Given our expertise in both civil and criminal law, we are uniquely qualified to handle "parallel proceedings" - various types of civil actions brought against companies and individuals who must simultaneously defend against concurrent criminal, administrative or regulatory investigations.
Clients who find themselves in this situation frequently face significant dilemmas when considering legal strategies, as competing agendas in the civil and criminal cases often collide. Because we understand and are comfortable in both arenas, we help our clients navigate these particularly challenging proceedings and win excellent results.
Examples of parallel proceedings in which we have defended our clients in either their civil or criminal cases - or both - include representation of corporate executives facing securities or antitrust investigations while concurrently defending against multiple civil claims; numerous individuals charged with vehicular manslaughter and also named as defendants in civil wrongful death actions; a construction company vice-president sued by a former customer while facing related state criminal fraud charges; several companies whose employees have caused injuries or deaths while on-the-job and who face challenges defending against the resulting personal injury suits based on the employees' pending criminal charges; a real property manager sued for wrongful death and charged with negligent homicide; and a former CEO sued for one hundred million dollars in two separate civil lawsuits while under federal indictment on related criminal charges.