Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations

Clients turn to Patterson Belknap’s White Collar Defense and Investigations group with their most important enforcement, litigation and regulatory matters. The group, which includes seven former federal prosecutors, a former Senior Counsel for the SEC’s Enforcement Division, and the former Attorney General of the State of New Jersey, is uniquely positioned to handle a myriad of the most challenging matters for corporate and individual clients facing allegations of securities and commodities fraud, health care, medical device and pharmaceutical fraud, antitrust violations, tax fraud, and violations of the FCPA and the False Claims Act.

With its extensive experience in crisis management, government investigations and prosecutions, regulatory actions, and high-stakes litigation, the group regularly handles bet-the-company cases on behalf of the firm’s clients. The group is known for conducting thorough investigations, providing sound advice, reaching beneficial resolutions with government agencies and adversaries, and, when appropriate, fighting aggressively on behalf of clients, even in the face of threatened prosecutions and regulatory actions. Our approach has resulted in the termination of significant and high-profile federal and state investigations without charges or penalties.