Crowell & Moring Named to “GIR 100” for Ninth Consecutive Year

Washington – December 1, 2023: Global Investigations Review has named Crowell & Moring’s Investigations and White Collar & Regulatory Enforcement groups to its prestigious GIR 100 list, an annual guide to the world’s leading cross-border investigations practices. Based on extensive research, GIR selects 100 firms from around the world that it deems most able to handle sophisticated cross-border government-led and internal investigations. This is the ninth consecutive year that Crowell has made the list.

The publication highlighted how the firm “has a strong reputation in the FCPA market and [a] history of working on cutting edge cases,” as well as the “ability to negotiate favorable settlements.”

According to GIR, the firm “has been very active on the talent acquisition front,” with new hires at the firm including Jason M. Crawford returning to the firm to specialize in False Claims Act cases and Aaron C. Cummings joining as co-chair of the Government Affairs Group from his role as chief of staff to Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA). Also highlighted were partners Jennie Wang VonCannon and Agustin D. Orozco, both former assistant U.S. attorneys who joined the firm in 2022; as well as hires from 2021 including partner Michael D. Mann, who joined the firm from Kibbe & Orbe and brings over a decade of experience at the SEC’s enforcement division; partner Preston L. Pugh, who has monitorship experience and specializes in FCA, whistleblower investigations, and ESG work; and partner Michael K. Atkinson, who previously served as the inspector general of the intelligence community, among other high-ranking roles at the DOJ.

GIR noted Crowell’s deep bench including partners Tom Hanusik, who chairs the Investigations Group; Philip T. Inglima, chair of Crowell; and Kelly T. Currie, former acting U.S. attorney. The editors also recognized the “impressive white-collar defence lawyers in [the firm’s] international trade group, who advise on sanctions and export controls matters,” highlighting partners Caroline E. Brown, Carlton Greene, and Dj Wolff.

To read the full profile of the firm in the “GIR 100,” visit here.

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