Anne Chapman

Government & Regulatory Law

Criminal Defense

Anne Chapman is a leading white-collar criminal defense attorney with more than 20 years of experience representing individuals and corporations in complex federal and state criminal and regulatory matters. A former Assistant Federal Defender, she is trusted by clients for her strategic judgment, trial readiness, and ability to manage matters involving significant legal, financial, and reputational risk.

Anne’s practice focuses on high-stakes white-collar criminal defense, including fraud-related matters (bank, wire, mail, consumer, and mortgage fraud), money laundering, identity theft, privacy and data-related offenses, firearms and export-related allegations, and criminal intellectual-property cases. She also has substantial experience handling sensitive national security and terrorism-related matters, including cases governed by the Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA).

Clients regularly retain Anne at the earliest stages of government scrutiny to guide them through parallel civil, criminal, and regulatory proceedings, including False Claims Act matters and consumer fraud actions. She has extensive experience defending clients in investigations and enforcement actions brought by the Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, Internal Revenue Service, Arizona Corporation Commission, and State Attorneys General.

In addition to her defense practice, Anne advises corporations, executives, and boards on regulatory risk and compliance, conducts internal investigations for corporations and Special Litigation Committees, and provides anti-corruption and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act counseling. She is frequently selected for matters requiring independent judgment and discretion.

Anne has significant trial experience, including serving as defense counsel in one of the most consequential federal terrorism prosecutions in U.S. history, a capital case arising from the September 11, 2001 attacks. She continues to handle high-profile national security matters, including death-penalty litigation before the Guantanamo Bay Military Commissions.

She serves as Co-Chair of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’ White Collar Crime Committee and on the Board of the Women in White Collar Criminal Defense Association.

Bar Admissions:

Arizona Supreme Court (2008)

U.S. District Court, District of Arizona (2008)

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit (2002)

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia (2002)

Supreme Court of Virginia (2002)

U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (1999)

Board of Directors, Women in White Collar Criminal Defense Association.

Women’s White Collar Defense Association, Phoenix Chapter Leader.

Maricopa County Superior Court’s Capital Defense Review Committee, 2012-2026.

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Board of Directors, 2009-2012; Co-Chair, Death Penalty Committee 2012-2014; White Collar Crime Committee Co-Chair Present.

American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section.

Arizona State Bar, Indigent Defense Task Force, Member.

Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice, Member.

Federal Bar Association, Member.

Supreme Court of Arizona’s Independent Bar Counsel Attorney Panel.

'Attorney-Client Privilege in Internal Investigations: Best Practices and Lessons from Recent Cases' with Kathleen Brody, The Champion, September/October 2015

'Deferred Prosecution Agreements in the Financial Services Industry: Trends and Tips' with Kathleen Brody, The Champion, June 2013.

Professional Recognition

Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations.

Phoenix Best Lawyers®, Criminal Defense: White-Collar Lawyer of the Year.

The Best Lawyers in America®, White-Collar Criminal Defense.

Super Lawyers Top 25 Women Attorneys in Arizona.

Super Lawyers Top 50 Attorneys in Arizona.

Distinguished Service Award, National Association of Federal Defenders, May 2006