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USA California Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations

Our White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations research will cover both individual representations and company representations. Work typically undertaken in this section will include external and internal investigations, enforcement proceedings, white-collar criminal trials and appeals. Attorneys will generally represent individuals or companies involved in matters investigated by bodies such as the DOJ, US Attorneys' Offices, state AGs and Congress committees. These investigations and enforcement proceedings may involve a range of issues, including insider trading, healthcare fraud, antitrust issues, corruption allegations and FCPA breaches.

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  1. Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks, Lincenberg & Rhow PC
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    Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks, Lincenberg & Rhow PC
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2023 | Band 1 |
    Bird 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.
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  2. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
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    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2023 | Band 1 |
    Gibson 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.
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  3. Hueston Hennigan LLP
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    Hueston Hennigan LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2023 | Band 1 |
    Hueston 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.
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  4. Latham & Watkins LLP
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    Latham & Watkins LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2023 | Band 1 |
    Latham & 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.
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  5. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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    Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2023 | Band 1 |
    Paul, 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.
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  1. Covington & Burling LLP
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    Covington & Burling LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2023 | Band 2 |
    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. Benefits from a number of well-recognized attorneys with extensive capabilities at trial and in investigations and enforcement proceedings.
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  2. Kendall Brill & Kelly LLP
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    Kendall Brill & Kelly LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2023 | Band 2 |
    Kendall 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.
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  3. Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
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    Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2023 | Band 2 |
    Munger 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.
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  4. Sidley Austin LLP
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    Sidley Austin LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2023 | Band 2 |
    Sidley 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.
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  5. Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2023 | Band 2
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  1. King & Spalding LLP
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    King & Spalding LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2023 | Band 3 |
    King & 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.
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  2. O'Melveny & Myers LLP
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    O'Melveny & Myers LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2023 | Band 3 |
    O'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.
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  3. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
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    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2023 | Band 3 |
    Quinn Emanuel is a nationally recognized trial firm with markedly broad capabilities within the field, 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.
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  4. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates
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    Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2023 | Band 3 |
    Skadden 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.
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  5. Winston & Strawn LLP
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    Winston & Strawn LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2023 | Band 3 |
    Winston & 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.
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  1. Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP
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    Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2023 | Band 4 |
    Coblentz 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.
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    Foley & Lardner LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2023 | Band 4 |
    Foley & 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.
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  3. Jones Day
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    Jones Day
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2023 | Band 4 |
    Jones 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.
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  4. McDermott Will & Emery LLP
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    McDermott Will & Emery LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2023 | Band 4 |
    McDermott has a well-regarded criminal defense practice group with deep strengths in healthcare matters, acting for a broad spectrum of device manufacturers, biotechnology companies and healthcare providers. It offers wider strengths in areas including insider trading claims and FCPA-related issues, drawing from its strong roster of attorneys with notable prosecutorial experience.
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  5. Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
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    Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2023 | Band 4 |
    Sheppard 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.
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  6. Spertus, Landes & Josephs, LLP
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    Spertus, Landes & Josephs, LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2023 | Band 4 |
    Spertus, Landes & Josephs 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.
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  7. Farella Braun + Martel LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2023 | Band 4
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  1. Ellis George Cipollone O’Brien LLP
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    Ellis George Cipollone O’Brien LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2023 | Band 5 |
    Ellis George Cipollone O’Brien is a litigation boutique with strong capabilities in investigations, trials, arbitration and appeals, at both state and federal levels. It hosts a number of highly capable defense attorneys, equipped with deep prosecutorial experience and knowledge spanning FCPA, FCA, fraud and various other white-collar matters.
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  2. Goodwin
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    Goodwin
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2023 | Band 5 |
    "The lawyers at Goodwin are top-notch. Their presence in the courtroom, including the ability to pivot, understand and move around matters quickly, is seamless. They have a deep bench of subject matter experts, who are well equipped to handle anything."
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    Jenner & Block LLP
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2023 | Band 5 |
    Jenner & 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.
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  4. Pillsbury
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    Pillsbury
    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    2023 | Band 5 |
    Pillsbury frequently advises on a range of white-collar criminal matters, acting for both California-based and national clients on government investigations and enforcement actions. The firm offers a broad team of experienced former prosecutors and trial lawyers, with notable capabilities in the technology and financial sectors.
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