Preston Burton

Preston Burton is a highly regarded trial lawyer with over three decades of criminal law experience, both as a defense attorney and as a federal prosecutor. He is a partner in Orrick’s Washington, D.C. office and serves as the leader of the firm’s global White Collar, Government Investigations & Conflicts practice.

Mr. Burton has tried more than 50 criminal cases to verdict, representing individual and corporate clients in complex federal white collar criminal cases, governmental and civil proceedings, and congressional and internal investigations. He has also handled more than 10 appeals before the D.C. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, and Fourth Circuit.

His work is punctuated by numerous front-page cases, representing clients such as Monica Lewinsky, former CIA intelligence agent Aldrich H. Ames, and former FBI Special Agent Robert Hanssen. He has represented business executives and companies in public corruption investigations, criminal antitrust matters, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and export control violations, False Claims Act cases, and procurement fraud. Many of Mr. Burton’s cases have involved cross-border investigations, including extradition requests and multi-jurisdictional enforcement actions.

Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Columbia; Law Clerk, Hon. Boyce F. Martin, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit