Atty. Nathaniel B. Edmonds
Nathaniel Edmonds serves as the Co-Chair of the firm’s litigation practice in Washington, D.C., which houses over 100 lawyers handling a variety of litigation matters, including internal corporate investigations, white collar criminal defense, anti-corruption compliance, sanctions and export controls, data privacy and cyber security, intellectual property and patent litigation, international arbitration, and antitrust counseling. Mr.
Criminal Defense: White-Collar Attorney · Serving Washington, DC
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Nathaniel B. Edmonds is a criminal defense and white collar attorney based in Washington, District of Columbia, practicing at DLA Piper. Educated at University of Chicago (J.D., 2002). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Criminal Defense: White-Collar (2026). Serves clients in Washington, DC and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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About Nathaniel B. Edmonds
- Nathaniel Edmonds serves as the Co-Chair of the firm’s litigation practice in Washington, D.C., which houses over 100 lawyers handling a variety of litigation matters, including internal corporate investigations, white collar criminal defense, anti-corruption compliance, sanctions and export controls, data privacy and cyber security, intellectual property and patent litigation, international arbitration, and antitrust counseling
- Mr. Edmonds focuses on global internal investigations, in particular, anti-corruption matters and the challenges arising from multi-jurisdictional investigations into complex economic crime
- He also conducts internal investigations and advises companies on significant sanctions and export control matters before regulatory agencies, including the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
- As a former Assistant Chief of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Unit of the Fraud Section in the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ), Mr. Edmonds assisted in the supervision of all FCPA cases in the United States and was one of the principal drafters of the first edition of A Resource Guide to the U.S
- Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, published in November 2012 by the DOJ and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which has been updated in July 2020 and is available at https://www.justice.gov/criminal-fraud/fcpa-resource-guide
- Mr. Edmonds also specializes in anti-corruption compliance risk assessments and due diligence, as well as developing and overseeing compliance programs
- During his nearly 10 years as a federal white collar prosecutor, Mr. Edmonds handled numerous complex economic criminal investigations and jury trials, including the FCPA and export control-related conviction of a major aerospace and defense contractor, the fraud and domestic corruption matters associated with lobbyist Jack Abramoff, and various accounting and securities fraud matters
- During his tenure at the Department of Justice, Mr. Edmonds worked with prosecutors, law enforcement and regulators from six continents on corruption matters, including as a U.S
- Delegate to the OECD’s Working Group on Bribery, with the UK’s Serious Fraud Office and as a member of the U.S.-China Joint Liaison Group’s Anti-Corruption Working Group
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