Practice Areas & Industries: Kilpatrick Stockton LLP

Practice/Industry Group Overview

The White Collar Crime and Criminal Defense Specialty Practice assists corporations and individuals with serious investigations, and also defends clients against governmental suits regarding regulatory compliance.

Increasingly, regulatory and civil matters have aspects that can become the focus of criminal investigations conducted by a wide range of federal, state and local enforcement agencies. Corporate officers are facing changing standards of criminal responsibility in the daily conduct of their business. This heightened responsibility of officers and directors has resulted in a tremendous increase in potential liability. The Criminal Defense and Special Matters Practice at Kilpatrick Stockton helps clients when they are confronted with serious investigations and defends them when government uses the criminal laws to enforce compliance with regulatory laws.