Brian Whisler is the chair of the DC Litigation and Government Enforcement Practice Group and a member of the Compliance and Investigations, Dispute Resolution and Global Pharmaceuticals Practice Groups. He is also a member of the North American Government Enforcement Management Committee and the North American Healthcare Steering Committee.
Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, Brian served as the Criminal Chief Assistant US Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond, overseeing and prosecuting cases ranging from white collar crime, violent crime, public corruption, and terrorism. His trial practice focused predominantly on white collar cases, including health care fraud, securities fraud, money laundering and tax fraud.
He previously served as an Assistant US Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina for ten years, where he focused on white collar prosecutions and received the Attorney General’s Award for his prosecutions in a money laundering investigation resulting in convictions of more than 25 defendants after three jury trials and multiple guilty pleas.
He also served as Chief of Appeals and Health Care Fraud Coordinator for the same jurisdiction. Brian has also served as adjunct professor at the University of Richmond, TC Williams School of Law and an instructor at the National Advocacy Center for the US Justice Department.
Brian has extensive federal trial and appellate experience, having tried over 30 cases to verdict and more than 40 oral arguments at the federal appellate level. He is experienced in handling a broad range of civil and criminal matters, including cases implicating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, False Claims Act, Anti-Money Laundering laws, Health Care Fraud, Securities Fraud, and Procurement Fraud.
Brian has led multijurisdictional internal investigations and provided regulatory advice to multinational and domestic clients in oil and gas services, pharmaceuticals, financial services, manufacturing, and telecommunications.
Additionally, he has developed compliance programs for Fortune 50 corporate clients, advised Boards and Audit Committees, guided companies and individuals in government investigations in multiple global jurisdictions and defended clients in criminal and civil litigation.
He also represents companies and individual clients in investigations before multilateral institutions, including the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, as well as the US Agency for International Development, the United Nations, and the Global Fund.
Education:
- George Mason University (JD) (1989)
- Grove City College (BA) (1985)
Admissions:
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims~United States (2016)
- District of Columbia~United States (2013)
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina~United States (2010)
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia~United States (2002)
- North Carolina~United States (1994)
- U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina~United States (1993)
Professional Associations and Memberships:
- International Bar Association
- Virginia State Bar, Health Care Law Section
- Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists – Member
- Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics
- ABA Global Anti-Corruption Task Force
Representative Legal Matters:
- Representing multiple entities and individuals in US Department of Justice investigation predicated on the Panama Papers.
- Representing state executives in US Environmental Protection Agency suspension and debarment proceedings.
- Represents a multinational company in pending World Bank investigation.
- Represented a US defense contractor in FCPA investigation before the US Justice Department.
- Represented a global financial institution in FCPA investigation before the US Justice Department.
- Represented a member of the US Congress in a federal grand jury investigation.
- Represented a multinational corporation before the Global Fund Sanctions Board.
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