Firm Profile

The firm focuses on federal criminal trials, appeals, grand jury proceedings, and other criminal investigations. We also handle congressional investigations, internal investigations, a broad range of agency investigations (such as SEC enforcement actions and investigations conducted by Offices of Inspector General), matters in the Supreme Court of the United States, and other diverse litigation and trial proceedings. The firm's principals have broad experience representing clients in federal criminal cases involving classified information. Our breadth of knowledge and experience informs every representation we undertake.

Our criminal practice covers a wide spectrum of statutes and regulations. Current or past matters have involved alleged violations of the securities laws (including insider trading); the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; health care laws; export control laws; the Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering regulations; environmental statutes and regulations; campaign finance and other public corruption laws; anti-kickback statutes; government contracting laws; antitrust law; immigration statutes; the Internal Revenue Code; laws governing money laundering and currency transactions; the Foreign Agents Registration Act; laws prohibiting the obstruction of justice; and myriad other criminal statutes and regulations. The scope of past and current civil matters has been similarly broad.

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Poe & Burton PLLC
The Executive Building
1030 15th Street, N.W., Suite 580 West
Washington, D.C. 20005
Telephone: (202) 583-2500 | Fax: (202) 583-0565