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Fowler White Boggs’s White Collar Crime, Government Investigations, Corporate Compliance and Ethics practice group proactively represents corporate and individual clients in federal and state investigations and proceedings involving all aspects of regulatory enforcement matters including:
- White collar criminal defense
- Grand jury investigations
- Subpoenas
- Search warrants
- Corporate internal investigations
- Parallel litigation, arbitration & mediation
- Corporate compliance plans
- Voluntary disclosures
- Deferred prosecution agreements and independent corporate monitoring
The White Collar Crime, Government Investigations, Corporate Compliance and Ethics practice has an impressive group of attorneys with the legal skills and experience necessary to handle the government’s regulatory enforcement efforts. Our diverse team of white collar litigators and consultants include a former federal prosecutor with the United States Attorney’s Office (USAO) and a special prosecutor with the Office of Independent Counsel (OIC Whitewater & Monica Lewinsky), a supervisory Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) Enforcement Division Attorney, and attorneys formerly with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Office of Chief Counsel and the United States Department of Justice's (DOJ) Tax Division. This experienced team works closely with attorneys in the Firm’s other practice groups to integrate their substantive knowledge into a highly effective and coordinated strategy in response to the government’s regulatory enforcement efforts.
News
- LT Lafferty Quoted in The New York Post
- Fowler White Boggs Welcomes Five Associates
- LT Lafferty Interviewed on Mortgage Lending Practices
- LT Lafferty Authors Guest Column on Florida’s Corruption Epidemic
- Twelve Fowler White Boggs Attorneys Named Legal Elite by Florida Trend Magazine
- Chambers USA Names Fowler White Boggs Among Top Law Firms in Florida in Seven Practice Areas
- LT Lafferty Appointed to Advisory Board for the Center of Ethics at the University of Tampa
- LT Lafferty Authors Guest Column on Ethical Vigilance
- LT Lafferty Comments on the Rothstein Case
- LT Lafferty Quoted in the Sun Sentinel
- Is Florida ground zero for Ponzi schemers?
- Latour “LT” Lafferty Discusses White Collar Crime and Ethical Leadership
- Lawyer Savors New Challenges
Publications
- Foreign Bank Account Disclosure Forms Due June 30, 2010
- Step Up Ethical Vigilance to Fix Public Corruption
- The Importance of Evaluating Intent
- Seven Skills Of Highly Effective Legal Counsel In Conducting Internal Investigations
- Medical Identity Theft: The Future Threat of Health Care Fraud is Now
- Lawyer Savors New Challenges
- Business Issues and Compliance Issues are Inextricably Interrelated
- Leadership In Trial Advocacy: Credibility Is a Cornerstone of Effective Trial Advocacy
- Trial Objections: The Way of Advocacy
- What CEO's Should Know About White Collar Crime
From Our Video Library
2011 Fort Myers Employment Law Seminar: Course 3
Immigration: I-9 Compliance
By: Jennifer G. Roeper, Esq.
The Art of Crisis Management in Government Investigations
By: Latour “L.T.” Lafferty, Esq.
Bloomberg News’ In the Loop interviews LT Lafferty re: insider trading prosecutions
Latour "LT" Lafferty, Practice Leader of the Firm’s White Collar Crime, Government Investigations, and Corporate Compliance and Ethics practice, discusses the U.S. probe of insider trading and allegations against Noah Freeman and Donald Longueuil, former junior portfolio managers at SAC Capital Advisors LP.
CBS 10 News interviews LT Lafferty re the Florida Ethics Commission (FCE) proposal to waive public officer fines
Latour "LT" Lafferty, former Florida Commissioner on Ethics, talks about how the Florida Ethics Commission is considering walking away from more than $300,000 in fines owed by almost 300 former public officials -- even as Gov. Rick Scott and Florida lawmakers are struggling to find dollars to close a $3.6 billion budget shortfall.
Bloomberg Television's InsideTrack interviews LT Lafferty re: Insider-Trading Case
Latour “LT” Lafferty, Practice Leader of the Firm’s White Collar Crime, Government Investigations, and Corporate Compliance and Ethics practice, and a former federal prosecutor, recently appeared on Bloomberg Television's "InsideTrack," with Erik Schatzker, to discuss the insider trading securities fraud charges against the four “consultants” accused of selling confidential information to “expert networking firms” as part of what the U.S. Attorney asserts is the “largest hedge fund insider trading case in history.”
Fox News Good Day Tampa Bay interviews LT Lafferty re: the latest legal developments in Florida Senate candidate Jim Norman’s ethics case
Latour “LT” Lafferty is the Practice Leader of the Firm’s White Collar Crime, Government Investigations, and Compliance and Ethics and a former federal prosecutor. LT recently appeared on Fox 13 News’ “Good Day” with Russell Rhodes to discuss the latest legal developments in Florida Senate candidate Jim Norman’s ethics case.
ABC Actions News interviews LT Lafferty re: the latest legal developments in Florida Senate candidate Jim Norman’s ethics case
Latour "LT" Lafferty is the Practice Leader of the Firm’s White Collar Crime, Government Investigations, and Compliance and Ethics and a former federal prosecutor. LT was recently interviewed by ABC Action News regarding the latest legal developments in Florida Senate candidate Jim Norman’s ethics case.
Fox News interviews LT Lafferty re: the latest legal developments in Florida Senate candidate Jim Norman’s ethics case
Latour “LT” Lafferty is the Practice Leader of the Firm’s White Collar Crime, Government Investigations, and Compliance and Ethics and a former federal prosecutor. LT was recently interviewed by Fox News about the latest legal developments in Florida Senate candidate Jim Norman’s ethics case.
CBS News interviews LT Lafferty re: the Court’s disqualification of Senate Candidate Jim Norman
Latour “LT” Lafferty is the Practice Leader of the Firm’s White Collar Crime, Government Investigations, and Compliance and Ethics and a former federal prosecutor. LT was recently interviewed by CBS 10 News Connect about the Court's disqualification of Senate Candidate Jim Norman from the Florida Senate ballot.
LT Lafferty discusses the Court’s ethics ruling disqualifying Florida Senate candidate Jim Norman on Fox 13’s Good Day Tampa Bay
Latour “LT” Lafferty is the Practice Leader of the Firm’s White Collar Crime, Government Investigations, and Compliance and Ethics and a former federal prosecutor. LT recently appeared on Fox 13 News’ “Good Day” with Russell Rhodes to discuss the Court’s ethics ruling disqualifying Florida Senate candidate Jim Norman.
LT Lafferty Interviewed by ABC Action News Re: Commissioner Jim Norman
Latour “LT” Lafferty is the Practice Leader of the Firm’s White Collar Crime, Government Investigations, and Compliance and Ethics and a former federal prosecutor. LT was recently interviewed by ABC Action News about the Court's ethics ruling removing Hillsborough County Commissioner Jim Norman from the Florida Senate ballot.
L.T. Lafferty discusses Mortgage Fraud in Florida with Fox 13's Your Turn with Russell Rhodes
Latour “LT” Lafferty is the Practice Leader of the Firm’s White Collar Crime, Government Investigations, and Compliance and Ethics and a former federal prosecutor. LT recently appeared on Tampa Bay Fox 13 to discuss emerging mortgage fraud schemes with Fox 13’s Russel Rhodes.
Mortgage Fraud's Real Victims
Latour “LT” Lafferty is the Practice Leader of the Firm’s White Collar Crime, Government Investigations, and Compliance and Ethics and a former federal prosecutor. LT recently appeared on the Fox Business Network to discuss and identify what mortgage fraud schemes to be on the watch for.
L.T. Lafferty discusses white collar crime in Florida with Fox 13's Your Turn with Russell Rhodes
Latour “LT” Lafferty is the Practice Leader of the Firm’s White Collar Crime, Government Investigations, and Compliance and Ethics and a former federal prosecutor. LT recently appeared on Tampa Bay Fox 13 to discuss all the recent white collar crimes in Florida.
LT Lafferty discusses the local impact of The Rotary Foundation (TRF)
Latour “LT” Lafferty is the Practice Leader of the Firm’s White Collar Crime, Government Investigations, and Compliance and Ethics and a former federal prosecutor. In this segment, LT Lafferty discusses the local impact of The Rotary Foundation (TRF).
LT Lafferty discusses Abusive Practices by Credit Card Companies on Fox 13 News Your Turn with Russell Rhodes
Latour “LT” Lafferty is the Practice Leader of the Firm’s White Collar Crime, Government Investigations, and Compliance and Ethics and a former federal prosecutor. LT recently appeared on Fox 13 News’ “Your Turn” with Russell Rhodes to discuss abusive practices that are used by credit card companies.
