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Our Internal Corporate Investigation Difference
Walter Haverfield has in-depth experience conducting internal investigations for large, multinational corporations, as well as local business enterprises. We strive to handle these investigations in a manner that meets our clients’ objectives efficiently and effectively.
Internal investigations aim to uncover the truth about alleged misconduct within an organization. But a good internal investigation must do so without compromising relationships with innocent employees or unnecessarily damaging reputations. Such circumstances require good planning, consistent execution, analytical skill, sensitivity, and a solid grasp of the legalities involved. Our attorneys can investigate allegations quickly and discreetly with minimum disruption and report our findings rigorously and reliably. With a full-service firm approach used for all clients, we staff investigations based on the client’s needs but also to contain costs by assigning attorneys whose experience and skill set are appropriate for the tasks that the investigation necessitates.
We draw from the experience of our many attorneys who have government experience, having served as prosecutors, special prosecutors, and as Chief of the White-Collar Crime Section of the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio. Walter Haverfield applies this broad experience in conducting internal investigations for companies across a variety of industries regarding a wide range of issues. Our goal is the same as your goal: to get you back to business as usual.
Internal Corporate Investigations Team
Experience
- Assisting in the representation of an officer and director of a publicly traded company relative to an investigation concerning the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act being conducted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and the Department of Justice (DOJ)
- Assisting in the representation of a nationally recognized physician relative to an internal corporate investigation as well as investigations by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Department of Justice (DOJ), resulting in indemnification of the physician’s attorneys’ fees and expenses
- Assisting in the representation of businesses and business partners in arbitration and in state and federal courts, regarding commercial disputes such as breach of contract, fraud, breach of duty, tortious interference, misappropriation of trade secrets, and civil conspiracy
