White Collar Criminal Defense

The White Collar Criminal Defense Practice Group has represented clients in criminal matters involving antitrust, securities, environmental, health care, export, banking, FCPA, money laundering, government contract fraud, RICO, tax fraud, customs and other laws. This practice group is led by former federal prosecutor Bob Breakstone, who served as the Chief of the Criminal Division, United States Attorney’s Office in San Francisco and as a Trial Attorney with the Department of Justice, Organized Crime and Racketeering Section.

Representative Cases and Issues

• Representation of Director of Special Committee of Marvell Semiconductor in SEC investigation of backdating of stock options
• Representation of founder of internet search company under investigation by US Attorney's office (Computer fraud)
• Representation of the CEO of Samsung in the government's antitrust investigation/prosecution involving DRAM (price fixing)
• Representation of art galleries and its owner in federal investigation (United States Attorneys office) involving tax fraud (employer tax returns), customs and immigration offenses
• Representation of Guidant/Endovascular Technologies in the government's investigation/prosecution involving the Ancure device (medical device in the treatment of aeortic aneurysm
• Representation of City of Phoenix in investigation by Department of Justice and Army Corps of Engineers (wetlands investigation)
• Representation of M&A West, a start-up internet company and its founder in a case initiated by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the United States Attorney’s Office
• Defense of individual private investors and directors and officers of companies under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission
• Defense of E-D Coat, Inc. and its founder in a pollution case initiated by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice
• Defense of Unocal in Clean Air Act prosecution by Contra Costa County District Attorney and Bay Air Quality Management District
• Defense of Intermedics, Inc., a medical device company in an investigation by the Department of Justice
• Defense of Accenture in an investigation by the State of Ohio over the issue of the award of public contracts
• Representation of a number of employees of Pasha Group, a mover of household property for military personnel in an antitrust grand jury investigation (price fixing)
• Representation of numerous employees of NEC America in an antitrust grand jury investigation (price fixing)
• Representation of the General Manager of Haarman & Reimer in Citric Acid Grand Jury investigation (price fixing)
• Defense of energy trader for Enron prosecuted by the Department of Justice
• Defense of Takeda Chemical in class action lawsuits involving sale of Lupron
• Representation of employees of tanker companies in pollution investigations