Investigations & Defense

Safeguarding your reputation and mitigating legal risk.

Gilzene Law delivers meticulously executed and legally focused investigation and defense services for businesses, institutions, and senior executives in heavily regulated sectors.

Whether conducting internal investigations or defending clients in government inquiries and investigations, criminal proceedings, and regulatory enforcement actions, we partner closely with each client to strategically manage risk, protect their rights, and safeguard both legal and reputational interests at every stage.

We conduct exhaustive internal investigations with a comprehensive approach that merges forensic precision, deep legal acumen, and strategic foresight.

We pride ourselves on our rigorous methodology and advocacy; we leave no stone unturned in the pursuit of critical evidence, relevant context, and truth.

Industries & Sectors Served

We provide legal services to the following sectors: 

Financial services, technology and artificial intelligence, healthcare and life sciences, pharmaceutical and medical devices, energy and utilities, telecommunications, government contracting, defense and aerospace, real estate and construction, logistics and transportation, education, hospitality and gaming, as well as certain limited government projects (e.g. IG or audit support, independent or special counsel, monitorship or oversight).

Our Services

We conduct thorough and comprehensive internal investigations to evaluate potential legal exposure and provide clear, well-reasoned recommendations for remediation. 

We craft legal strategies for voluntary or required self-reporting of concerns and issues uncovered.

We also create legal strategies to defend against government regulatory enforcement actions, criminal and civil investigations, criminal charges, congressional or government employee official inquiries.

We also handle grand jury or other subpoenas, seizure and search warrants.

We expertly navigate complex and high-impact matters involving the DOJ, SEC, CFPB, OFAC, OCC, FTC, FDA, IRS-CI, DOT, CFTC, Federal Reserve, federal or state inspectors general, state attorneys general and local law enforcement, to empower strategic decision-making that safeguard your reputation, uphold public trust, and minimize legal exposure.

Our Investigations & Defense Scope

Our investigative scope and client defense focuses on the following, non-exhaustive list, of core areas: 

- Accounting fraud
- Antitrust
- Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), money laundering, and suspicious activity reports (SARs)
- Billing or invoicing, pricing, and rebate fraud 
- Computer and intellectual property crimes
- Customs, trade violations, and export controls
- Data misuse, data and algorithmic discrimination, and data manipulation
- Economic sanctions and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
- Employee or executive misconduct
- False Claims Act (FCA)/qui tam/whistleblower matters
- False statements and misrepresentations
- Financial institution fraud and financial misreporting
- Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), bribery, and corruption
- Government procurement fraud
- Healthcare fraud and abuse
- Immigration fraud
- Insurance fraud
- Kickbacks and bid rigging
- Labor and payroll fraud
- Mail and wire fraud
- Obstruction or other related offenses
- Privacy, data breach, ransomware, and cyber extortion issues
- Public corruption and Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO)
- Securities fraud, insider trading, and market manipulation
- Tax offenses and crimes