Agustin D. Orozco
Overview
Given his background as a former federal prosecutor, clients trust Agustin Orozco to lead complex white collar cases and investigations, handle contentious and sophisticated pretrial litigation, and successfully prove highly difficult cases at trial. Agustin’s experience as a federal prosecutor and government contracts attorney leaves him uniquely situated to help clients where government contracts and white collar intersect.
Career & Education
- Department of Justice: United States Attorney's Office
Central District of California, Criminal Division, Public Corruption & Civil Rights Section: Assistant U.S. Attorney, 2016-2022
- Department of Justice: United States Attorney's Office
- University of California, San Diego, B.A., economics
- Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, J.D.
- California
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Commissioner, State Bar of California’s Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation (JNE), Jan. 2020 – April 2023
- Executive Committee, Just the Beginning–Los Angeles, 2019 – Present
- Board Member, For People of Color, Inc., 2014 – Present
- Board of Trustees, Mexican American Bar Foundation, 2023 – Present
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Board of Directors, Federal Bar Association - Los Angeles, Jan. 2020 – Present
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Member, ABA White Collar Crime Division, Jan. 2021 – Present
- Spanish
Agustin's Insights
Client Alert | 3 min read | 03.04.24
Counterclaims Against Compliance-Officer-Turned-Relator Survive Motion to Dismiss
A recent decision in a non-intervened qui tam suit in the Northern District of Georgia provides an example of a defendant threading the needle to avoid dismissal of its counterclaims despite those counterclaims arguably implicating the conduct that the relator alleged violated the False Claims Act (FCA). It also stands as a rare instance where a company’s counterclaims against an FCA relator have survived early court scrutiny and, as such, provides FCA defendants with a potential strategy to combat opportunistic relators.
Podcast | 02.14.24
Let’s Talk FCA: Criminal Investigations and the False Claims Act
Podcast | 01.12.24
Practices
- White Collar and Regulatory Enforcement
- Government Contracts
- False Claims Act Defense
- Litigation and Trial
- Investigations
- Claims and Disputes Litigation
- Suspension and Debarment
- Aviation
- Corporate Counseling, Governance and Compliance
- Anti-Corruption and FCPA
- Government Contracts Investigations
- Whistleblower Investigations
- Securities Fraud and Financial Investigations
- Financial Services
- Financial Services Regulatory and Enforcement
Industries
Agustin's Insights
Client Alert | 3 min read | 03.04.24
Counterclaims Against Compliance-Officer-Turned-Relator Survive Motion to Dismiss
A recent decision in a non-intervened qui tam suit in the Northern District of Georgia provides an example of a defendant threading the needle to avoid dismissal of its counterclaims despite those counterclaims arguably implicating the conduct that the relator alleged violated the False Claims Act (FCA). It also stands as a rare instance where a company’s counterclaims against an FCA relator have survived early court scrutiny and, as such, provides FCA defendants with a potential strategy to combat opportunistic relators.
Podcast | 02.14.24
Let’s Talk FCA: Criminal Investigations and the False Claims Act
Podcast | 01.12.24