Paul Monnin is a partner in the Investigations & White Collar Defense practice of Paul Hastings LLP. He defends companies and individuals in a wide variety of criminal matters, administrative enforcement actions, and parallel civil proceedings. He also maintains an active commercial litigation practice.
Paul has been ranked from 2012 through 2015 by Chambers and Partners in the fields of White Collar Crime and General Commercial Litigation, based on “strong feedback” from clients and peers. Paul’s peers have told Chambers that, “He has a persuasive style that is very effective with juries.” Chambers sources have previously noted that Paul is “a great advisor and a strategic thinker” and that “[h]is drafting is thorough and well prepared, he argues well in court, he understands the local environment and he is good at anticipating outcomes.”
Paul’s criminal defense and regulatory enforcement matters have focused on the federal fraud, securities, health care, racketeering, tax, bankruptcy, money laundering, obstruction and perjury statutes. He has also defended clients in investigations and prosecutions under the federal False Claims Act, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (and analogous international anti-corruption provisions), the Stored Communications Act, and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Paul has led numerous public company board of directors and audit committee investigations and regularly conducts compliance reviews and audits for corporate clients.
His commercial engagements have included successful TRO and preliminary injunction proceedings, dispositive motion practice, and bench and jury verdicts related to patent, trademark, securities, antitrust, franchise, M&A, real estate, and secured lending litigation, including class actions and multi-district litigation.
Prior to joining Paul Hastings, Paul led the White Collar and Corporate Crime practice in the Atlanta office of another international law firm, which the Fulton County Daily Report (an American Lawyer Media affiliate) recognized as White Collar Litigation Department of the Year for 2013. In support, the general counsel of one of Paul’s clients noted that, “His wealth of knowledge about how RICO works and how to shift gears and know what could lead to what was amazing.”
Paul served from 2002-2008 as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia, where he was deputy chief of the Economic Crimes section from 2006-2008.
A veteran courtroom advocate, Paul has personally tried 15 criminal and civil cases as lead counsel to juries and judges in both federal and state trial courts. He has also conducted hundreds of evidentiary hearings and has briefed and argued dozens of criminal and civil appeals at both the federal and state levels.
