Government Enforcement
BuckleySandler’s enforcement practice includes representing corporate clients and individual officers and directors at every stage of government investigations and enforcement actions - including white collar criminal matters - initiated by state and federal agencies including: the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (f/k/a Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight), U.S. Attorneys Offices, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the offices of the state attorneys general throughout the United States. The Firm’s practice in this area includes defending clients against allegations involving a wide array of business contexts in federal and state grand jury investigations, trials, and appeals. The Firm’s lawyers have also represented corporations and their executives in connection with Congressional investigations examining industry business practices.
We assist clients in responding to informal and formal Congressional inquiries and in preparing for Congressional hearings. BuckleySandler attorneys have represented clients in enforcement matters and related litigation involving a wide range of subject areas including consumer financial services, False Claims Act/Qui Tam litigation, financial institution fraud, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, government procurement fraud, insurance fraud, money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act, options backdating, state and federal RICO laws, securities fraud, and tax offenses. A number of our lawyers have held senior positions at the Federal Reserve Board and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency or served as a federal prosecutor.
In the enforcement area, many of our greatest successes have never become public because an optimal result was achieved by convincing enforcement agencies not to take any action against our clients. Other representations have involved high-profile matters and, in such cases, our lawyers have vast experience handling all aspects of the case from fully developing effective legal and factual defenses to formulating and implementing strategies to minimize any collateral consequences – including public and media scrutiny – such enforcement actions may pose to our clients.
For more information regarding our Government Enforcement practice, please see our list of Selected Law Enforcement Agency and Bank Regulatory matters.