Public and private companies, boards, and senior executives call Steve Fagell with their most difficult government enforcement matters and internal investigations. A former senior official…
Public and private companies, boards, and senior executives call Steve Fagell with their most difficult government enforcement matters and internal investigations. A former senior official in the U.S. Department of Justice, Steve co-chairs the firmâs White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Group. He represents clients in complex criminal and civil regulatory matters involving export controls and sanctions, fraud, the FCPA, and other areas of U.S. law. He also frequently advises public company boards on corporate governance and enterprise risk.
Rather than negotiate the best possible settlement, Steve’s approach is to persuade the government not to bring a case at all. Since returning to Covington in 2010 after serving in DOJâs Criminal Division, he has obtained more than 20 closures of investigations without any enforcement action, including five in a single year. Chambers USA ranks Steve in Band 1 for White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations in Washington, D.C., and nationally for FCPA matters. He is a two-time Law360 White Collar MVP, and, earlier in his career, Global Investigations Review named him the leading investigations lawyer in the United States under the age of 45.
Clients have described Steve in leading legal publications as “the ultimate regulator whisperer” and “the role model of the highly strategic,” saying that he “doesn’t give a cookie cutter approach” and “will push the envelope.” As one client put it: “Steve is a rare outside lawyer I can call with any question.”
Public and private companies, boards, and senior executives call Steve Fagell with their most difficult government enforcement matters and internal investigations. A former senior official…
Public and private companies, boards, and senior executives call Steve Fagell with their most difficult government enforcement matters and internal investigations. A former senior official in the U.S. Department of Justice, Steve co-chairs the firmâs White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Group. He represents clients in complex criminal and civil regulatory matters involving export controls and sanctions, fraud, the FCPA, and other areas of U.S. law. He also frequently advises public company boards on corporate governance and enterprise risk.
Rather than negotiate the best possible settlement, Steve’s approach is to persuade the government not to bring a case at all. Since returning to Covington in 2010 after serving in DOJâs Criminal Division, he has obtained more than 20 closures of investigations without any enforcement action, including five in a single year. Chambers USA ranks Steve in Band 1 for White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations in Washington, D.C., and nationally for FCPA matters. He is a two-time Law360 White Collar MVP, and, earlier in his career, Global Investigations Review named him the leading investigations lawyer in the United States under the age of 45.
Clients have described Steve in leading legal publications as “the ultimate regulator whisperer” and “the role model of the highly strategic,” saying that he “doesn’t give a cookie cutter approach” and “will push the envelope.” As one client put it: “Steve is a rare outside lawyer I can call with any question.”
