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.

Defense & Corporate Investigations

• Antitrust
• Banking violations
• Conspiracy
• Corporate compliance/audits
• Customs
• Defense contracting
• Environmental violations
• Financial Institutions Fraud 
• 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)

News

• Fifty-Six Jones Walker Attorneys Named to Louisiana Super Lawyers 2012
• Jones Walker Rates Among Top Law Firms in U.S. News & World Report Rankings
• Eighty-Two Attorneys Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012
• Schroeder to Speak at AICPA Controllers Workshop East

Events

• "Compliance Program Trends"
• "AICPA Controllers Workshop East"
• "Anti-Corruption Compliance"
• "How to Prepare Yourself and Your Expert"

Publications

• "SEC Adopts Final Whistleblower Rules - Creating Strong Incentives for Whistleblowers and Expanding Whistleblower Protection from Retaliation"
  Dionne M. Rousseau, Allen E. Frederic, III, Charles E. Reeves, Jr., and Kathleen A. Harrison
  Jones Walker Corporate & Securities E*Bulletin, June 2011
• "Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform And Consumer Protection Act— Additional Provisions Affecting Public Companies"
  Dionne M. Rousseau, Allen E. Frederic, III, Britton H. Seal, and Avery B. Pardee
  Jones Walker Corporate & Securities E*Bulletin, September 2010
• "SEC Adopts Shareholder Proxy Access Rules"
  Kelly C. Simoneaux and Peter J. Rivas
  Jones Walker Corporate & Securities E*Bulletin, September 2010
• "The Wall Street Reform Act Creates Strong Incentives for FCPA Whistleblowers and Significantly Expands Whistleblower Protections"
  M. Richard Schroeder and Avery B. Pardee
  Jones Walker Corporate Compliance E*Bulletin, August 2010