Experience

Company Executive
Government Criminal and Civil Investigation
A major company executive was the target of an investigation into accounting irregularities that carried severe criminal penalties and fines.

Major Development Corporation
Internal Investigation and Regulatory Proceedings
Several individual employees and members of the Board of Directors of a prominent development corporation were investigated for alleged internal fraud.

Manufacturing Company
Internal Investigation
Schiff Hardin was hired to conduct an internal investigation of possible embezzlement by a high-ranking officer of a client.

Insurance Broker
Prosecution
Schiff Hardin attorneys conducted an internal investigation that discovered embezzlement/fraud by a high-ranking officer of the company.

Major Bank
Internal Investigation and Government Regulatory Representation
Schiff Hardin was hired by a major local bank to conduct an internal investigation when bank executives suspected internal fraud.

Conrad Black Defendant
White Collar Criminal Defense
Schiff Hardin represented Mark Kipnis, a defendant in the Conrad Black trial. Convicted of only two of the eleven counts on which he was charged, Mr. Kipnis received the lighest sentence of all the defendants, and will not spend a single day in prison.

Business Executive
Market Timing Investigation
A business executive was investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) for actions that appeared at first glance to be part of a market timing fraud.

Medical Technology Company
Grand Jury Investigation
Schiff Hardin provided comprehensive services to a client that was subject to a grand jury investigation.

Contracting Company
Government Investigation
A major company was the target of a covert law enforcement investigation.

Chief Executive Officer
Alleged Accounting and Financial Irregularities
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a major corporation was under investigation for alleged accounting and financial reporting irregularities.

Bank Official
Post-Criminal Conviction
Schiff Hardin represented a bank official in post-criminal conviction proceedings.

Business Executive
Regulatory Agency
Schiff Hardin attorneys successfully represented an individual business executive who was facing harsh penalties in proceedings before the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Retail Company
Fraud Investigation
Schiff Hardin achieved a major financial recovery for a retail client in a fraud dispute involving a contractor.