Christopher R. Hall
Christopher R. Hall
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Christopher R. Hall
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Christopher R. Hall
The defining moment for anyone subject to regulatory scrutiny occurs when the government expresses its intent to prosecute or to bring a civil enforcement action. Government attorneys use the terms "target," "intervention," and "Wells Notice" to communicate these decisions. Christopher Hall draws on his experience as a former federal prosecutor to represent clients who seek to convince the government to decline or reverse these designations and to avoid the stigma, uncertainty, and expense of trial. Chambers USA ‒ a leading directory of attorneys ‒ ranks Chris in its Band 1 for white collar defense and government investigations. Chris focuses on the life science, health care, financial service, and defense industries, and has deep expertise with the FCA, FCPA, and anti-competition, securities, environmental, trade secret, and public corruption laws. He has responded to hundreds of grand jury subpoenas, search warrants, civil investigative demands, HIPAA subpoenas, depositions, and law enforcement requests for interviews--all with an eye toward convincing the government to take no action.
While Chris admires his former colleagues at the Department of Justice, he is not afraid to go to court when they cannot agree. He obtained a verdict of not guilty after a month-long jury trial on federal felony bank fraud charges brought by the FBI, IRS, and Postal Inspection Service. The judgement of acquittal vindicated his client. Chris is also not afraid to appeal. When a state court judge in a separate case believed the law permitted the Pennsylvania Attorney General to falsely accuse Chris' client and others in a grand jury report, Chris and his partner Justin Danilewitz (along with 20 other leading criminal defense attorneys) appealed to the State Supreme Court, argued the case on behalf of all appellants, and won - obtaining due process protections for future subjects of state grand jury investigations. The Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers recognized Chris and Justin for their successful efforts in this matter with the prestigious Alan Jay Josel Award for Advocacy. More recently, in 2020, the government agreed after a demonstration of our defense to dismiss an indictment against a client with prejudice after the U.S. Attorney’s Office had improvidently indicted the client on charges of conspiracy, mail fraud, and theft of government funds.
Chris speaks Spanish fluently, can explain the nuances of federal criminal law in that language, and serves as U.S. counsel to a former president of a country in Central America.
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