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Dick Janis is one of Washington’s most well-known and highly regarded white collar criminal defense lawyers, as well as an experienced civil litigator. Over the course of his career, Mr. Janis has been involved in a wide range of criminal matters, representing both companies and individuals throughout the United States; he has also had a number of client matters in England, as well as in Italy, Switzerland, France, Taiwan, Australia, and Canada. Mr. Janis is currently representing two senior executives of BP with respect to investigations being conducted by the Department of Justice, as well as with respect to the multidistrict litigation, regarding the Deepwater Horizon incident. Following his graduation from Harvard Law School, Mr. Janis served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. For 32 years, he managed Janis, Schuelke & Wechsler, one of Washington’s premier white collar criminal law firms.. Among the more notable cases, Mr. Janis has represented:. Membership and Activities. Admitted to practice in Washington, D.C.; also admitted in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States.. Master, Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court. Senior Counsel, the College of Master Advocates and Barristers. Vice Chair, White Collar Crime Committee of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL). Fellow, American Bar Foundation. Member, ABA’s Presidential Task Force on the Attorney-Client Privilege. Past Chair, Hearing Committee, Washington D.C. Bar’s Board of Professional Responsibility. Past Chair, Committee on Grievances of the U.S. District Court, District of Columbia. Honors and Awards. Who’s Who Legal: The International Who’s Who of Business Crime Defence Lawyers, 2013. The Best Lawyers in America, 1993-2014. Super Lawyers, 2007-2014. Publications. “Ensuring Employee Rights in Internal Investigations,” ABA Human Rights Journal, Volume 36, Number 2, Spring 2009.. “DOJ’s Latest Gambit,” The National Law Journal, September 29, 2008.. “The McNulty Memorandum: Much Ado About Nothing.” The Washington Lawyer, February 2007. “Deputizing Company Counsel as Agents of the Federal Government: How Our Adversary System of Justice is Being Destroyed,” The Washington Lawyer, March 2005. (Updated and Republished by The Cato Institute in 2008.)

Michelle is a former federal prosecutor and skilled trial lawyer, having been lead counsel in over 50 jury and non-jury trials.  For nearly 12 years, she was an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Columbia.  Since re-joining private practice, Michelle focuses on defending companies and individuals in civil and criminal investigations brought by the U.S. Department of Justice and other government agencies relating to the Anti-Kickback Statute, the False Claims Act, securities fraud and financial fraud.

My long-time dream of practicing law with my son, Asa III, came true in 2008 when we founded The Asa Hutchinson Law Group. After a long career in the law and public service, I am home in Northwest Arkansas to serve clients from across the world out of the World Trade Center in Rogers, Arkansas. I continue to use my experience as a former federal prosecutor, defense lawyer and litigator to specialize in white collar defense, complex litigation, export controls, corporate international relations and corporate investigations and compliance.. While I specialize in the legal arena, I also continue to provide national leadership and guidance in the homeland security field through the Little Rock based consultancy of Hutchinson Group LLC. Hutchinson Group is built around extensive experience in homeland security, technology, international business, and government regulatory requirements at the federal and state level. In addition, I am one of the founders of Fortress International Group, Inc., a public company which specializes in engineering services for mission critical facilities.

David Laufman is a veteran Washington, D.C., lawyer specializing in government investigations, white-collar criminal defense, and corporate compliance counseling.  A former federal prosecutor and senior national security offiial at the U.S. Department of Justice, Mr. Laufman utilizes his extensive enforcement experience , as well as his experience in Congress and the U.S. intelligence community, to resolve a wide array of issues for his clients.  Mr. Laufman represents parties in federal criminal investigations and other government enforcement actions, as well in congressional investigations, Inspector General investigations, professional misconduct investigations, and sensitive national security matters.  He counsel companies and individuals regarding compliance with U.S. export control and sanctions laws, the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), government contract laws, and government ethics laws.