Charles Connolly

Ranked in 1 Practice Areas

Band 2

Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations

District of Columbia

7 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Charles Connolly

USA

Practice Areas

Co-head of Akin’s white collar defense & global investigations practice group. Represents companies and individuals in government investigations, white collar criminal defense matters, internal investigations and complex commercial litigation. Substantive areas include Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), Anti-money laundering (AML) statutes, financial fraud, federal procurement, public corruption, sanctions regimes, and False Claims Act (FCA) litigation. He has conducted investigations in multiple domestic jurisdictions, as well as in Latin America, China, Europe and the Middle East.

Career

Chief, Financial Crimes & Public Corruption Unit, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia; Deputy Chief, Financial Crimes & Public Corruption Unit, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia; Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia; Acting Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General; Counselor, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General.

Personal

B.A., Johns Hopkins University, with honors, 1991; J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School, cum laude, 1995.

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Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations - District of Columbia

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Charles Connolly is co-head of the white-collar defense and global investigations practice group at Akin. He is an experienced white-collar practitioner who is frequently called upon by corporate and individual clients embroiled in complex criminal proceedings, often involving allegations of FCPA violations and fraud.

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