David Isaak

White-Collar Defense | Independent & Internal Investigations | Trade Secrets | Commercial Trials & Litigation | Sports Integrity Team

David Isaak has spent more than two decades fighting for companies and executives in their most serious legal matters, including government and internal investigations, white-collar criminal and regulatory cases, and high-stakes civil litigation.

David's white-collar criminal and regulatory practice centers on representing clients in legally and factually complex investigations and white-collar criminal cases involving health care fraud, tax fraud, securities fraud (including insider trading), antitrust, commodities manipulation, trademark infringement, theft of trade secrets, work site immigration enforcement, environmental crimes, and violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

His victories are often private, such as when prosecutors declined to prosecute a software executive and his company after a lengthy investigation into alleged trade secret theft. But he has also had many public successes, including his role in securing an acquittal on manslaughter and Clean Water Act charges for the Deepwater Horizon well site leader.

David is frequently called upon to represent clients in high-stakes civil matters involving allegations of breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, trade secret theft, fraud, fraudulent inducement, and various other tort claims.

The same skills that have made David successful in the courtroom and in negotiating with government agencies have also made him adept at handling internal investigations. These investigations have involved everything from alleged accounting fraud, trade secret misappropriation, and wage and hour policies to university admissions.