Michael Brown is co-leader of the firm’s Government & Internal Investigations Group and a former federal prosecutor. He regularly defends companies and individuals in criminal investigations by the Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney’s offices throughout the country and in regulatory investigations and civil enforcement actions by various agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Securities and Exchange Commission, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General. Mr. Brown conducts internal investigations on behalf of corporations, boards of directors and audit committees and advises them as to corrective actions. Mr. Brown has successfully handled cases involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, health care fraud, securities fraud, antitrust violations, tax fraud, RICO violations, bribery, immigration offenses and mortgage fraud.

Mr. Brown routinely counsels companies going through critical situations, whether law enforcement actions or industrial accidents. He has experience working with law enforcement agents and regulators with nearly every agency of the government and uses that experience to help companies respond to these difficult situations. He is listed in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations.