Gordon A. Greenberg is a partner in the Trial Department, resident in McDermott Will & Emery’s Los Angeles office. Mr. Greenberg has more than 25 years of experience handling a wide range of business crime investigations and trials.
Mr. Greenberg was a federal prosecutor, serving as the Chief of the Financial Investigations Unit in the Los Angeles U.S. Attorney's Office, and was also a state and special federal prosecutor in Chicago. As a prosecutor, he tried several precedent-setting cases that include U.S. v. Cuevas, the first extradition of an individual from Switzerland to the United States for money laundering-related offenses, and U.S. v. Barry Minkow, ZZZZ Best, et al., one of the largest securities/money laundering cases tried on the West Coast in the 1980s.
In Mr. Greenberg's current capacity as a partner at McDermott Will & Emery, he regularly represents clients in civil and criminal investigations, trials and congressional hearings. He often defends clients in high stakes “bet your company” matters that have civil and criminal components.
Mr. Greenberg is acknowledged by the Los Angeles Business Journal as one of the top 50 trial lawyers in Los Angeles and is recognized in his field of practice in The Best Lawyers in America. He achieved the highest possible rank in white-collar and government litigation in the 2005 and 2006 editions of Chambers USA. Representative matters handled by Mr. Greenberg include:
Securities
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Represented Ross Perot, Sr. and Perot Systems in highly-publicized congressional hearings concerning the California energy crisis
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Represented the former president of one of the largest telecommunication companies in criminal and SEC actions alleging managed earnings and securities and financial statement fraud
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Defended individuals in cases involving allegations of insider-trading at brokerage houses
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Defended discount brokerage firm in wide ranging investigation conducted by the SEC and the United States Attorney’s Office
Representation of Professionals
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Defended an "American Lawyer Top 25" national law firm and its attorneys in a criminal investigation involving purported false statements to government regulators
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Represented a large Arizona law firm during the investigation and trial of the firm's former client, the Governor of Arizona, for false statements to financial institutions
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Defended a Big Five accounting firm in customs proceedings concerning international money laundering.
Banking/Compliance
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Representation of a foreign government entity being investigated in the U.S. for false statements to U.S. Banking Regulators
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Represented the general counsel in the Lincoln Savings criminal case
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Represented several major banks in California in establishing compliance programs and providing advice on white-collar crime issues
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Represented a trustee in the largest money laundering forfeiture case by the U.S. government involving the Bell Gardens Bicycle Club
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Defended the largest money-order provider in money laundering forfeiture proceedings
Healthcare/Whistleblower Suits
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Represented the administrators of a highly regarded hospital system in an investigation alleging deceptive billing practices that also involved widely publicized congressional hearings
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Represented a group of doctors from a large university hospital regarding Medicare billing practices
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Represented a franchise home health care company in a qui tam suit involving alleged deceptive billing practices
Aerospace/Manufacturers
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Represented manufacturers of aerospace, electronics, consumer and industrial products in criminal investigations for alleged false billing practices, false labeling and flawed quality control programs
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Represented several large Department of Defense contractors in qui tam/whistleblower suits
Campaign Finance
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Represented executives of the world's largest shipping company during an investigation into political contributions
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Represented executives in a large Korean conglomerate with local businesses in alleged campaign contribution violations
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Represented a public relations firm that was alleged to have laundered individual political contributions for several state senators
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Represented a high ranking political figure during a congressional inquiry related to foreign political contributions
Environmental
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Defended a corporate executive in the investigation of the Exxon Valdez spill
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Defended the largest corporate recycler of lead batteries in a multinational prosecution for environmental offenses
Antitrust
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Represented an executive of a chain link fence manufacturer in an alleged price-fixing scheme
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Represented aluminum bi-products company that manufactures airplane parts, fasteners, etc. in alleged price-fixing schemes
Mr. Greenberg is active in local and national bar associations and recently served as the chairman of the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s White Collar Crime Committee. He also served as a faculty lecturer to the Federal Judicial Center, the organization that provides federal judges with continuing legal education. He is admitted to practice in California as well as before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh and Ninth Circuits.
Education
- Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D. (with honors), 1980
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.A., 1976
