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Christopher
D.
Man
Counsel
Practice Description
Christopher Man's practice focuses on civil litigation, white collar criminal litigation, internal investigations, and investigations conducted by Congress and the Executive Branch. He has significant experience defending clients accused of violating securities laws, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Mr. Man also advises companies on the FCPA, Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) and trade sanctions compliance issues.
A frequent author, Mr. Man has written numerous articles for legal publications, including The National Law Journal, New York Law Journal, Legal Times, law.com, Business Crimes Bulletin and several prominent law reviews.
Representative Matters
- Represented a Puerto Rican Senator charged with political corruption.
- Represented a Lebanese-Canadian citizen under investigation by the DOJ, the SEC and the United Kingdom's Serious Fraud Office, who was charged with violating the United Nation's Oil-for-Food Program and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act for paying bribes to the Iraqi government and its officials.
- Represented Wal-Mart in civil and criminal proceedings concerning allegations it used contractors who employed undocumented workers as floor cleaners in 22 states.
- Represented ConocoPhillips in civil and criminal proceedings concerning allegations of a conspiracy between corporate officers and Australian government officials to bribe East Timorese government officials in exchange for rights to develop $50 billion worth of oil and gas in the Timor Sea.
- Represented Scott Sullivan, former Chief Financial Officer of WorldCom, in criminal proceedings.
- Assisted in preparing successful presidential pardon applications for Marc Rich and Pincus Green.
- Represented a major tobacco company in litigation brought by the European Community and various European and Latin American governments seeking billions of dollars in damages for alleged RICO violations concerning smuggling and money laundering on behalf of Colombian drug lords.
Honors
During law school, Mr. Man served as articles editor for The Washington University Journal of Urban & Contemporary Law. He was awarded second place in the 1995 National Environmental Moot Court and first place and high oralist in the 1994 Washington University Environmental Moot Court.
Publications
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"Federalizing Corporate Internal Investigations And The Erosion Of Employees' Fifth Amendment Rights," (co-author), Georgetown Law Journal – 40 Geo. L.J. Ann. Rev. Crim. Proc., June 2011
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"'Not Every Wrong is a Crime': The Legal and Practical Problems with the Federal 'Honest-Services' Statute," 63 Vand. L. Rev. En Banc 11, 2010
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"US Trade Sanctions Are a Trap for the Unwary," Project Finance NewsWire, April 2007
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"Is the DOJ's New Policy of Prosecuting Corporations Real Reform or Business as Usual?," law.com, January 31, 2007
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"The Supreme Court’s Decision in United States v. Booker Opens the Door to Fairer Sentences in White Collar Cases," Securities Litigation and Enforcement NewsWire, April 2005
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"Federalizing Corporate Internal Investigations And The Erosion Of Employees' Fifth Amendment Rights," (co-author), Georgetown Law Journal – 40 Geo. L.J. Ann. Rev. Crim. Proc., June 2011
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"'Not Every Wrong is a Crime': The Legal and Practical Problems with the Federal 'Honest-Services' Statute," 63 Vand. L. Rev. En Banc 11, 2010
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"US Trade Sanctions Are a Trap for the Unwary," Project Finance NewsWire, April 2007
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"Is the DOJ's New Policy of Prosecuting Corporations Real Reform or Business as Usual?," law.com, January 31, 2007
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"The Supreme Court’s Decision in United States v. Booker Opens the Door to Fairer Sentences in White Collar Cases," Securities Litigation and Enforcement NewsWire, April 2005
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"Revenue Rule to Get Spotlight," National Law Journal, July 19, 2004
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"High Court is Set to Consider 'Revenue Rule' in Criminal Context," New York Law Journal, July 19, 2004
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"The USA Patriot Act of 2001 Poses a New Threat to Grand Jury Secrecy," 9 Business Crimes Bulletin 1, February 2002
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"Coordinated Criminal Investigations Between the United States and Foreign Governments and Their Implications for Constitutional Rights," 42 Virginia Journal of International Law 821, 2002
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"Extradition and Article III: A Historical Examination of the Judicial Power of the United States," 10 Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law, 2002
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"Preventing Disclosure of Grand Jury Materials to Foreign Governments Pursuant to MLATs," 8 Business Crimes Bulletin 1, June 2001
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"Restoring Effective Judicial Review of Environmental Regulations in Civil and Criminal Enforcement Proceedings," 5 Environmental Lawyer 665, 1999
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"The Constitutional Rights of Non-Settling Potentially Responsible Parties in the Allocation of CERCLA Liability," 27 Environmental Law 375, 1997
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"The Scope of Intellectual Property’s Protection of Stylistic Rights," 47 Journal of Urban and Contemporary Law 250, 1995
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"Forecasting Sexual Abuse in Prison: The Prison Subculture of Masculinity as a Backdrop for Deliberate Indifference," 92 Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 1, 1992
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