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Our white collar lawyers successfully defend both corporations and individuals against investigations by federal regulatory agencies, the U.S. Department of Justice, and state and local prosecutors and regulators throughout the nation.
We conduct internal investigations, design corporate compliance programs and conduct compliance training for executives at many of the world's largest corporations.
Covington's White Collar Defense Practice is widely recognized not only for litigating and winning high-profile criminal cases, but also for devising creative legal strategies to resolve cases long before they draw public scrutiny. Covington's long-standing record of excellence in defending clients in complex criminal and regulatory enforcement cases has earned the firm a deep and invaluable reservoir of credibility with courts, prosecutors and regulatory agencies nationwide.
Our white collar defense practice is led by former prosecutors who have held senior positions in United States Attorney's Offices, the Department of Justice in Washington, DC, the White House, and other government agencies involved in white collar criminal and regulatory enforcement.
We have defended clients in investigations by:
- the Department of Justice
- Securities and Exchange Commission
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Food and Drug Administration
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- National Association of Securities Dealers
- New York Stock Exchange
- U.S. Customs Service
- Internal Revenue Service
- Treasury Department
- Federal Reserve Bank
- Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
- Office of Thrift Supervision
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- Federal Election Commission
- Department of Defense
- Inspectors General of the Department of Health and Human Services and other agencies.
- State Department
- the United States Congress
- the World Bank
Representative Matters
- Represent the Special Committee of the Board of Adelphia Communications in investigations by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan and the SEC.
- Represent SG Cowen Securities Corp., Societe Generale’s US broker-dealer subsidiary, in investigations by the Department of Justice, the SEC, and the New York Stock Exchange arising out of a massive fraud scheme by a former branch manager of the firm’s Cleveland office.
- Represent a world-renowned weapons research facility in a major, multi-faceted Congressional investigation of alleged mismanagement at the facility.
- Represented numerous companies and their executives in investigations into possible Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations.
- Conducted numerous investigations of domestic and foreign financial institutions into alleged Bank Secrecy Act violations, money laundering and insider trading by employees.
Accolades
- Lanny Breuer, Member, American College of Trial Lawyers
- Chambers USA’s White Collar Criminal Defense category
- Bruce Baird
- Lanny Breuer
- Eric Holder, Jr.
- Aaron Marcu
- Alan Vinegrad
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