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Akin Offices
Robert S. Strauss Tower
2001 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006-1037
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Charles Connolly
Work Department
Partner; Disputes & Investigations
Position
Co-head of Akin’s white collar defense & government investigations practice group. Represents companies and individuals in government investigations, white collar criminal defense matters, internal investigations and complex commercial litigation. Substantive areas include Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), Anti-money laundering (AML) statutes, financial fraud, federal procurement, public corruption, sanctions regimes, and False Claims Act (FCA) litigation. He has conducted investigations in multiple domestic jurisdictions, as well as in Latin America, China, Europe and the Middle East.
To learn more about Charles, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/charles-francis-connolly.html
Career
Chief, Financial Crimes & Public Corruption Unit, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia; Deputy Chief, Financial Crimes & Public Corruption Unit, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia; Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia; Acting Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General; Counselor, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General.
Education
B.A., Johns Hopkins University, with honors, 1991; J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School, cum laude, 1995.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
In addition to handling complex cross-border investigations, Akin regularly advises on public corruption, anti-money laundering, and market manipulation, among other matters. Based in New York, Michael Asaro and James Benjamin are recommended for clients needing assistance with white-collar defense cases. Parvin Moyne and Anne Evans are also located in New York. Moyne routinely advises boards of directors and senior executives on allegations of corruption, while Evans handles fraud cases as well as FCPA violations. Practicing in Washington DC, Charles Connolly has an in-depth understanding of financial fraud cases. Other notable individuals include Peter Altman for his strong capabilities at advising on securities enforcement as well as Katherine Goldstein for her knowledge of insider trading and market manipulation. Altman is based in Los Angeles while Goldstein practices in New York. Estela Diaz and Ian McGinley left the New York office in May 2023 and February 2023 respectively.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Finance > Project finance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Industry focus > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism