| Investigations and Criminal Litigation |
Our clients rely on the valuable expertise and insight of a team of seasoned lawyers who have many years of experience working on the unique and challenging issues of this practice area. WilmerHale’s Investigations and Criminal Litigation group consists of more than 60 members, resident in Washington DC, Boston, New York, California and London, and practices across the country and abroad. Drawing on the collective expertise of the firm are lawyers that have served in high-level positions within the government, including more than 50 former prosecutors. In particular, among this experienced group, we count two former Deputy Attorney Generals of the United States, a former General Counsel of the Department of Defense, a former General Counsel of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and former Deputy United States Attorneys in the Southern District of New York and the District of Massachusetts, as well as numerous former Assistant United States Attorneys and representatives of state Attorneys General as members of our Investigations and Criminal Litigation group.
Our integrated approach and collective expertise enables us to handle the most challenging of issues. Fortune 500 companies, corporate executives and high-ranking public officials retain us for representation in internal corporate investigations; government investigations, including grand jury, congressional and inspector general investigations; criminal litigation, including trials and appeals; and related civil and administrative proceedings, including qui tam actions. We have defended clients against allegations of insider trading; money laundering; health care, securities, accounting and government contracts fraud; violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; Anti-kickback Statute and False Claims Act; criminal environmental violations; criminal antitrust violations; and violations of other statutes. We have considerable experience advising on German and other European anti-corruption laws, including the newly enacted United Kingdom Bribery Act. Recently named Criminal Defense: White Collar Law Firm of the Year by US News, we:
- Obtained quick dismissal of all criminal charges against a biomedical sales manager relating to alleged off-label promotion; the U.S. Attorney’s Office agreed to dismiss all charges after our opening statement and only one partial day of testimony
- Have represented numerous major pharmaceutical companies and medical device companies in wide-ranging federal criminal investigations of alleged health care fraud
- Represented numerous companies and individuals in federal criminal investigations in the areas of securities, antitrust, immigration, public corruption, tax and government fraud
- Represented numerous clients in congressional investigations, including a global financial institution in two major inquiries by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations into the vulnerability of US banking operations to foreign money laundering
- Represented numerous individuals in criminal prosecutions, including trials and appeals, of alleged health care fraud, securities fraud, insider trading, and environmental violations
Please visit our UK Investigations and Criminal Litigation page for more information on our UK group.