White Collar Criminal Defense

Inquiries from government agencies often require specialized representation as clients respond to subpoenas, civil investigation demands and, occasionally, search warrants. Hall Estill’s White Collar Criminal Defense practice group has years of experience, including as government attorneys and successfully defending clients facing government investigations. In representing clients, our White Collar Criminal Defense attorneys offer a range of services: conducting sensitive investigations, persuading government officials to close investigations or decline prosecution, defending at trial against charges involving fraud, financial issues, racketeering, foreign issues, obstruction of justice and false statements, antidumping and environmental crimes.

Unlike civil litigation, government inquiries present recurring issues of Fifth Amendment and attorney-client work privilege, as well as work product. Often, parallel inquiries involve both administrative and criminal investigations. In representing clients, our White Collar Defense attorneys offer a range of services:

Conducting sensitive investigations for clients, including issues such as:

• Price-Fixing
• Compliance Reviews for Financial Institutions and Professionals
• Bid-Rigging
• Insider-Trading
• Violations Reviews

Persuading government officials to close investigations or decline prosecution.

Defending at trial against charges involving:

• Fraud– federal procurement, mail, wire bank, computer, health, housing, securities and bank
  
• Financial Issues– money laundering, bribery, price-fixing and bid-rigging
• Racketeering– cases under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization statutes
• Foreign Issues– customs (import and export violations), extradition, currency violations and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
• Obstruction of justice and false statements
• Antidumping
• Environmental crimes

For further details, please see our Extended Information