Ranking tables
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations | USA
California
Rankings overview for Departments
Bird, Marella, Rhow, Lincenberg, Drooks & Nessim, LLP 12 Years Ranked
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 19 Years Ranked
Hueston Hennigan LLP 10 Years Ranked
Kendall Brill & Kelly LLP 8 Years Ranked
Latham & Watkins LLP 19 Years Ranked
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP 5 Years Ranked
Sidley Austin LLP 13 Years Ranked
Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP 5 Years Ranked
Jones Day 19 Years Ranked
O'Melveny & Myers LLP 19 Years Ranked
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP 17 Years Ranked
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates 19 Years Ranked
Spertus, Josephs & Minnick, LLP 4 Years Ranked
Winston & Strawn LLP 5 Years Ranked
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 Bird, Marella, Rhow, Lincenberg, Drooks & Nessim, LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2025 | Band 1 | 12 Years RankedBird Marella fields an impressive array of experienced litigators and former prosecutors, recognized for securing acquittals and favorable settlements in white-collar criminal proceedings. The group features notable strength in healthcare and securities litigation, as well as a variety of corruption, money laundering and environmental matters. The team is highly rated for its trial capabilities, with a strong track record of handling white-collar matters in state and federal courts.
1 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2025 | Band 1 | 19 Years RankedGibson Dunn is renowned for its outstanding white-collar practice with a national reputation for excellence, equally comfortable representing both individuals and leading companies in their most critical issues. The practice is skilled at handling complex crises across multiple jurisdictions and governmental agencies, calling upon its impressive roster of practitioners with deep DOJ and prosecutorial experience. It offers markedly broad subject matter capability, with strong coverage in areas including securities fraud, healthcare fraud and FCPA issues.1 Hueston Hennigan LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2025 | Band 1 | 10 Years RankedHueston Hennigan is a high-caliber litigation boutique with powerhouse white-collar criminal defense credentials. The firm boasts outstanding trial capabilities, drawing from a high quality bench of litigators which includes several former federal prosecutors. Its clients include a range of senior executives, corporate entities, and religious and educational institutions.1 Kendall Brill & Kelly LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2025 | Band 1 | 8 Years RankedKendall Brill & Kelly is a highly rated litigation firm with considerable strength in white-collar trials and investigations. It regularly acts for high ranking individuals and corporates across a wide range of industries and possesses vast experience defending clients against a diverse array of claims including corruption and securities and healthcare fraud.1 Latham & Watkins LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2025 | Band 1 | 19 Years RankedLatham & Watkins offers top tier skills representing both individual and corporate clients in major criminal investigations and administrative enforcement, with strengths in areas including healthcare fraud, insider trading and FCPA violations. It excels in complex multijurisdictional work, with expert abilities in defending clients against major SEC and DOJ actions. The firm's impressive client base includes a number of household names in the energy, financial services and healthcare sectors.1 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2025 | Band 1 | 5 Years RankedPaul, Weiss has a longstanding reputation for excellence in major investigations and government enforcement matters, based upon the firm's outstanding pedigree in the most significant and sensitive of white-collar criminal defense matters. The California team benefits from the wider firm's formidable pool of resources, including a number of high profile former government lawyers with extensive experience in bet-the-company disputes.1 Sidley Austin LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2025 | Band 1 | 13 Years RankedSidley Austin's team demonstrates exceptional quality in litigating high profile enforcement matters and securing the closure of government proceedings, acting on behalf of both major corporates and individual clients. The firm is regularly turned to for its excellence in highly regulated fields, including securities, healthcare and defense contracts.
Band 2
2 Covington & Burling LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2025 | Band 2 | 8 Years RankedCovington's California offices include an expert criminal defense practice which leverages the firm's signature expertise in complex regulatory issues to defend clients facing allegations of corruption, fraud and FCA and FCPA violations, among others. The group benefits from a number of well recognized attorneys with extensive capabilities at trial and in investigations and enforcement proceedings.
2 Jenner & Block LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2025 | Band 2 | 3 Years RankedJenner & Block offers clients a dynamic white-collar criminal defense practice, known for its expertise in high-stake trials and investigations. The practice benefits from a deep bench of lawyers with extensive government backgrounds, who represent an array of global companies, leading sports teams and technology companies.
2 King & Spalding LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2025 | Band 2 | 6 Years RankedKing & Spalding offers clients a distinguished regulator practice with significant expertise in white-collar criminal matters. The firm benefits from a deep bench of high profile former governmental lawyers in its offices across the United States, providing a wealth of experience in defending corporate and individual clients against SEC and DOJ actions.
2 Munger, Tolles & Olson LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2025 | Band 2 | 19 Years RankedMunger Tolles offers a distinguished white-collar criminal defense group with outstanding trial experience. The firm benefits from a highly regarded bench of litigators, including a number of former federal prosecutors with excellent credentials in trial court and investigatory proceedings. It offers noted capabilities in securities fraud and criminal antitrust matters, among other areas.- Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2025 | Band 2
Band 3
3 Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2025 | Band 3 | 5 Years RankedCoblentz has a robust white-collar criminal defense group, with strong credentials in defending SEC and DOJ investigations and enforcement actions. It draws from an expert pool of litigators with significant prosecutorial experience, advising clients on defending criminal antitrust, fraud, corruption and FCPA claims.3 Jones DayLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2025 | Band 3 | 19 Years RankedJones Day frequently advises on major corporate investigations and bet-the-company litigation. The group benefits from a wealth of resources nationally and globally to assist with multijurisdictional and multi-agency matters for corporate clients and senior executives. It is active in a wide range of areas, with particular expertise in FCPA investigations and wider enforcement work.3 O'Melveny & Myers LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2025 | Band 3 | 19 Years RankedO'Melveny's practice group is particularly skilled in healthcare matters, benefiting from numerous attorneys with expertise in areas such as Medicare fraud and healthcare-focused False Claims Act matters. The team offers additional strengths in a range of criminal and investigatory proceedings, including environmental, antitrust, FCPA and securities issues. Its impressive client base includes leading corporate clients, major financial institutions and senior executives.3 Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2025 | Band 3 | 17 Years RankedQuinn Emanuel is a nationally recognized trial firm with markedly broad capabilities within the field and is well resourced to represent both senior executives and corporations. It offers strength defending allegations in diverse areas such as antitrust, healthcare and securities, alongside particular expertise acting for East Asian clients in economic espionage cases. The firm calls upon a strong team of litigators with decades of experience handling complex government investigations and criminal litigation.3 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & AffiliatesLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2025 | Band 3 | 19 Years RankedSkadden remains a formidable resource for clients facing governmental investigations and major enforcement action, boasting a cadre of nationally famed litigators with outstanding courtroom experience. The firm offers strong capabilities in areas such as money laundering, environmental crime and state and federal grand jury investigations. Its team advises a range of leading corporates, public company boards, audit committees and individual clients.3 Spertus, Josephs & Minnick, LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2025 | Band 3 | 4 Years RankedSpertus, Josephs & Minnick is a litigation boutique which fields a compact but formidable bench of lawyers with notable prosecutorial experience and strong trial capabilities. It defends clients in state and federal courts, as well as handling government and internal investigations into a wide range of matters including healthcare fraud, securities fraud and the False Claims Act.
3 Winston & Strawn LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2025 | Band 3 | 5 Years RankedWinston & Strawn offers a highly esteemed white-collar criminal defense group with proven abilities in trial settings, drawing from an expert pool of litigators with excellent courtroom pedigree in California and nationwide. The group excels in representing individuals and corporate clients against the full gamut of regulatory enforcement matters, as well as handling internal investigations.
