Chris leads the firm’s white collar and regulatory defense group and is a partner in the litigation group. He is an accomplished trial lawyer with over 25 years of experience litigating both criminal and civil matters. He co-leads the firm’s government enforcement and investigations practice, and leads its white-collar criminal defense practice. Chris frequently represents corporations, audit committees, and executives in internal investigations and before the DOJ, SEC, and other government enforcement agencies in a variety of matters, including: financial and accounting issues, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, insider trading, U.S. export control and economic sanctions violations, unfair competition, trade secret theft, antitrust violations, mail and wire fraud, money laundering, and tax fraud, among others. In addition, he frequently advises corporations and boards on the design and implementation of corporate compliance programs, as well as corporate governance and disclosure issues.
“fantastic lawyer … very even-keeled and very effective with the government”
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2022 Edition
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2022
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
2022
Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense
2022
Litigation—Securities