White Collar Defense
Described as “a haven for clients in trouble,” by The American Lawyer, Zuckerman Spaeder consistently ranks among the top firms in the United States for white collar criminal defense. In fact, our reputation was built on defending clients in high-stakes white collar litigation.
We defend individual and institutional clients in all manner of white collar prosecutions, government investigations, and other criminal matters. With a team assembled from former prosecutors and public defenders, we are trial-ready litigators with decades of experience in court. Because our teams come from both the prosecution and defense side, we understand prosecutors and regulators, giving our clients a better perspective on the case.
Our attorneys possess extensive subject-matter knowledge in a host of heavily regulated areas, including securities, food and drug, health care, tax, government ethics, export control and sanctions regimes, FCPA, and antitrust, to name a few.
Trial-ready approach
Your case may not go to trial - we may find a better way to resolve the issue before trial becomes necessary. But every step of the way, we evaluate the impact of our strategy and decisions, and we work to ensure that every choice, every action we take strengthens our case if a trial becomes necessary.
Managing the media
We represent clients in the most difficult situations of their lives, and we understand the impact these investigations have on our clients’ day-to-day commercial and professional activities.
For businesses, the impact on reputation and finances can be significant; for individuals, the toll on lives and families can be extraordinary. Our approach takes these factors into account as we seek resolutions that achieve our clients’ goals and objectives.
Investigations
Our experience as a national white collar litigation firm gives us the perspective and knowledge to conduct effective internal investigations for public and private companies—domestic and international—and to work with law enforcement, when appropriate, to resolve criminal or regulatory violations.
Government contracts and procurement fraud
With the U.S. government relying increasingly on contractors to provide services for defense and health care programs, it has devoted greater resources to investigating and prosecuting procurement fraud.
We help clients navigate the complex web of criminal, civil, administrative, and business considerations that characterize procurement fraud investigations and prosecutions. We zealously protect our clients’ legal interests even as we work to minimize business disruption, safeguard reputations, and preserve good will.
Health care fraud
We handle a broad spectrum of health care fraud cases—regulatory, civil, and criminal—including claims of billing fraud, false claims, kickbacks, off-label promotions, and an array of other matters.
Our white collar team includes a founding member of the Health Fraud Task Force for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida, a former deputy to the DOJ Special Counsel for Financial and Health Care Fraud, other former prosecutors of complex white collar cases, and two current co-chairs of the Health Care Fraud Sub-Committee of the American Bar Association White Collar Crime Committee.
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Meet the team
Jason B. Acton
Senior Staff Attorney
Gregg L. Bernstein
Partner
Leila Bijan
Associate
Dwight P. Bostwick
Partner and Firm Co-Chair
Daniel A. Braun
Partner
Blair G. Brown
Partner
Graeme W. Bush
Partner
Alyssa Howard Card
Associate
Trillium Chang
Associate
Jade Chong-Smith
Associate
R. Miles Clark
Partner
Justin R. Cochran
Counsel
Jay T. Cohen
Staff Attorney/Baseball Specialist
Eric R. Delinsky
Partner
Nicholas M. DiCarlo
Associate
Catherine S. Duval
Partner
Mark J. Feaster
Associate
Jack E. Fernandez
Partner
Jon R. Fetterolf
Partner
Adam L. Fotiades
Partner
Devon Galloway
Partner
Aitan D. Goelman
Partner
Melody L. Harness
Staff Attorney
Melinda Harris
Staff Attorney
Marcos E. Hasbun
Partner
Steven N. Herman
Partner
Martin S. Himeles, Jr.
Partner
Paul B. Hynes, Jr.
Partner
Robert E. Jaffe
Staff Attorney
J. Benjamin Jernigan
Associate
Laura E. Jones Eller
Staff Attorney
Samantha Miller Kavanagh
Associate
Lisa M. Kilbride
Staff Attorney
Jason M. Knott
Partner
Carl S. Kravitz
Partner
Sara Alpert Lawson
Partner
Janice Lee
Staff Attorney Manager/Staff Attorney
Christopher R. MacColl
Associate
Ezra B. Marcus
Associate
Andrew S. McWilliams
Staff Attorney
Caroline Judge Mehta
Partner and Firm Co-Chair
M Moore
Associate
Ariella E. Muller
Associate
William J. Murphy
Partner
Shawn P. Naunton
Partner
Margarita K. O'Donnell
Partner
Antoinette Pick-Jones
Associate
Bryan Reines
Associate
David A. Reiser
Counsel
Anthony M. Ruiz
Partner
Sepaass Shahidi
Staff Attorney
Cy Smith
Partner
Sophia Stefanović
Associate
William W. Taylor, III
Firm Founder and Senior Counsel
Ivano Ventresca
Associate
Michael R. Waxman
Associate
Morris "Sandy" Weinberg Jr.
Founder of the Tampa Office and Senior Counsel
David Wong
Staff Attorney
Roger E. Zuckerman
Firm Founder and Senior Counsel