Michael J. Wynne focuses his practice on federal white-collar criminal defense, the rapid response to federal criminal charges in business, financial, health care, and political matters under investigation by the FBI, DEA, SEC, IRS, Department of Homeland Security and other state and federal agencies. He represents individuals, corporate representatives, and officers and directors in federal criminal and civil investigations and in response to subpoenas, search warrants, 2703(d) orders, and requests for information, including demands for computer and data records. In private practice, he has conducted a number of successful internal corporate investigations and has helped companies to avoid or minimize charges and to contain potential reputational consequences. He handles False Claims Act, RICO, qui tam, Stark Law, Anti-Kickback, trade secrets, international asset forfeiture, money laundering, and internet intrusion and hacking matters, as well as related commercial civil litigation. He also represents victims of corporate and employee embezzlement and fraud, including health care, technology, and energy companies, assisting them in effectively presenting results if internal investigations to the U.S. Attorney and the FBI. He does a significant amount of work in Mexico and other parts of Latin America and with individuals and governments in the Middle East, including Qatar and Saudi Arabia. He also represents state and federal prisoners in habeas corpus and post-conviction proceedings.
Michael was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of Texas for almost 12 years, but also handled complex white-collar matters in the Eastern, Western, and Northern Districts of Texas, and in Mississippi, and Washington D.C. He won numerous, lengthy white-collar and public-corruption trials involving prosecutions of high-ranking public officials and law firms and business entities. He also handled national and international investigations for the U.S. Department of Justice, as well as civil and criminal appeals, bank fraud, securities fraud, insurance fraud, mortgage fraud, eminent domain, bankruptcy, and asset forfeiture cases.
