Internal Corporate Investigative Attorneys

Local governments, businesses, nonprofits and educational institutions are under ever-increasing scrutiny for their activities from state and federal agencies or from media and social media. When something goes wrong or simply appears to go wrong, organizations can rely on Smith Anderson as their independent and trusted adviser. Our team of attorneys deploy tried-and-true investigative strategies to identify significant legal and reputational risks and then help organizations navigate them.

Retained as special counsel by hospitals, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, and other health care providers, government entities, banks, manufacturers, defense contractors and employers in a variety of industries to conduct internal corporate investigations into allegations of:

Discrimination and employee misconduct, including allegations of pattern and practice of sexual harassment and racial discrimination.
Employee embezzlement.
Kick-backs and favoritism in the award of vendor contracts.
Procurement fraud in a government-contract bid by a former employee whistleblower, and assistance with self-reporting to the government.
Wrongdoing against senior corporate officers and identification of root causes of potential management failures.
False claims submitted to state and federal government entities.
Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute allegations.
Medical Board inquiries.
Employee misconduct in home health agencies and in assisted living and skilled nursing facilities, and group homes.
Elected official corruption and other misconduct.
Asset diversion, falsification of records, failure to fulfill statutory duties by law enforcement officers, and other criminal misconduct by law enforcement officers.