Mr Eric Sitarchuk > Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Offices
101 PARK AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10178-0060
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Mr Eric Sitarchuk
Work Department
Latin America Team; Litigation
Position
Eric represents clients in government investigations and white-collar litigation. With 30 years of experience in this area, he represents clients in a wide variety of white-collar criminal matters, False Claims Act (FCA) and qui tam litigation, and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and other complex federal and state investigations. Working with boards of directors, audit committees, and corporate management, Eric has conducted numerous internal investigations, and advised on the creation and implementation of corporate compliance and ethics programs. He serves as chair of the firm’s white collar and corporate investigations practice. A Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, Eric defends clients in federal criminal and civil cases that allege healthcare fraud; defense contract fraud; FCPA violations and other official corruption; securities fraud; antitrust violations; import/export offenses; theft of trade secrets; money laundering; drug diversion; tax fraud; pyramid schemes; commercial bribery; and environmental violations. In defending organizations and individuals during US government investigations, Eric has persuaded prosecutors to take no action and close investigations of Fortune 500 companies, large healthcare institutions, and prominent lawyers, executives, and public officials. He has tried numerous cases. Eric has been listed in International Who’s Who of Business Crime Lawyers (2003–2015) and International Who’s Who of Investigations (2014–2016).
Career
Eric brings government service experience to his practice. He worked as an Assistant US Attorney in the Criminal Division of the US Attorney’s office in Philadelphia. He also served as a Special Assistant US Attorney in the US Attorney’s office in Washington, DC, where he led the criminal investigation of federal law enforcement’s handling of the standoff at Ruby Ridge, Idaho, and its repercussions.
Education
Franklin & Marshall College; George Washington University Law School
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Government > State attorneys general
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP assists clients with single and multistate attorney general investigations and enforcement matters, with proceedings frequently involving issues of consumer protection, antitrust, environmental concerns, product liability, securities enforcement, tax, data privacy and cybersecurity. Members of the firm have been involved various lengthy opioid related litigations, which were led by practice head Eric Sitarchuk, who is additionally highly respected for his experience in false claims act and qui tam federal and state investigations. John Dodds is well versed in white collar matters and environmental claims, including those pursued by state AGs, and Rebecca Hillyer counsels pharmaceutical and healthcare companies facing investigation, and both are based in Philadelphia alongside Sitarchuk. In New York, white-collar practitioners Kelly Moore and Martha Stolley often handle matters concerning securities fraud, healthcare fraud, and litigation related to the false claims act and the foreign corrupt practices act.
United States > Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, a full-service global law firm, has a litigation team representing clients in criminal and civil enforcement proceedings, in addition to false claims work. The White Collar Litigation and Government Investigations group is led by Eric Sitarchuk, who handles complex corporate investigations, and Tinos Diamantatos in Chicago, who focuses on securities enforcement; Sandra Moser, who divides their time between Washington, DC and Philadelphia, focusing on DOJ and SEC investigations and New York’s Kelly Moore serve as deputies. Jeffrey Boujoukos, based between Philadelphia and Washington, DC, heads the firm’s securities enforcement and litigation, with Kelly Gibson as deputy. The team also includes Ryan McCarthy representing clients across multiple industries, and Jaclyn Whittaker, specializing in bribery and corruption. Lawyers are in Philadelphia unless otherwise stated.
Lawyer Rankings
- State attorneys general United States > Government
- Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense United States > Dispute resolution
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Tax > Not-for-profit (Fortune 1000 private foundations, national trade associations, and charities)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Government > State attorneys general
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending: Advice to bank lenders
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Industry focus > Sport
- Finance > Commercial lending
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Project finance