Sol Wisenberg

Sol Wisenberg has more than three decades of experience as lead counsel in complex federal white-collar crime investigations and jury trials. His practice is exclusively devoted to representing individuals and businesses: 1) exposed to federal white-collar criminal, regulatory, and civil inquiries; 2) engaged in or threatened with federal civil parallel proceedings; 3) charged with federal business-related crimes; or 4) awaiting federal sentencing.

Mr. Wisenberg’s government career included serving as Deputy Independent Counsel, the number two position in the Whitewater/Lewinsky Investigation, and he was selected by Judge Kenneth Starr to conduct grand jury questioning of President Bill Clinton.

He is the author of White Collar Crime: Securities Fraud (2016), published by West/Thomson Reuters.

Since entering private practice in 1999, Mr. Wisenberg has represented clients under investigation for public corruption (Hobbs Act), bribery, fraud (securities, bank, mail, tax, health care, FDA), Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations, false statements to government officials, arms export control act violations, theft of federal property, and insider trading. He has also conducted internal investigations and insurance coverage fraud inquiries for corporations and nonprofits.

Prior to his service with the Office of Independent Counsel, Mr. Wisenberg was Chief of the Financial Institution Fraud Unit and Health Care Fraud Co-Ordinator in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas. He directed approximately 75 to 100 criminal investigations during his tenure as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Texas and North Carolina.

Recognitions

• Best Lawyers in America®
• Chambers USA, White Collar Litigation
• Washington, DC Super Lawyers
• Director’s Award, Executive Office of United States Attorneys
• Martindale-Hubbell AV Rated
• Listed in The Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers