Ranking tables
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations | USA
California
Rankings overview for Departments
Band 1
Band 2
Band 3
Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP 4 Years Ranked
Jenner & Block LLP 2 Years Ranked
Jones Day 18 Years Ranked
O'Melveny & Myers LLP 18 Years Ranked
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP 16 Years Ranked
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates 18 Years Ranked
Winston & Strawn LLP 4 Years Ranked
Band 4
Senior Statespeople
Star Individuals
Band 1
Brad Brian Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP22 Years Ranked
Charles J Stevens Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP16 Years Ranked
Dave Anderson Sidley Austin LLP6 Years Ranked
David C Scheper Winston & Strawn LLP18 Years Ranked
David Willingham King & Spalding LLP10 Years Ranked
Debra Wong Yang Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP16 Years Ranked
Douglas A Axel Sidley Austin LLP8 Years Ranked
Edward Swanson Swanson & McNamara LLP17 Years Ranked
Gary S. Lincenberg Bird, Marella, Rhow, Lincenberg, Drooks & Nessim, LLP21 Years Ranked
Jack P DiCanio Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates19 Years Ranked
Janet Levine Kendall Brill & Kelly LLP21 Years Ranked
Jeffrey H Rutherford Kendall Brill & Kelly LLP13 Years Ranked- John Potter Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP20 Years Ranked
Karen Hewitt Jones Day5 Years Ranked
Manuel A Abascal Latham & Watkins LLP15 Years Ranked
Mary McNamara Swanson & McNamara LLP20 Years Ranked
Nicola T Hanna Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP11 Years Ranked
Steven J Olson O'Melveny & Myers LLP8 Years Ranked
Walter F Brown Jr Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP20 Years Ranked- Elliot PetersKeker, Van Nest & Peters LLP
- Jan Nielsen LittleKeker, Van Nest & Peters LLP
- Miles F EhrlichEhrlich & Craig LLP
- Miranda KaneConrad Metlitzky Kane
- Nanci L ClarenceClarence & Dyer LLP
Band 2
Bart H Williams Proskauer Rose LLP17 Years Ranked
Benjamin B Wagner Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP7 Years Ranked
Benjamin N. Gluck Bird, Marella, Rhow, Lincenberg, Drooks & Nessim, LLP8 Years Ranked- Carolyn McNiven Faegre Drinker2 Years Ranked
Grant P Fondo Goodwin7 Years Ranked
Hartley West Dechert LLP4 Years Ranked
Josh Cohen Debevoise & Plimpton LLP10 Years Ranked
Michael J Shepard King & Spalding LLP18 Years Ranked
Reid J Schar Jenner & Block LLP11 Years Ranked
Robb C Adkins BakerHostetler LLP8 Years Ranked
Timothy P. Crudo Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP9 Years Ranked- Douglas R YoungFarella Braun + Martel LLP
Band 3
Bryan D Daly Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP19 Years Ranked
Carolyn Kubota Covington & Burling LLP12 Years Ranked
Charles L Kreindler Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP10 Years Ranked
Daniel Shallman Covington & Burling LLP7 Years Ranked
David R Callaway Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes LLP3 Years Ranked
James W. Spertus Spertus, Landes & Josephs, LLP6 Years Ranked
Jessica Nall Baker McKenzie5 Years Ranked
John Spiegel Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP21 Years Ranked
Joshua Hill Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP9 Years Ranked
Luis Li Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati6 Years Ranked- Lyn Agre Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes LLP7 Years Ranked
Mark Beck Beck Law, PC20 Years Ranked
Matthew Jacobs DLA Piper LLP (US)10 Years Ranked
Nina Marino Kaplan Marino, PC4 Years Ranked
Pamela L Johnston Foley & Lardner LLP14 Years Ranked
Randy Luskey Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP4 Years Ranked
Rees F Morgan Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP4 Years Ranked
Robert Dugdale Kendall Brill & Kelly LLP4 Years Ranked
Simona Agnolucci Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP4 Years Ranked
Stephanie Yonekura Hogan Lovells US LLP6 Years Ranked
Stephen G Larson Larson LLP4 Years Ranked
Terree A Bowers ArentFox Schiff LLP13 Years Ranked- Thomas P O'Brien Greenberg Traurig, LLP10 Years Ranked
W. Douglas Sprague Covington & Burling LLP6 Years Ranked
Winston Y Chan Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP9 Years Ranked- John D ClineLaw Office of John D Cline