Band 4
4 Debevoise & Plimpton LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2025 | Band 4 | 2 Years RankedDebevoise & Plimpton has a long-held reputation for excellence in acting for corporates and individual executives in their most sensitive and sophisticated investigations, alongside an excellent track record in defending regulatory enforcement. Clients benefit from the firm's recognized expertise in handling cases brought by the SEC and DOJ, alongside a wider pool of talented litigators for parallel civil litigation.
4 Farella Braun + Martel LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2025 | Band 4 | 16 Years RankedFarella has a dynamic criminal defense practice, which houses a strong team of attorneys who are well versed in trial work, internal investigations and enforcement proceedings. It demonstrates capabilities in antitrust, trade secrets and RICO matters and routinely provides this expertise to clients in the healthcare, technology and financial sectors.
4 Foley & Lardner LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2025 | Band 4 | 14 Years RankedFoley & Lardner offers an accomplished practice routinely seen handling complex litigation and investigations for a broad array of corporates and individuals, alongside niche expertise advising Latin American and Asian clients in government enforcement work. The firm's signature specialization in healthcare matters is complemented by excellent strengths in False Claims Act cases, FCPA matters and government investigations.
4 Morrison FoersterLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2025 | Band 4 | 2 Years RankedMorrison Foerster offers a highly quality group of regulatory defense attorneys, with considerable skill in defending SEC and DOJ investigations and litigation matters. The firm is held in particularly high regard for its expertise in data privacy and cybersecurity matters.
4 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2025 | Band 4 | 10 Years RankedSheppard Mullin has a strong litigation group with robust capabilities in investigations and trials both at the federal and state level. The group is experienced in handling False Claims Act litigation and related enforcement actions and is particularly adept at resolving disputes within the healthcare sector.
4 Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2025 | Band 4 | 2 Years RankedWillkie Farr offers robust strengths in criminal defense matters, acting for corporate and individual clients in a broad spectrum of SEC and DOJ enforcement actions. The firm draws from a strong pool of litigators in its California offices, supported by a national and international group of disputes lawyers with impressive advocacy skills.
Band 5
5 Bienert Katzman Littrell Williams LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2025 | Band 5 | 1 Years RankedBienert Katzman Littrell Williams is a highly reputed boutique litigation firm with a deep pool of formidable trial lawyers with prior prosecutorial experience. The firm acts for both corporate and individual clients in a broad array of investigations and enforcement actions, including healthcare fraud, cybercrimes, AML violations and securities matters.
5 Cooley LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2025 | Band 5 | 1 Years RankedCooley enjoys a strong reputation for the strength of its white-collar criminal defense practice, which benefits from a strong pool of industry experts with significant prosecutorial experience. The firm offers expertise across a full range of regulatory investigation and enforcement matters, acting for both individual and corporate clients.
5 Crowell & Moring LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2025 | Band 5 | 12 Years RankedCrowell & Moring offers robust strengths across a broad spectrum of regulatory defense matter, with clients benefiting from the firm's roster of experienced former governmental attorneys and its pool of industry experts. The firm advises both individual and corporate clients in areas such as anti-money laundering, FCPA, False Claims Act and wider fraud claims.
5 FenwickLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2025 | Band 5 | 1 Years RankedFenwick has a robust team who are skilled in a range of white-collar criminal defense matters. Its lawyers provide counsel on cryptocurrency issues, OFAC investigations, FCPA violations, insider trading and more.
5 Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2025 | Band 5 | 2 Years RankedGlenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes offers robust strengths in litigation matters, drawing from an experienced pool of disputes lawyers with deep trial expertise. It acts for clients to defend a broad spectrum of criminal allegations and regulatory investigations, representing both corporate and individual clients.
5 Hogan Lovells US LLPLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations2025 | Band 5 | 2 Years RankedHogan Lovells combines its signature strengths in highly regulated sectors with an expert criminal defense team, which includes a number of former prosecutors and governmental attorneys. The firm frequently advises clients in the life sciences, technology, financial services sectors and beyond on DOJ and SEC investigations and enforcement actions, alongside advising on internal investigations.