Government Investigations & Government Employee Representation
We represent government employees involved in investigations ranging from internal investigations conducted by an inspector general to high-profile congressional investigations.
We also represent private individuals and companies being investigated by government regulators, with a particular focus on complex financial matters, including representing both witnesses and targets in SEC and CFTC investigations.
We understand the intense personal and professional pressures that a government investigation can cause. We work to provide responsive, knowledgeable, and empathic representation to our clients throughout an investigation.
Representative Matters
• Prevented a federal agency from recouping the performance bonus of a lifelong civil servant who was wrongfully named in a congressional investigation.
• Settled an aggressive Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) investigation brought against a former executive at a large company, and negotiated with federal prosecutors to avoid unwarranted criminal charges.
• Represented a financial professional responding to an SEC subpoena and prepared them for meeting with the SEC.
• Helped a small business respond to an investigation conducted by the Department of Labor that concluded with no finding of wrongdoing.
• Represented a government official in an investigation conducted by Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) and prepared the client to testify before the Committee.
• Represented witnesses subpoenaed in high-profile federal investigations.