White Collar
BuckleySandler lawyers represent corporate and individual clients at every stage of criminal defense matters as well as in the parallel civil or administrative litigation frequently associated with criminal investigations. Our lawyers understand the consequences, both reputational and to the bottom-line, that can arise from criminal or regulatory investigations and work to proactively resolve or mitigate claims from the outset. From oral argument before the United States Supreme Court to responding to “dawn raids” by law enforcement and every step in between, we regularly represent clients in criminal matters where bet-the-company sanctions or personal liberties are at stake.
BuckleySandler also represent clients in litigation associated with criminal investigations or prosecutions such as SEC enforcement actions, suspension or debarment actions following indictment or conviction, professional discipline actions, and shareholder derivative suits.
Our team represents clients in all types of white collar criminal proceedings including:
- Internal investigations
- Grand Jury, subpoenas and investigations
- Criminal trials
- Negotiating settlements of criminal and civil charges
- Criminal appeals
Our attorneys represent clients in matters involving:
- Bank secrecy
- Bank fraud
- Data privacy
- Environmental crime
- False Claims Act
- Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
- Government contracts
- Mail and wire fraud
- Money laundering
- Procurement fraud
- RICO
- Securities fraud
Select relevant experience includes:
- Arguing and winning an appeal in the United States Supreme Court barring further prosecution of a former Enron executive on double jeopardy grounds see: Yeager v. United States, 129 S.Ct. 2360 (2009)
- FCPA enforcement defense for a corporation following an internal investigation and voluntary disclosure to the DOJ and SEC, which resulted in an SEC settlement
- Defending a large regional bank in a major Anti-Money Laundering and Bank Secrecy Act enforcement action involving the DOJ, Federal Reserve, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and a state banking agency
- Insider trading representations involving parallel DOJ and SEC investigations
- Defense of the former controller of Fannie Mae in an SEC investigation, shareholder derivative action and additional parallel civil litigation