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Bill Burck represents companies, boards of directors and senior executives in sensitive
matters, corporate crises and litigation before the United States federal government, including the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), other law enforcement and regulatory agencies, the United States Congress, and foreign government agencies. He is recognized in Euromoney's Benchmark Litigation surveys of the best lawyers in America as one of the top white collar defense lawyers in the country, and was named one of 2011’s five Rising Stars in white collar defense by the legal periodical Law360.

Mr. Burck's practice focuses on solving clients' most difficult legal and regulatory challenges, whether in the context of civil, criminal, congressional or parallel probes. He advises clients on a host of white collar matters, including Congressional investigations, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the securities laws, whistleblower response, political issues, the False Claims Act, government contracting, Dodd-Frank regulatory issues, transnational tax matters, export controls and national security and defense. Mr. Burck also has considerable experience defending clients in multi-jurisdictional investigations and litigation conducted simultaneously by U.S. and European or Asian law enforcement authorities.

Mr. Burck is former Special Counsel and Deputy Counsel to President George W. Bush in Washington, D.C., and a former federal prosecutor in New York City.  In his role as a senior official at the White House, Mr. Burck provided legal advice to the President and senior White House officials on a wide range of issues, including congressional and other government investigations, national security and foreign affairs, the financial crisis of 2008, and complex constitutional questions.  During his time as a senior official in the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice and as an Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, Mr. Burck investigated and prosecuted a variety of white collar and other criminal cases.  He was a member of the trial team in United States v. Martha Stewart, and was lead prosecutor in a number of jury trials.

Defense of the U.S. military's largest suppliers of jet fuel to troops in Afghanistan in a Congressional investigation of alleged corruption in Central Asia and follow-on investigations conducted by foreign authorities.

Defense of one of the world's largest financial institutions in multiple parallel securities, False Claims Act and money laundering investigations by the Department of Justice and the U.S. Congress.

Defense of a senior executive of a large European bank in connection with a tax fraud prosecution brought by the Department of Justice.

Defense of a multinational airline services company based in Europe in an investigation of alleged fraud in Asia and Europe by the Department of Justice.

Defense of a leading US law firm in a Congressional investigation of its representation of a class of plaintiffs suing the US government for billions of dollars.

Representation of a large U.S. company in connection with Congressional and other government investigations of the Deepwater Horizon accident in the Gulf of Mexico.

Representation of a multinational technology and manufacturing company before the SEC and the Department of Justice in an investigation of alleged corruption in its operations in India, China and Southeast Asia.

Representation of a major investment bank in an investigation of alleged tax and wire fraud by the Department of Justice.

Representation of a major financial firm in an investigation of alleged securities fraud by the SEC.

Advising one of the world's largest mineral resource companies on its negotiations with foreign governments and compliance with U.S. regulatory requirements.

Advising one the world's largest defense contractors on its sales practices to foreign governments.

Conducting an internal investigation on behalf of a multinational pharmaceutical company based in Europe concerning the operations of a subsidiary in Southeast Asia.

Conducting multiple internal investigations on behalf of one of the world's largest technology companies concerning its operations in Europe.