Federal White Collar Crime Lawyers – Defense
Washington DC White Collar Crime Lawyers & Government Contractor Fraud Attorneys Aggressively Pushing Back To Protect Your Freedom
Best White Collar Crime Attorneys for Federal Contractors: Nationwide Government Contractor White Collar Crime Lawyers and Federal Employee Defense Counsel.
As Federal Contractor Fraud Defense Attorneys and Corporate White Collar Criminal Defense Lawyers, We Help You Avoid Some of the Most Costly Mistakes When Facing White Collar Charges.
When you have spent years building your career or business as a federal government contractor, manufacturer, reseller, health care provider, or even government employee, getting a phone call that lists you as a potential target of a federal crime can be stressful and catastrophic repercussion. This can be a crippling event and you must act promptly. Chances are that the federal agents and prosecutors have been investigating your case or watching you for some time now.
Get Aggressive Legal Defense Against Various Federal Agencies
When the Department of Justice (DOJ), Small Business Administration (SBA) or Inspector General’s Office (OIG), or Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) contacts you as being investigated for a white collar criminal offense, you can be exposed to significant jail time or substantial fines. Despite not thinking you have done something wrong, responding without legal counsel can be a dangerous and costly mistake.
Nationwide Reach – We Only Represent Government Contractors or Cases Involving Federal Crimes
With law offices in Washington DC and Colorado, the DC white-collar crimes lawyers at Watson & Associates, LLC protect your legal and constitutional rights and also look to save your reputation and the reputation of your company. We only represent government contractors or corporations involved in criminal cases.
Why Are Federal Government Contractors Indicted and Convicted More Often Than Not?
- Not all criminal defense attorneys have federal contracting experience
- The underlying action against you is generally specific procurement regulations where the traditional defense lawyer has no experience
- For a grand jury indictment, the prosecutor does not have to prove the entire case. Instead, he only has to show that there is enough evidence to move to a trial.
- When you let the prosecution’s case get too far down the road, it is hard to dial back and defendants are in a more difficult bargaining position.
The main reason is that most contractors retain white collar crime lawyers to defend them where the underlying action involves government contract laws. Since federal contracting law is a unique niche, federal prosecutors like it when defense attorneys have no hands-on experience with issues about federal procurement. This upper hand is one of the main reasons why contractor defendants experience more indictments and convictions at trial.
No familiarity with underlying procurement laws can mean exposure to criminal convictions that involve up to 30 years in prison, as well as civil fines and seizure of assets.
Federal Government Contractor Lawyers and Attorneys for White-Collar Crime Lawyers with Nationwide Reach
The law offices of Watson & Associates, LLC offer federal white collar crime defense attorneys with a high level of experience handling various government contract fraud cases throughout the United States and overseas that involve white collar offenses
As federal lawyers, our federal white collar criminal defense lawyers offer more than 40 years of combined experience working in the federal space.
We understand the ins and outs of the underlying federal crimes that the Department of Justice (DOJ) and other federal law enforcement agencies charge contractors and government employees with.
When white collar offenses and criminal cases involve government contract investigations, grand jury subpoenas, and criminal prosecutions for white-collar offenses that somehow involve U.S. government contracts, we form a team of defense federal attorneys that aggressively fight back.
As Federal contractor lawyers, we find that many local criminal defense attorneys lack the experience and detail required to aggressively defend federal contractors against the charges brought against them by federal prosecutors.
Why Are Small Businesses and Large DOD Defense Contractors Coming to Watson & Associates, LLC White Collar Crime Defense Lawyers for Help?
- Thinking out of the box and developing a legal defense early.
- Some firms have no experience with government contracting rules
- Some of our attorneys have worked for government contracting agencies.
- We don’t profess to know it all but we build a team that does.
- When you hire us, our immediate goal is to resolve the matter quickly.
Why Are So Many Government Contractors and Corporate CEOs Indicted or Convicted of White Collar Offenses and Crimes Involving Government Contracts?
What our white collar crime law firm realizes is that the corporate CEOs and companies find themselves being charged, indicted, and ultimately convicted in procurement fraud cases because the local defense attorneys are not intimately familiar with the various underlying laws that the government attorneys allege that they have violated. We represent government contractor fraud clients in civil or criminal cases for:
- Buy American Act (BAA compliance) Fraud
- Trade Agreements Act (TAA compliance) Fraud
- SDVOSB Fraud
- SBA small business fraud ( 8(a) BD Program, HUBZone, SDVOSB Programs
- Limitations of contracting ( pass-through) allegations
- False Claims Act defense
- Mail and Wire fraud defense for government contractors
- Conspiracy charges against federal contractors
- Procurement Integrity Act
- Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
- Civil and Criminal Investigations
- Internal Investigations
- Corporate Fraud
- Insider Trading
There are many reasons why federal prosecutors go after federal contractors for white collar crimes. Examples of the violations include Buy American Act (BAA) compliance cases; False Claims Act resulting from allegations of fraud in the Service Disabled Veteran-owned Small Business Program (SDVOSB), and HUBZone Programs and SBA 8(a) BD programs. This level of expertise is unique in nature. Without experienced federal white collar crime lawyers who understand government contracting laws, clients are helplessly forced to enter into plea agreements or proffer agreements.
Federal White Collar Criminal Defense Contractor Lawyers for Small Businesses Doing Business With the U.S. Government
The DOJ’s website has no shortage of small business government contractors that are charged and convicted of white collar government contractor fraud cases. Many of the defendants are forced to settle conspiracy charges simply because their defense counsel falls short of the experience needed to not only fight the elements of a conspiracy but also to have a serious look at the underlying offense.
This is especially true when there are allegations of SBA fraud, HUBZOne fraud and SDVOSB fraud. At Watson & Associates, LLC our clients hire our federal white collar crime lawyers to fight for their lives and push back against cases that have no legal merit. That’s what we do.
White Collar Criminal Defense Lawyers – False Claims Act Defense
We represent defendants or targeted during an investigation. We handle cases including Healthcare Fraud, Mail and Wire Fraud, Criminal Conspiracy, Securities Fraud, Major Fraud Against the United States, Procurement Fraud and more.
Watson & Associates, LLC Federal Contractor Fraud and DC White Collar Crime Defense Attorneys
Government Contractor Federal White Collar Defense Attorneys – We Aggressively Defend Government Contractors Nationwide
Wise D. Allen, Esquire Scott Lovelock, Esquire, Theodore P. Watson, Esquire, Walter H. Foster
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Find a federal white collar criminal defense attorney for immediate representation. Call us today for a free confidential initial consultation. Call and speak to Theodore Watson toll-free at 1-866-601-5518 or contact us online. When speaking with attorneys for criminal defense of government contractors and Washington DC federal white collar crime lawyers at Watson & Associates, LLC we roll our sleeves up and get to work.