Government Investigations & White Collar Defense

At the core of Sullivan & Worcester government investigations and white collar defense capability is a team of seasoned investigative and trial attorneys. They include several former federal prosecutors and other former government attorneys, who have acquired unique skills from hundreds of investigations, regulatory actions and prosecutions. They are expert in defending targets, subjects, witnesses and victims, as well as pursuing internal investigations in response to suspected wrongdoing. Our team deals with civil and criminal controversies involving fraud, false statements, securities, price fixing theft of trade secrets, computer abuse, labor violations, embezzlement, tax evasion, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the False Claims Act, environmental issues, and international child abductions.

While we focus on preventing a potential crisis from ever seeing the light of day, we have the experience to coordinate an effective response in the glare of media publicity.

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Representative Client Work

Cleared a telecommunications company, and its directors and officers of false accusations of federal offenses
Successfully defended a vice president of a New Jersey technology company who was named as a target of a federal investigation into the alleged theft of trade secrets
Helped an accountant who had been accused of computer hacking in New Hampshire to avoid federal felony charges that would have involved incarceration and monetary penalty
Recovered abducted children from a foreign country and won for their mother a $27 million jury verdict against a subsidiary of a Fortune 50 company, based on its role in the events
Obtained a dismissal, affirmed on appeal, of class action claims against the corporate officers of an Internet technology company arising from the alleged sale of unregistered securities
Represented numerous companies in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigations, resulting in no actions being taken against them
Secured a sentence that did not include incarceration for the defendant in a bank fraud criminal prosecution