Practice Areas & Industries: Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Practice/Industry Group Overview

In the wake of corporate scandals, mounting legislation regulating business practices, and rising shareholder activism, company leaders are coming under increasingly harsh scrutiny. As a result of this and the accompanying rise in white collar criminal litigation, making the important decisions required to steward a business is more complex than ever. The need for competent and experienced white collar attorneys capable of providing a proactive and vigorous defense has consequently become essential.

Learning the facts, locating and preserving relevant documents, and presenting the matter cogently and persuasively to decision makers can often make the difference between a successful outcome and a prison sentence. We are highly adept in these and the many related activities associated with defending white collar cases.

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The attorneys in our White Collar Crime group are battle-tested trial and appellate attorneys and include several former federal and state prosecutors. Our decades of trial and investigative experience representing brokers, corporations, corporate leaders, employers and others in white collar criminal matters has involved:

• Accounting Fraud
• Bank Embezzlement
• Bank Fraud
• Bribery
• Complex Financial Fraud
• Embezzlement and Internal Fraud
• False Claim/Qui Tam Actions
• Health Care Fraud
• Insurance Fraud
• Money Laundering
• Official Misconduct
• RICO Violations
• Securities Fraud
• Tax Fraud

We represent our clients before grand juries and during investigations by federal and state prosecutors. Additionally, we appear before agencies and disciplinary bodies for quasi-criminal matters. Our comprehensive capabilities also include counseling clients in connection with administrative investigations and any related civil fraud or monetary penalty action.

We have defended individuals in large-scale investigations across the United States. We have provided coordinated representation concerning investigations conducted by the U.S. Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Justice Antitrust Division, Food and Drug Administration, Federal Aviation Administration and Securities and Exchange Commission, in addition to matters handled by various U.S. Attorneys’ offices throughout the country.

Internal Investigations
Our attorneys are experienced in conducting corporate internal investigations. Their knowledge and expertise help clients avoid pitfalls concerning attorney-client and work product privilege issues. Their experience as federal prosecutors before joining Hinshaw gives them insight into parallel U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) investigations and the internal workings of the DOJ. In many cases, employees called to appear as witnesses in white collar investigations have relied on our many capabilities for assistance in avoiding being named defendants themselves.

In addition to their many professional accomplishments, our White Collar Grime Group attorneys have authored multiple articles on white collar crime issues. Members of the group have authored the U.S. Department of Justice Manual on Prosecution of Healthcare Fraud and served as faculty for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy at Northwestern University and the U.S. Department of Justice Advocacy Institute.