Jones Walker's Corporate Compliance & White Collar Defense attorneys provide comprehensive legal services to individuals and corporations to prevent, avoid, and defend against criminal allegations. We defend clients in simultaneous criminal, civil, and administrative investigations, in state or federal courts, on a broad range of issues.

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Defense & Corporate Investigations

• Antitrust
• Banking violations
• Conspiracy
• Corporate compliance/audits
• Customs
• Defense contracting
• Environmental violations
• Foreign asset controls
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
• Forfeiture
• Health care fraud
• Import/export controls
• Internal investigations
• M&A due diligence
• Money laundering
• Political corruption
• Public finance
• Regulatory violations
• RICO/Hobbs Act
• Search warrants 
• Securities
• Tax violations
• Theft and embezzlement

Parallel Proceedings

• Administrative and civil penalties
• Administrative hearings and orders
• Civil cleanup orders
• Civil forfeiture
• Civil lawsuits
• Criminal defense
• Debarment
• False Claims Act

Agency Experience

• Defense Contracting Investigative Service (DCIS)
• Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
• Local district attorneys
• Local sheriffs and police
• Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ)
• Securities self-regulatory organizations
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• U.S. Attorneys
• U.S. Customs and Border Protection
• U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)
• U.S. Department of the Treasury
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Case Studies

• Tax Evasion: From Criminal Investigation to Civil Examination

News

• Hebert Presents at International Trade & Customs Conference
• Bieck Presents on D&O Policy Updates for 2010
• Pardee Successfully Represents New Orleans Public Belt Railroad on Appeal
• Former U.S. Attorney Donald W. Washington Joins Jones Walker

Events

• "Legislative Issues"
• "What Board Members Need to Update in Their Current D&O Policy for 2010"
• "FUNdamenentals of Florida Healthcare Law"
• "Corporate Independent Internal Investigations, including Corporate Compliance Programs"

Publications

• "Active Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement Focuses on Individuals in September 2008 "
  Stephen J. Haedicke and M. Richard Schroeder
  Jones Walker E*Bulletin, November 6, 2008
• Jones Walker Overview of 2008 Louisiana State Legislature Regular and Extraordinary Sessions
  Jones Walker, July 3, 2008
• "Corporate Cooperation in the Face of Internal Investigations"
  Co-Author with Mark Robeck and Michael Clark
  The Health Lawyer, April 2005
• 'Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Two Recent Cases Set New Records for Penalties, Teach Old Lessons"