Overview
Due to the significant prosecutorial and judicial experience of our lawyers, Pashman Stein Walder Hayden is frequently called upon by public entities, private organizations, and corporations to conduct internal investigations and reviews regarding a wide range of topics, including federal and state regulatory compliance, financial fraud, political corruption, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) issues, embezzlement, employee harassment, and sexual misconduct. These investigations, whether necessitated by a whistleblower, governmental inquiries, accounting irregularities, or undertaken as a proactive investigation, have been conducted by the firm in a wide variety of industries, including banking, education, law, health care, municipalities, retail, information technology, and more.
Engaging experienced outside counsel from Pashman Stein for an internal investigation is often the best way to assess the facts of an organization’s existing problem, or in anticipation of a problem, and can help minimize potentially negative consequences. Our investigations are conducted with confidentiality and discretion as we assist in complying with government inquiries or in scrutinizing alleged misconduct.
Governmental Investigations
Our attorneys have extensive experience representing clients in governmental investigations and enforcement actions. In addition, our attorneys design and conduct investigations in anticipation of, or parallel to, government investigations. Frequently, these internal investigations are necessary to prepare an organization for scrutiny from an outside body on issues ranging from corporate management to governance and transactional issues, as well as the regulation and enforcement of business requirements for human rights compliance, both domestically and on the international stage. We frequently utilize former government investigators and forensic specialists to aid in our investigations and to formulate our findings and reports.
Internal Investigations
Internal investigations can be essential to ensure that employees or officers are in compliance with state or federal laws and regulations as well as company policies. Our attorneys’ prior judicial and prosecutorial roles uniquely position them to execute internal investigations with great care to avoid harming innocent parties, and to spot problem areas. By proactively conducting independent audits of an organization’s policies and procedures, our attorneys can identify issues and recommend modifications to ameliorate or avoid future allegations of workplace or corporate governance misconduct that might trigger potential violations and actions. We have also worked to help our clients institute best practices in a number of compliance areas.
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