LT Lafferty discusses Judge Stringer's Fraud Case with Fox 13 News
Latour “LT” Lafferty is the Practice Leader of the Firm’s White Collar Crime, Government Investigations, and Compliance and Ethics and a former federal prosecutor. LT recently appeared on Fox 13 News to discuss the implications of Judge Stringer's federal bank fraud case.
LT Lafferty discusses “pay to play” securities fraud and unethical practices in State of Florida pension fund management on Fox 13’s “Your Turn” with Kathy Fountain
Latour “LT” Lafferty is the Practice Leader of the Firm’s White Collar Crime, Government Investigations, and Compliance and Ethics and a former federal prosecutor. LT recently appeared on Fox 13 News’ “Your Turn” with Kathy Fountain to discuss “pay to play” securities fraud and unethical practices in the State of Florida pension fund management.
LT Lafferty discusses Financial Regulatory Reform on Fox 13 News “Your Turn” with Russell Rhodes.
Latour “LT” Lafferty is the Practice Leader of the Firm’s White Collar Crime, Government Investigations, and Compliance and Ethics practice and a former federal prosecutor. LT recently appeared on Fox 13 News’ “Your Turn” with Russell Rhodes to discuss the status of proposed financial regulatory reform legislation and organizational change of culture for Wall Street firms.
LT Lafferty discusses tax evasion, the “Tax Gap” and the IRS’ foreign bank account voluntary disclosure program in light of the recent UBS tax settlement on Fox 13 News “Your Turn” with Kathy Fountain.
Latour “LT” Lafferty is the Practice Leader of the Firm’s White Collar Crime, Government Investigations, and Compliance and Ethics and a former federal prosecutor. LT recently appeared on Fox 13 News’ “Your Turn” with Kathy Fountain to discuss tax evasion, “tax gap" and the voluntary disclosure program, which the IRS has created in order to coax U.S. taxpayers with undisclosed foreign bank accounts and non-US assets to pay taxes on those accounts. The new guidance is intended to resolve the tax liabilities related to offshore issues of non-compliant US taxpayers who are eligible to make voluntary disclosure requests and who fully cooperate with the IRS.
LT Lafferty discusses the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility & Disclosure Act (CARD) of 2009 on Fox 13 News “Your Turn” with Kathy Fountain
Latour “LT” Lafferty is the Practice Leader of the Firm’s White Collar Crime, Government Investigations, and Compliance and Ethics and a former federal prosecutor. LT recently appeared on Fox 13 News’ “Your Turn” with Kathy Fountain to discuss the Credit CARD Act of 2009 and alleged unfair and deceptive acts and practices by credit card companies.
LT Lafferty discusses the Impact of the Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights Act of 2008 on the financial services industry on Fox 13 News’ “Your Turn” with Kathy Fountain
LT Lafferty, the Firm's Collar Crime, Government Investigations, Corporate Compliance and Ethics Practice Group Leader recently discussed how the proposed Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights Act of 2008 affects the financial services industry and allegations of unfair and deceptive acts and practices (UDAP).
Prosecutors Keep Hunting for Aiders and Abettors in Madoff Securities Fraud Case
Latour “LT” Lafferty is the Practice Leader of the Firm’s White Collar Crime, Government Investigations, and Compliance and Ethics and a former federal prosecutor. LT recently appeared on Fox 13 News’ “Your Turn” with Kathy Fountain to discuss the Ponzi schemes and the securities fraud case against Bernard Madoff. LT was also recently quoted in the Wall Street Journal describing the Madoff case as a “tragedy.”
LT Lafferty Discusses Business Ethics Myths at the Univ. of Houston Downtown (UHD).
LT Lafferty, the Firm's Collar Crime, Government Investigations, Corporate Compliance and Ethics Practice Group Leader discusses business ethics myths at the University of Houston Downtown (UHD).
LT Lafferty discusses the recent Racketeering Indictment of John “Junior” Gotti, Jr. in Tampa, Florida on Fox 13 News’ “Your Turn” with Kathy Fountain.
LT Lafferty, the Firm's White Collar Crime, Government Investigations and Regulatory Compliance Practice Leader recently discusses the recent indictment of John “Junior” Gotti, Jr. on racketeering charges in Tampa, Florida and the implications of the charges on organized crime.
OIC Clinton Press Conference
Former special prosecutor Latour “LT” Lafferty joins the Independent Counsel in announcing the conclusion and settlement of the Whitewater & Monica Lewinsky investigations of President Clinton.
