When accusations of corporate wrongdoing arise, a company must quickly and thoroughly investigate the situation and act on the results of that investigation. Morris, Manning & Martin’s Special Investigations Practice is your partner in evaluation and response.

Counsel for Sensitive Issues

We provide relevant advice and counsel to business entities that may have been victimized by fraud, theft or other misconduct allegedly committed by employees or senior officials. In particular, we conduct sensitive inquiries on behalf of companies, boards of directors, audit committees or special committees convened to handle a problem. We have extensive experience conducting internal investigations and representing companies and individuals that are the subject of investigations, as well as handling regulatory inquiries that frequently accompany such allegations.

Fielding a Veteran Team

Our Special Investigations Practice consists of both corporate lawyers and trial lawyers with broad-ranging skill and experience. Our team is led by a former Senior Special Counsel for the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Enforcement Division, a former Special Assistant U.S. Lawyer, a trial lawyer previously with the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, and a senior transactional lawyer active in professional leadership positions across the field. With this veteran Special Investigations team, we have the capacity to respond immediately and conduct a privileged and thorough assessment of a business crisis. Our breadth of knowledge and professional contacts throughout the U.S. allow us to take decisive action to seek the best possible outcome for our clients.

From Investigation to Compliance

In determining whether and how to conduct an internal investigation, we bring discretion, business judgment and pragmatism to the table. We operate proactively and assist our clients in establishing corporate legal compliance programs and codes of ethical conduct, including those required by recent federal corporate governance legislation, evolving federal regulations, stock market rules and U.S. and European Union trade regulations. Among our many investigations, we have addressed allegations of improper accounting practices, RICO violations, price fixing and market allocation, securities fraud, illegal takeover, portfolio mismanagement, and theft or misuse of intellectual property or trade secrets. When facing the complex, high-profile problems associated with corporate malfeasance, business leaders rely on the counseling excellence of the team at Morris, Manning & Martin.