Scott L. Fredericksen

Scott L. Fredericksen

Scott L. Fredericksen is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP, where he is a member of the White Collar Defense and Securities, Enforcement & Litigation Practices. He is 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.

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 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 and 2010 editions of The Best Lawyers in America®.

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 individuals in several high profile federal public corruption investigations involving members of Congress.

· Represented a multi-national French company in a federal criminal investigation and State Department investigation involving ITAR and export controls.

· Conducted internal investigation and due diligence investigation in FCPA matters.

· Represented the Chief Financial Officer of a major multinational company in SEC enforcement 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 defendants in various U.S. DOJ criminal antitrust investigations.

· Represented an individual in a federal investigation of municipal bond financings.

· Conducted numerous corporate internal investigation nationally and internationally.

· Represented a U.S. Congressman in a federal public corruption investigation.