pharmaceutical sectors.
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"Steven is a trusted adviser. He is very responsive, strategic, thorough and credible."
"Steven is terrific. He is a very smart and experienced lawyer."
"Steven is an excellent FCPA attorney and a very sophisticated advocate."
"Steven is a trusted adviser. He is very responsive, strategic, thorough and credible."
"Steven is terrific. He is a very smart and experienced lawyer."
"Steven is an excellent FCPA attorney and a very sophisticated advocate."
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