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Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations | USA

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Our White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations research will cover both individual representations and company representations. Work typically undertaken in this section will include external and internal investigations, enforcement proceedings, white-collar criminal trials and appeals. Attorneys will generally represent individuals or companies involved in matters investigated by bodies such as the DOJ, US Attorneys' Offices, state AGs and Congress committees. These investigations and enforcement proceedings may involve a range of issues, including insider trading, healthcare fraud, antitrust issues, corruption allegations and FCPA breaches.

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Band 1

  1. Bird, Marella, Rhow, Lincenberg, Drooks & Nessim, LLP
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    Bird, Marella, Rhow, Lincenberg, Drooks & Nessim, LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2024 | Band 1 | 11 Years Ranked
    Bird 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.
  2. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
    1
    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2024 | Band 1 | 18 Years Ranked
    Gibson 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.
  3. Hueston Hennigan LLP
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    Hueston Hennigan LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2024 | Band 1 | 9 Years Ranked
    Hueston 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.
  4. Latham & Watkins LLP
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    Latham & Watkins LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2024 | Band 1 | 18 Years Ranked
    Latham & 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.
  5. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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    Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2024 | Band 1 | 4 Years Ranked
    Paul, 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.
  6. Sidley Austin LLP
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    Sidley Austin LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2024 | Band 1 | 12 Years Ranked
    Sidley 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.
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Band 2

  1. Covington & Burling LLP
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    Covington & Burling LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2024 | Band 2 | 7 Years Ranked
    Covington'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. 2
    Kendall Brill & Kelly LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2024 | Band 2 | 7 Years Ranked
    Kendall 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.
  3. King & Spalding LLP
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    King & Spalding LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2024 | Band 2 | 5 Years Ranked
    King & 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.
  4. Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
    2
    Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2024 | Band 2 | 18 Years Ranked
    Munger 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.
  5. Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2024 | Band 2
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Band 3

  1. Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP
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    Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2024 | Band 3 | 4 Years Ranked
    Coblentz 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.
  2. Jenner & Block LLP
    3
    Jenner & Block LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2024 | Band 3 | 2 Years Ranked
    Jenner & 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 Day
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    Jones Day
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2024 | Band 3 | 18 Years Ranked
    Jones 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.
  4. O'Melveny & Myers LLP
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    O'Melveny & Myers LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2024 | Band 3 | 18 Years Ranked
    O'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.
  5. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
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    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2024 | Band 3 | 16 Years Ranked
    Quinn 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.
  6. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates
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    Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2024 | Band 3 | 18 Years Ranked
    Skadden 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.
  7. Winston & Strawn LLP
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    Winston & Strawn LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2024 | Band 3 | 4 Years Ranked
    Winston & 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.
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Band 4

  1. Foley & Lardner LLP
    4
    Foley & Lardner LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2024 | Band 4 | 13 Years Ranked
    Foley & 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.
  2. Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
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    Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2024 | Band 4 | 9 Years Ranked
    Sheppard 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.
  3. Spertus, Landes & Josephs, LLP
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    Spertus, Landes & Josephs, LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2024 | Band 4 | 3 Years Ranked
    Spertus, 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.
  4. Farella Braun + Martel LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2024 | Band 4
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Band 5

  1. Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
    5
    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2024 | Band 5 | 1 Years Ranked
    Debevoise & 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.
  2. Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes LLP
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    Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2024 | Band 5 | 1 Years Ranked
    Glenn 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.
  3. Hogan Lovells US LLP
    5
    Hogan Lovells US LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2024 | Band 5 | 1 Years Ranked
    Hogan 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.
  4. McDermott Will & Emery LLP
    5
    McDermott Will & Emery LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2024 | Band 5 | 18 Years Ranked
    McDermott 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 Foerster
    5
    Morrison Foerster
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2024 | 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."
  6. Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
    5
    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2024 | Band 5 | 1 Years Ranked
    Willkie 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.