Practices in this Group
- Business & Financial Crimes
- Environmental
- Federal Criminal Defense
- Fraud
- Government Investigations
- Health Care
- Internal Investigations
- Securities
- State Criminal Defense
- Tax
White-Collar Criminal
Brooks Pierce lawyers represent businesses and individuals in a wide array of white-collar criminal matters, including government investigations, grand jury proceedings, internal investigations, and trials and appeals in federal and state courts. Partner Kearns Davis, a former federal prosecutor, has been the lead attorney in more than a hundred investigations by federal, state, and local agencies. He has handled a broad spectrum of white-collar matters including bank fraud, mortgage fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, Medicare fraud, Social Security fraud, money laundering, false statements, tax evasion, embezzlement, obtaining property by false pretenses, identity theft, and conspiracy. He has tried jury cases at all levels of North Carolina's state and federal trial courts, and has been primary counsel in scores of criminal and civil appeals in the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Fourth, and Ninth Circuits.
When our clients face government investigations, the best results are those we cannot talk about: when criminal charges are never filed. We work hard not only to avoid the bringing of charges, but to protect our clients by avoiding or limiting unfavorable publicity. However, on those occasions when charges are unavoidable, we bring our extensive trial and courtroom experience to bear to achieve the best possible outcomes.