Jan Nielsen Little

We represented a senior executive of a national bank in an investigation involving three United States Attorneys’ Offices, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Reserve Bank, and the Office of Comptroller of the Currency, as well as parallel civil litigation. No criminal or SEC charges were lodged against our client, we secured a dismissal of the civil case against our client, and we reached a favorable settlement with the OCC.

During a nine-week trial, we defended the former chief financial officer of a British software company against federal criminal charges accusing our client of alleged accounting fraud, relating to a $11 billion acquisition by a U.S. company.

We represented the Chief Financial Officer of an energy company in a three-year, high-profile investigation spanning multiple jurisdictions. Ultimately, no charges were filed against our client.

We defended a former CEO in a week-long confidential arbitration before a three judge panel in Los Angeles. Our client prevailed. The claimant took nothing and is responsible for our client’s attorney’s fees.

We defended a former Citigroup executive in one of the rare financial crisis cases to go to trial. Our client worked on the structuring desk at Citigroup and was charged with securities fraud in connection with Citigroup’s 2007 marketing of a $1 billion collateralized debt obligation (CDO) backed by assets tied to the housing market. After a two week trial in the Southern District of New York, a jury rejected the SEC’s case and found our client not liable on any of the SEC’s claims.

We defended a high-ranking company official in one of the nation’s first criminal stock options backdating cases to go to trial. We obtained the dismissal of the majority of the charges. Our client was sentenced to 60 days imprisonment on the remaining charges.

We represented a national health care company and its subsidiary in a criminal case, and parallel consumer class actions in state and federal court concerning a defective medical device. The criminal case was settled for misdemeanor charges, and the civil and administrative actions were favorably settled.

We represented a chief financial officer charged in one of the largest criminal securities fraud cases in recent U.S. history. We represented him in the criminal and administrative investigations, as well as in parallel civil litigation. Following pretrial litigation, our client pled guilty and received a six-year prison sentence. Civil litigation was favorably settled.

We represented a manufacturing company's vice president of sales in a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation. No charges were filed against our client, and the Securities and Exchange Commission’s enforcement action was favorably settled.

A criminal grand jury investigated our client, a financial services company, for money transfers in the Southwest border region. We reached a settlement with four state attorneys general that included establishing a multi-state alliance to combat illegal activity along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Our client, a prominent attorney in Los Angeles, was investigated for illegal wiretapping. The matter was closed without any charges filed.

We represented a nationally-known Mississippi trial attorney in multiple federal criminal cases alleging judicial bribery and honest services fraud. Our client received favorable plea agreements.

We won an acquittal for a prominent criminal defense attorney charged with drug conspiracy, RICO, money laundering, and obstruction of justice.

We defended a former Silicon Valley investment banker on obstruction of justice charges. After two trials and a successful appeal, all charges were deferred. Related charges from the Securities and Exchange Commission and the National Association of Securities Dealers were also dismissed.

We represented a large waste management company in a federal criminal tax fraud case. We settled the case favorably for the corporation and its executives on the first day of trial.