Christopher J. Steskal

Chris leads the firm’s white collar defense and investigations practice and is a partner in the litigation group. He is an accomplished trial lawyer with over 30 years’ experience litigating both criminal and civil matters.

Chris is consistently recognized as go-to counsel for high-stakes litigation, government enforcement matters, and internal investigations. Ranked in Chambers USA and recognized in The Legal 500, clients describe Chris as “a fantastic lawyer,” “simply exceptional,” “exemplary,” “even-keeled and very effective with the government,” “strong with the regulators,” “very prepared,” “knows [investigations] inside and out,” “intrepid investigator,” “very efficient at knowing what matters and what is important,” “strategically smart, insightful,” and “reliable and cooperative.”

Chris frequently represents corporations, audit committees, and executives in internal investigations and before the DOJ, SEC, and other government enforcement agencies in a variety of matters, including: financial and accounting issues, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, insider trading, U.S. export control and economic sanctions violations, unfair competition, trade secret theft, antitrust violations, mail and wire fraud, money laundering, and tax fraud, among others. In addition, he frequently advises corporations and boards on the design and implementation of corporate compliance programs, as well as corporate governance and disclosure issues.