Representing Financial Professionals Charged With White Collar Crimes

At Ford O’Brien Landy LLP, we provide aggressive representation to individuals under investigation or indictment for federal or state white collar crimes. Several of our attorneys have served in government at law enforcement agencies, and have deep trial experience. Because of our decades of experience in and out of government, we understand the steps necessary to build a winning strategy in each client’s case. Indeed, our victories have included a full acquittal after a federal criminal trial of a hedge fund CFO, dismissals of federal and state indictments and complaints, and closures without charges of investigations of our clients by prosecutors and regulators.

Comprehensive Strategies To Help Clients Fight Back

We have helped many officers, executives, and brokers, as well as foreign and domestic companies, devise comprehensive strategies aimed at fighting the charges, protecting clients’ freedom, livelihood, and assets, and minimizing damage to their reputation. We have handled a number of high-profile criminal cases, and know how to effectively limit the potential consequences that may result from increased public attention.

We are focused on making sure that the approach that we take offers clients protection throughout the criminal investigation or case, as well as any civil regulatory matters that may be connected. Some of the types of white collar charges that our lawyers help clients defend against include:

• Mail and wire fraud — including the alleged use of electronic devices to spread information that is intended to defraud investors
• Insider trading — when brokers or firms are accused of using insider information to buy or sell stock or crypto/digital assets at a huge profit before this knowledge becomes known to the general public
• Securities fraud — when brokers or companies are charged with devising schemes that allow them to increase their profits at the expense of investors
• Money laundering — when a business or individual is alleged to be hiding or “laundering” money in order to make it appear legitimate