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Nixon Peabody LLP

Nixon Peabody LLP

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United States • Dispute resolution

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Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense

The corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense group at Nixon Peabody LLP has extensive experience representing clients in both government-facing and internal investigations. Both based in Boston, the practice is co-led by the ‘extremely knowledgeable’ Robert Fisher, a seasoned trial lawyer who excels in a broad range of investigations, including ones brought by agencies such as the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, and Hannah Bornstein, who represents individuals and multinational companies in regulatory compliance matters, investigations, and litigation, and is knowledgeable in the life sciences sector.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘The firm has many experts and they help each other.  As a result, you have access to a network of experts, many of whom have worked in the government previously.’

  • ‘Robert Fisher helped me with this matter, and I cannot recommend him highly enough. He is extremely knowledgeable and brings deep experience from handling similar cases. He responds quickly to concerns, and during particularly anxious moments, he was reassuring and steady. He is also exceptionally well-connected and knows how to leverage those relationships effectively to address complex issues. He is the best expert I have ever worked with.’

Key clients

  • Georgia Institute of Technology Professor Gee-Kung Chang
  • Roughly 1500 individual plaintiffs in suit adverse to parties represented by the NH DOJ Office of the Attorney General
  • Insys Therapeutics founder John Kapoor
  • City of Boston and former mayor Martin Walsh; City of Boston and former mayor Kim Janey
  • James Montgomerie, president of Vertol Systems Company Inc.
  • former NH state senator Andy Sanborn
  • Ivy League professor in connection with House Select Committee investigation

Work highlights

Secured the pretrial dismissal of all charges brought against Georgia Tech Professor GK Chang in a high-profile China Initiative prosecution targeting the ZTE Corporation.
Prosecuting the civil claims against the State of New Hampshire on behalf of approximately 1,500 individual persons who were abused by state employees when they were children in state custody at the Youth Development Center (YDC) and several other related state-run residential youth treatment facilities.
Practice head

Robert Fisher; Hannah Bornstein

Other key lawyers

Brian Kelly; David Vicinanzo; John Sandweg; Timothy Sini; Joshua Sharp