Fraud Prevention & White Collar Criminal Defense

A number of our attorneys are former federal and state prosecutors who counsel clients in managing the risks of fraud, in developing a response to gross misconduct by employees or officers, and in defending client interests in grand jury or law-enforcement investigations. For example, five partners have served as high-ranking prosecutors in the criminal divisions of the Department of Justice and U.S. Attorneys’ offices.

Seyfarth Shaw’s extensive resources and nationwide contacts enable us to assure that clients’ needs are met and that all relevant matters will remain confidential. We recently assisted criminal prosecutors on three continents to prosecute co-conspirators in a large-scale investment fraud and money-laundering scheme in which our client, a multinational corporation, was a victim. By using our international contacts in the law-enforcement community we were able to effect a satisfactory result.

Our attorneys have extensive knowledge in the areas of violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act (“RICO”); health-care fraud and qui tam suits; bank fraud; securities fraud and money laundering; criminal antitrust investigations and environmental crime.