- Michael J ProctorIversen Proctor LLP
- Reuven L CohenCohen Williams LLP
Band 4
Anthony Pacheco Spertus, Landes & Josephs, LLP4 Years Ranked
Ariel A. Neuman Bird, Marella, Rhow, Lincenberg, Drooks & Nessim, LLP6 Years Ranked
Brandon D Fox Jenner & Block LLP2 Years Ranked- Christopher J. Steskal Fenwick3 Years Ranked
Ellyce R Cooper Sidley Austin LLP3 Years Ranked
Eric Vandevelde Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP6 Years Ranked
Hilary Potashner Larson LLP3 Years Ranked
Jennifer Kennedy-Park Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP4 Years Ranked
John W Berry Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP1 Years Ranked
Koren Bell Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP2 Years Ranked
Mark Holscher Kirkland & Ellis LLP21 Years Ranked
Michael Tubach O'Melveny & Myers LLP20 Years Ranked
Randall Lee Cooley LLP7 Years Ranked- Rasha Gerges Shields Jones Day1 Years Ranked
Russell Hayman McDermott Will & Emery LLP18 Years Ranked
Vicki Chou Hueston Hennigan LLP3 Years Ranked- Daniel V. NixonByrne & Nixon LLP
- William P KeaneFarella Braun + Martel LLP
Band 5
Aaron Lewis Covington & Burling LLP6 Years Ranked
Aaron S Dyer Pillsbury3 Years Ranked
Britt Evangelist Swanson & McNamara LLP1 Years Ranked
Christine Y. Wong Morrison Foerster1 Years Ranked
Christopher Frey Latham & Watkins LLP1 Years Ranked
Craig D. Martin Morrison Foerster1 Years Ranked
David Sarratt Debevoise & Plimpton LLP1 Years Ranked
Douglas Fuchs Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP1 Years Ranked- Gail Shifman Shifman Group2 Years Ranked
- James A Bowman O'Melveny & Myers LLP2 Years Ranked
- John H Hemann Cooley LLP6 Years Ranked
Marc Axelbaum Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC4 Years Ranked
Margaret A Tough Latham & Watkins LLP9 Years Ranked- Marshall Camp Hueston Hennigan LLP1 Years Ranked
Naeun Rim Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP4 Years Ranked
Nicole Rodriguez Van Dyk Bird, Marella, Rhow, Lincenberg, Drooks & Nessim, LLP4 Years Ranked
Peter I Altman Akin1 Years Ranked
Sean P.J. Coyle Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP1 Years Ranked
Sheila Armbrust Sidley Austin LLP1 Years Ranked- Shireen Matthews Jones Day1 Years Ranked
Thomas F Carlucci Foley & Lardner LLP12 Years Ranked- Eugene IllovskyIllovsky Gates & Calia LLP
- Grant B GelbergHalpern May Ybarra Gelberg
- Julia JayneJayne Law Group, P.C.
- Matthew D UmhoferUmhofer, Mitchell & King LLP
- Ted W CassmanArguedas, Cassman, Headley & Goldman LLP
Associates to watch
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 Bird, Marella, Rhow, Lincenberg, Drooks & Nessim, LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2024 | Band 1 | 11 Years RankedBird Marella fields an impressive array of experienced litigators and former prosecutors, recognized for securing acquittals and favorable settlements in white-collar criminal proceedings. The group features notable strength in healthcare and securities litigation, as well as a variety of corruption, money laundering and environmental matters. The team is highly rated for its trial capabilities, with a strong track record of handling white-collar matters in State and Federal Courts.
1 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2024 | Band 1 | 18 Years RankedGibson Dunn is renowned for its outstanding white-collar practice with a national reputation for excellence, equally comfortable representing both individuals and leading companies in their most critical issues. The practice is skilled at handling complex crises across multiple jurisdictions and governmental agencies, calling upon its impressive roster of practitioners with deep DOJ and prosecutorial experience. It offers markedly broad subject matter capability, with strong coverage in areas including securities fraud, healthcare fraud and FCPA issues.
1 Hueston Hennigan LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2024 | Band 1 | 9 Years RankedHueston Hennigan is a high-caliber litigation boutique with powerhouse white-collar criminal defense credentials. The firm boasts outstanding trial capabilities, drawing from a high quality bench of litigators which includes several former federal prosecutors. Its clients include a range of senior executives, corporate entities, and religious and educational institutions.
