Scott L. Fredericksen is the managing partner of the Washington, D.C. office of Foley & Lardner LLP. He is a member of the firm's Government Enforcement, Compliance & White Collar Defense and Securities, Enforcement & Litigation Practices. He is former chair of the Securities Litigation & White Collar Practice. Mr. Fredericksen brings more than 30 years of litigation experience to the firm. His practice at Foley is concentrated on white collar defense. Most recently, he was appointed by the U.S. Department of Justice as an Independent Corporate Monitor for a public company that violated the FCPA. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Fredericksen served as special counsel to the U.S. Attorney. In this capacity, he advised and counseled on cases, investigations, special projects and other sensitive matters. Mr. Fredericksen also was a managing partner and chair of a practice group at Stoel Rives' Seattle office, where he focused on general civil litigation and white collar criminal defense. Previously, Mr. Fredericksen was associate independent counsel in the Office of Independent Counsel in Washington, D.C., serving as trial counsel in the criminal investigation of alleged fraud at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under former Secretary Samuel R. Pierce, Jr. Mr. Fredericksen also served the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, and later for the Eastern District of Virginia. While in these positions, his trial experience included the full spectrum of federal criminal matters, including white collar cases. Mr. Fredericksen graduated from the University of North Dakota (B.A., cum laude, 1974). He received his J.D. from Boston University School of Law (1977). He is licensed to practice in the District of Columbia, Virginia, Illinois, and Washington and is a former member of the Edward Bennett Williams American Inn of Court. In 2000 and 2001, Washington Law and Politics chose Mr. Fredericksen as one of Seattle's Super Lawyers. He is also listed in the 2009-2012 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® and has been Peer Review Rated as AV® Preeminent™, the highest performance rating in Martindale-Hubbell's peer review rating system. Mr. Fredericksen appeared frequently in the news media and television as an expert commentator on federal criminal prosecutions, including the NY Times, The Washington Post, CNN, Court TV, and MSNBC Hardball. Among some of the more significant matters Mr. Fredericksen has handled are: · Represented officers of a public company in one of the largest bankruptcies in parallel criminal investigation; civil litigation; and regulatory investigations. · Represented individuals in several high profile federal public corruption investigations involving members of Congress. · Represented a multi-national French company in the largest ever U.S. Department of Justice criminal investigation and State Department investigation involving ITAR and export controls. · Conducted numerous internal investigations and due diligence investigations in FCPA matters. · Represented the Chief Financial Officer of a major multinational global energy company in SEC enforcement and Department of Justice criminal proceedings. · Represented the relationship partner of a big four accounting firm in a SEC and DOJ healthcare investigation. · Represented the Chief of Staff to the Speaker of the House of the U.S. Congress in a high profile political corruption investigation. · Represented a public company in a federal antikickback investigation. · Represented a company in a federal criminal environmental investigation. · Represented one of the largest art galleries in the U.S. in an action to repatriate a Matisse painting transferred during World War II. · Represented Major League Baseball in the steroids investigation. · Represented companies and individuals in various U.S. DOJ national and international criminal antitrust investigations. · Represented an individual in a federal investigation of municipal bond financings. · Conducted numerous corporate internal investigations nationally and internationally. · Represented a U.S. Congressman in a federal public corruption investigation. |