Corporate Responsibility - White Collar

Our White-Collar Criminal Defense Group represents leaders of business in myriad industries. The following is a sample of the cases we have handled associated with corporate governance issues:

Managed Corporate Earnings

Representation of the former president and board member of the predecessor company to MCI WorldCom in criminal and SEC actions alleging managed earnings and securities and financial statement fraud
Representation of a former CEO and board member of a publicly held technology firm in criminal and SEC investigations and class and shareholder derivative lawsuits involving highly publicized transactions with another public company to manage earnings

Public Auditors

Representation of a Big Four accounting firm after the U.S. government seized allegedly tainted funds that had been deposited in the firm's accounts. We persuaded the government to return the funds to our client in exchange for an agreement that the client would not sue the government for its actions.

Professionals in Financial Fraud Investigations

Representation of a large Arizona law firm in an investigation focusing on whether it aided and abetted a former firm client, the ex-governor of Arizona, who was charged with making false statements to financial institutions
Representation of partners of a prominent law firm suspected of aiding and abetting the Baptist Foundation of Arizona in shifting bad debts to allegedly unrelated entities in order to conceal a multimillion dollar fraud from its investors and parishioners
Representation of the general counsel in the highly publicized Lincoln Savings criminal case

Health Care Billing Fraud

Representation of the administrators of a highly regarded hospital system in an investigation alleging deceptive billing practices that also involved widely publicized U.S. congressional hearings concerning "experimental" pacemakers

Campaign Finance and Political Contributions

Representation of executives of the world's largest shipping company who allegedly reimbursed employees with company funds for prohibited political contributions
Representation of political figures during a U.S. congressional investigation into foreign contributions to U.S. political parties