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Government,
Corporate

Jan. 8, 2021

White collar investigations under the Biden administration

President-elect Joe Biden’s potential appointment of U.S. District Judge Merrick Garland as the nation’s next attorney general signals the significant shift in priorities for white collar investigations and prosecutions that can be expected in the new administration.

Robert E. Dugdale

Partner
Kendall, Brill & Kelly LLP

Phone: 310-272-7904

Email: rdugdale@kbkfirm.com

Robert focuses his practrice on white collar cases and government investigations. He previously served for 19 years as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Central District of California. While working as a federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, Mr. Dugdale served as the chief assistant U.S. attorney for trials, integrity, and professionalism and, prior to that, the chief of the Criminal Division, a position in which he oversaw the work of approximately 200 federal prosecutors in the second-largest U.S. attorney's office in the nation. He can be contacted at Rdugdale@kbkfirm.com.

President-elect Joe Biden's potential appointment of U.S. District Judge Merrick Garland as the nation's next attorney general signals the significant shift in priorities for white collar investigations and prosecutions that can be expected in the new administration.

While the Senate still must approve Judge Garland, the transition of power will have a substantial impact on white collar prosecutions, based on what I saw during the 19...

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