Joshua Hochberg to be Part of the White Collar Defense Practice
September 13, 2005
WASHINGTON, DC - (September 14, 2005) - Joshua Hochberg, Chief of the Fraud Section, Criminal Division, US Department of Justice, has joined McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP's Washington, DC office as a partner on the Investigations/White Collar team.
Mr. Hochberg has led a distinguished career at the Department of Justice (DOJ). As Chief of the Fraud Section, he has had responsibility over a wide spectrum of white collar criminal investigations and prosecutions in such areas as procurement fraud, health care fraud, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations and securities fraud.
Mr. Hochberg spearheaded the DOJ's renewed focus on foreign bribery and corruption cases and implemented deferred prosecution agreements for corporations where prosecutors agree to put criminal charges on hold and give companies a chance to show compliance. He also helped lead the department's response to the wave of accounting scandals that followed the collapse of Enron Corp. in 2001.
"Josh will increase our depth in corporate investigations and white collar defense," said Michael Scheininger, chair of the firm's White Collar Defense practice. "Josh has earned enormous respect from everyone at DOJ and we're excited to have him join us."
Among the McKenna Long & Aldridge partners who practice in this area are several who previously served as prosecutors:
* Robert Brewer, Jr. - former Deputy District Attorney in Los Angeles who also served as an Assistant United States Attorney and as Assistant Chief of the Criminal Division of the United States Justice Department.
* Mark Flanagan - former Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia.
* Robert Lauchlan, Jr. - former Assistant U.S. Attorney and Deputy District Attorney for San Diego County, CA.
* Michael Scheininger - former Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia.
The Investigations/White Collar Defense team defends individuals, companies and directors, officers and employees of companies in the United States and overseas in connection with search warrants, subpoenas, government and grand jury investigations, criminal
prosecutions and administrative, civil and enforcement actions of alleged offenses relating to numerous different businesses and industries.
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