1 Latham & Watkins LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2024 | Band 1 | 18 Years RankedLatham & Watkins offers top tier skills representing both individual and corporate clients in major criminal investigations and administrative enforcement, with strengths in areas including healthcare fraud, insider trading and FCPA violations. It excels in complex multijurisdictional work, with expert abilities in defending clients against major SEC and DOJ actions. The firm's impressive client base includes a number of household names in the energy, financial services and healthcare sectors.
1 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2024 | Band 1 | 4 Years RankedPaul, Weiss has a longstanding reputation for excellence in major investigations and government enforcement matters, based upon the firm's outstanding pedigree in the most significant and sensitive of white-collar criminal defense matters. The California team benefits from the wider firm's formidable pool of resources, including a number of high profile former government lawyers with extensive experience in bet-the-company disputes.
1 Sidley Austin LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2024 | Band 1 | 12 Years RankedSidley Austin's team demonstrates exceptional quality in litigating high profile enforcement matters and securing the closure of government proceedings, acting on behalf of both major corporates and individual clients. The firm is regularly turned to for its excellence in highly regulated fields, including securities, healthcare and defense contracts.
Band 2
2 Covington & Burling LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2024 | Band 2 | 7 Years RankedCovington's California offices include an expert criminal defense practice which leverages the firm's signature expertise in complex regulatory issues to defend clients facing allegations of corruption, fraud and FCA and FCPA violations, among others. The group benefits from a number of well recognized attorneys with extensive capabilities at trial and in investigations and enforcement proceedings.2 Kendall Brill & Kelly LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2024 | Band 2 | 7 Years RankedKendall Brill & Kelly is a highly rated litigation firm with considerable strength in white-collar trials and investigations. It regularly acts for high ranking individuals and corporates across a wide range of industries and possesses vast experience defending clients against a diverse array of claims including corruption and securities and healthcare fraud.
2 King & Spalding LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2024 | Band 2 | 5 Years RankedKing & Spalding offers clients a distinguished regulator practice with significant expertise in white-collar criminal matters. The firm benefits from a deep bench of high profile former governmental lawyers in its offices across the United States, providing a wealth of experience in defending corporate and individual clients against SEC and DOJ actions.
2 Munger, Tolles & Olson LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2024 | Band 2 | 18 Years RankedMunger Tolles offers a distinguished white-collar criminal defense group with outstanding trial experience. The firm benefits from a highly regarded bench of litigators, including a number of former federal prosecutors with excellent credentials in trial court and investigatory proceedings. It offers noted capabilities in securities fraud and criminal antitrust matters, among other areas.- Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2024 | Band 2
Band 3
3 Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2024 | Band 3 | 4 Years RankedCoblentz has a robust white-collar criminal defense group, with strong credentials in defending SEC and DOJ investigations and enforcement actions. It draws from an expert pool of litigators with significant prosecutorial experience, advising clients on defending criminal antitrust, fraud, corruption and FCPA claims.3 Jenner & Block LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2024 | Band 3 | 2 Years RankedJenner & Block offers clients a dynamic white-collar criminal defense practice, known for its expertise in high-stake trials and investigations. The practice benefits from a deep bench of lawyers with extensive government backgrounds, who represent an array of global companies, leading sports teams and technology companies.3 Jones DayLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2024 | Band 3 | 18 Years RankedJones Day frequently advises on major corporate investigations and bet-the-company litigation. The group benefits from a wealth of resources nationally and globally to assist with multijurisdictional and multi-agency matters for corporate clients and senior executives. It is active in a wide range of areas, with particular expertise in FCPA investigations and wider enforcement work.3 O'Melveny & Myers LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2024 | Band 3 | 18 Years RankedO'Melveny's practice group is particularly skilled in healthcare matters, benefiting from numerous attorneys with expertise in areas such as Medicare fraud and healthcare-focused False Claims Act matters. The team offers additional strengths in a range of criminal and investigatory proceedings, including environmental, antitrust, FCPA and securities issues. Its impressive client base includes leading corporate clients, major financial institutions and senior executives.3 Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2024 | Band 3 | 16 Years RankedQuinn Emanuel is a nationally recognized trial firm with markedly broad capabilities within the field and is well resourced to represent both senior executives and corporations. It offers strength defending allegations in diverse areas such as antitrust, healthcare and securities, alongside particular expertise acting for East Asian clients in economic espionage cases. The firm calls upon a strong team of litigators with decades of experience handling complex government investigations and criminal litigation.3 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & AffiliatesLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2024 | Band 3 | 18 Years RankedSkadden remains a formidable resource for clients facing governmental investigations and major enforcement action, boasting a cadre of nationally famed litigators with outstanding courtroom experience. The firm offers strong capabilities in areas such as money laundering, environmental crime and state and federal grand jury investigations. Its team advises a range of leading corporates, public company boards, audit committees and individual clients.3 Winston & Strawn LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2024 | Band 3 | 4 Years RankedWinston & Strawn offers a highly esteemed white-collar criminal defense group with proven abilities in trial settings, drawing from an expert pool of litigators with excellent courtroom pedigree in California and nationwide. The group excels in representing individuals and corporate clients against the full gamut of regulatory enforcement matters, as well as handling internal investigations.
Band 4
4 Foley & Lardner LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2024 | Band 4 | 13 Years RankedFoley & Lardner offers an accomplished practice routinely seen handling complex litigation and investigations for a broad array of corporates and individuals, alongside niche expertise advising Latin American and Asian clients in government enforcement work. The firm's signature specialization in healthcare matters is complemented by excellent strengths in False Claims Act cases, FCPA matters and government investigations.
4 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2024 | Band 4 | 9 Years RankedSheppard Mullin has a strong litigation group with robust capabilities in investigations and trials both at the federal and state level. The group is experienced in handling False Claims Act litigation and related enforcement actions and is particularly adept at resolving disputes within the healthcare sector.
4 Spertus, Landes & Josephs, LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2024 | Band 4 | 3 Years RankedSpertus, Landes & Josephs is a litigation boutique which fields a compact but formidable bench of lawyers with notable prosecutorial experience and strong trial capabilities. It defends clients in state and federal courts, as well as handling government and internal investigations into a wide range of matters including healthcare fraud, securities fraud and the False Claims Act.- Farella Braun + Martel LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2024 | Band 4
Band 5
5 Debevoise & Plimpton LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2024 | Band 5 | 1 Years RankedDebevoise & Plimpton has a long-held reputation for excellence in acting for corporates and individual executives in their most sensitive and sophisticated investigations, alongside an excellent track record in defending regulatory enforcement. Clients benefit from the firm's recognized expertise in handling cases brought by the SEC and DOJ, alongside a wider pool of talented litigators for parallel civil litigation.
5 Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2024 | Band 5 | 1 Years RankedGlenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes offers robust strengths in litigation matters, drawing from an experienced pool of disputes lawyers with deep trial expertise. It acts for clients to defend a broad spectrum of criminal allegations and regulatory investigations, representing both corporate and individual clients.
5 Hogan Lovells US LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2024 | Band 5 | 1 Years RankedHogan Lovells combines its signature strengths in highly regulated sectors with an expert criminal defense team, which includes a number of former prosecutors and governmental attorneys. The firm frequently advises clients in the life sciences, technology, financial services sectors and beyond on DOJ and SEC investigations and enforcement actions, alongside advising on internal investigations.
5 McDermott Will & Emery LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2024 | Band 5 | 18 Years RankedMcDermott has a well-regarded criminal defense practice group with deep strengths in healthcare matters, acting for a broad spectrum of device manufacturers, biotechnology companies and healthcare providers. It offers wider strengths in areas including insider trading claims and FCPA-related issues, drawing from its strong roster of attorneys with notable prosecutorial experience.
5 Morrison FoersterLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2024 | Band 5 | 1 Years Ranked"The legal team I worked with was phenomenal, their attention to detail in my case exceeded any expectation I had. They remember more minor details about my life and the circumstances of my case than I do! This is a stressful event and I couldn’t be more grateful for the legal team formed to assist in every aspect of the case."
5 Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2024 | Band 5 | 1 Years RankedWillkie Farr offers robust strengths in criminal defense matters, acting for corporate and individual clients in a broad spectrum of SEC and DOJ enforcement actions. The firm draws from a strong pool of litigators in its California offices, supported by a national and international group of disputes lawyers with impressive advocacy skills.