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Philip Urofsky
Partner

Education
University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1988,
  • Virginia Law Review, Articles Review Board
  • Order of the Coif
University of Virginia, B.A., 1985, with Highest Distinction

Practice
Mr. Urofsky, a partner in the firm’s Litigation Group, is a former federal prosecutor whose responsibilities encompassed investigating and prosecuting criminal and civil violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), as well as the money laundering and mail and wire fraud statutes and economic sanctions laws and regulations. He advises clients on conducting internal investigations, designing and implementing compliance programs, and responding to and defending against federal, state, and international criminal, civil, and administrative investigations, prosecutions, and trials on behalf of both business entities and individuals.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Urofsky served as a law clerk to the Honorable James M. Sprouse of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and in a number of trial and supervisory positions within the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division where he handled all aspects of criminal prosecutions, including investigations, trials, and appeals. Prior to leaving the Department, he served as Assistant Chief of the Fraud Section, with responsibility for supervising or participating in virtually every FCPA investigation and prosecution. In addition, Mr. Urofsky was a member of the United States’ delegation to the OECD Working Group on Corruption and was designated by the U.S. as an expert in anti-corruption law and compliance for the Group’s peer review process. As a DOJ attorney, Mr. Urofsky was the primary drafter of the Department’s Principles of Federal Prosecution of Corporations and lectured widely on corporate compliance issues.


Experience
  • Advising financial, pharmaceutical, mining & manufacturing, and telecommunications companies on design, implementation, and monitoring of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and anti-corruption compliance programs and economic sanctions compliance programs
  • Representation of pharmaceutical, oil & gas, automobile, and telecommunications companies in connection with internal investigations and voluntary disclosures to the Department of Justice, the Securities & Exchange Commission, and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
  • Assisted independent monitors retained in connection with a deferred prosecution agreements with the Department of Justice and the Securities & Enforcement Commission for companies in the software, manufacturing & construction, and oil & gas sectors
  • Representation of senior executive in non-U.S. telecommunications company in connection with FCPA and securities law investigation
  • Representation of Chairman of non-U.S. oil & gas company in connection with FCPA and securities law investigation
  • Representation of in-house lawyer in connection with FCPA and economic sanctions investigation
  • Representation of employees of pharmaceutical company in connection with FCPA investigation
  • Representation of former general counsel of software programming company in connection with criminal prosecution alleging accounting and securities fraud and money laundering
  • Representation of former chief executive officer of insurance company in connection with criminal prosecution alleging accounting and securities fraud
  • Representation of audit committee of automotive manufacturing company in connection with government investigations
  • Representation of restaurant chain in enforcement of non-competition clause against former employee
  • As a federal prosecutor, responsible for investigating, prosecuting, and arguing the appeals in cases involving violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, including U.S. v. Saybolt Inc., U.S. v. David Mead, U.S. v. Cantor, U.S. v. Metcalf & Eddy, U.S. v. Syncor Taiwan, U.S. v. Robert Richard King (and related cases), U.S. v. David Kay & Douglas Murphy, U.S. v. ABB Vetco Gray Inc., et al., U.S. v. Monsanto Corporation, U.S. v. Titan Corporation, and other significant matters


Selected Professional & Business Activities
  • Committee Co-Chair, ABA Section on International Law, Anti-Corruption Initiatives and Compliance Issues Committee (2005-2007)
  • Steering Committee and faculty member, ABA National Institute on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (2006-present)
  • Guest lecturer, William & Mary Mason School of Business (2002-present)
  • Faculty member, ACI National Conferences on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, PLI Corporate Compliance Seminar, PLI White Collar Enforcement Seminar, IBA Anti-Corruption Conference, C5 Anti-Corruption Conference (Frankfurt), ABA FCPA Institute, ABA Securities Enforcement Institute
  • Advisory Committee, BNA White Collar Crime Report


Publications
  • Prosecuting Corporations: The Federal Principles and Corporate Compliance Programs, U.S. Attorneys’ Bulletin (March 2002)
  • Deferred Prosecutions and the Independent Monitor, International Journal of Disclosure and Governance (December 2005) (with James K. Robinson and Christopher R. Pantel)
  • Commentaries on the U.S. Code: The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1, et seq., NITA/LEXIS (Spring 2006)
  • Developments in U.S. and International Efforts to Prevent Corruption, The International Lawyer (ABA Section on International Law) (Summer 2006) (with Kathleen M. Hamann, Nicole M. Healy, Alexandra Wrage, and Margaret Ayres)
  • Promoting Global Corporate Transparency, eJournal USA (Department of State) (December 2006)
  • Eyes on your bribe, The European Lawyer (December 2007) (with Danforth Newcomb)
  • Developments in U.S. and International Efforts to Prevent Corruption, The International Lawyer (ABA Section on International Law) (Summer 2007) (with Michael Kieval, et al.)
  • Extortionate Demands under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, BNA White Collar Crime Report (December 19, 2007)
  • Privilege and the Fight against Fraud, The European Lawyer (January 2009) (with Danforth Newcomb)
  • Acquiring a Wrongdoer is a Risky Business, Executive Counsel (September/October 2009) (with Danforth Newcomb)
  • U.S. Internal Investigations and Foreign Data Protections Laws, Bloomberg Law Reports, Risk & Compliance (September 2009) (with Grace Harbour)
  • The UK Bribery Act 2010, The Review of Securities & Commodities Regulation, (August 17, 2011) (with Stephen Fishbein and Richard Kelly)


Bar Admissions/Qualifications
District of Columbia
Virginia


Courts
United States Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia