White Collar
Criminal Defense
“It is a worthy thing to fight for one’s freedom; it is another sight finer to fight for another man’s.”
Mark Twain
Advising corporations, executives, and others at all stages of criminal matters
Prosecutors around the country are increasingly expanding their views on the scope of federal criminal laws and the applicability of those laws to businesses and employees. Subpoenas for documents, interviews, and grand jury appearances – and search warrants – are becoming more and more intrusive and more common.
Advising corporations facing government investigation
BittmanLaw leverages its government experience by working to advocate for favorable, acceptable, and discreet resolutions to our clients’ highly-sensitive legal matters. Our ultimate goal is to persuade the government to abandon the investigation and decline prosecution or other enforcement. When such a resolution is not possible, we are equipped to strenuously defend our client at the highest levels of government and in the courts.
Significant experience
BittmanLaw has significant experience representing corporations, boards, senior executives, government officials, and other individuals and entities in criminal investigations and prosecutions throughout the United States, including federal matters before the Department of Justice (and its subsidiary U.S. Attorney Offices around the country) and the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as state investigations and prosecutions.
BittmanLaw offers particular experience related to complex frauds (securities fraud, mail and wire fraud, honest services fraud, defense contractor fraud, healthcare fraud), antitrust, public corruption, bribery (including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)), criminal tax matters, false statements / perjury, the False Claims Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, international data privacy laws, campaign finance laws, money laundering, and import/export violations.
“The prosecutor has more control over life, liberty, and reputation than any other person in America. His discretion is tremendous…. While the prosecutor at his best is one of the most beneficent forces in our society, when he acts from malice or other base motives, he is one of the worst.”
Former U.S. Attorney General and Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson