The Tucker Ellis White Collar Criminal Defense & Corporate Investigations Group advises and defends organizations and individuals in white collar criminal defense matters, regulatory enforcement matters, and internal investigations. Our attorneys apply a coordinated approach to protect a client’s rights and reputation and to develop compliance programs to proactively reduce risk associated with potential investigations and charges.

We have handled all phases of the criminal process, including representing clients in grand jury matters and defending clients in federal and state court litigation. Our attorneys have experience with investigations initiated by criminal and civil enforcement agencies, including the Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Environmental Protection Agency, Securities and Exchange Commission, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Internal Revenue Service, and state and local law enforcement agencies.

The White Collar Criminal Defense & Corporate Investigations Group works in tandem with Tucker Ellis’s other practice groups to counsel clients with respect to compliance and regulatory matters in a variety of areas, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, healthcare, environmental, securities, and antitrust law.

Members of our team have served as federal, state, county, and military prosecutors; Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation; in-house counsel for a large healthcare institution; and government enforcement officials.

Areas of Emphasis

• Antitrust – civil and criminal
• Bribery
• Corporate audits and internal investigations
• Corporate compliance programs
• Economic Espionage Act
• Environmental investigations
• Export control violations (ITAR and EAR)
• False Claims Act/Qui Tam litigation
• Financial crimes
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
• Forfeiture
• Government contracting
• Healthcare fraud
• Money laundering
• Price fixing
• Public corruption/Honest services fraud
• Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO)
• Regulatory compliance
• Securities violations and investigations
• Tax fraud
• Trade secret theft