Name: John Fagg
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John Fagg is co-head of Moore & Van Allen’s Litigation Group and co-head of the firm's White Collar, Regulatory Defense and Investigations practice. In addition to being an experienced trial lawyer, Fagg has extensive experience representing clients in domestic, international, and cross-border regulatory enforcement and white collar criminal defense matters as well as in conducting internal investigations.

In his white collar criminal defense and government investigations practice, Fagg has represented clients in regulatory, enforcement, and criminal matters involving the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the Department of Justice (DOJ), the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the Monetary Authority of Singapore, various U.S. Attorneys' offices, numerous state attorneys general's offices, and the Food & Drug Administration (FDA), as well as self-regulatory bodies such as the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). He regularly conducts corporate internal investigations, including sensitive matters involving allegations of securities violations and alleged violations of federal and state laws and regulations.

Fagg's white collar and government investigations clients include public and private companies as well as individuals. His recent white collar practice work includes:

Representing a major international bank in government investigations in the U.S., Europe, and Asia-Pacific related to LIBOR, other reference rates, and foreign exchange trading
Representation of a client in a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into possible public corruption
Representing an individual in a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into alleged dissemination of nuclear technology outside of the United States
Representing a client in an investigation of the practices of placement agents in connection with investments by state pension funds
Conducting an internal investigation into potential operational irregularities within a public health care institution
Representing a public retail company with regard to an insider trading investigation
Representing a privately held mortgage company with regard to a wide-ranging mortgage origination investigation
Representing a food manufacturing company in an investigation into illegal dumping
Advising clients on compliance strategies that can minimize the risk of enforcement action

Fagg has extensive litigation experience in a wide variety of complex litigation matters, including financial services litigation, defense of shareholder derivative suits, products liability claims, complex commercial disputes, allegations of unfair trade practices, and the defense of environmental claims in both the federal and state court systems. Fagg has defended clients in serial litigation in federal and state courts throughout the United States and in multi-district litigation.

Fagg also has an active pro bono practice in which he represents indigent defendants in federal criminal cases.

Before joining Moore & Van Allen, Fagg practiced with a large law firm in Washington, D.C.

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