Lawrence D. Finder

Larry Finder is a trial lawyer and former United States Attorney with more than four decades of experience handling complex criminal, civil, and regulatory matters of national significance. He represents individuals, corporations, and boards confronting serious legal, institutional, and reputational risk.

Larry began his career as a felony prosecutor in Cook County, Illinois, where he tried major criminal cases early in his career, including serving on the John Wayne Gacy prosecution team. He later joined the U.S. Department of Justice, serving in increasingly senior leadership roles, including Chief of the Criminal Division and First Assistant U.S. Attorney, before being appointed United States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas in 1993.

As U.S. Attorney, Larry led prosecutions involving organized crime, public corruption, and large-scale fraud. After government service, he was appointed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to investigate and litigate judicial misconduct by a federal judge, work that resulted in impeachment by the House of Representatives and conviction by the United States Senate.

Larry spent nearly thirty years as a partner at global law firms, advising clients on white collar criminal defense, complex civil litigation, internal and government investigations, and parallel civil and criminal proceedings. His matters have included securities and accounting fraud, anti-trust, environmental crimes, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, immigration-related offense, and other regulatory investigations. Most recently, he was a member of the winning defense trial team in U.S. v. Rovirosa, obtaining a historic complete acquittal for Mr. Rovirosa, one and 4 post-verdict acquittals in the 50 year history of the FCPA. In 2026, Larry was on the defense team in Marchand v. Barnhill, a derivative case pending in the Delaware Court of Chancery, as counsel for a Blue Bell Creameries executive..

Larry is a trusted advisor to corporate leadership and boards on governance and oversight issues arising from enforcement actions, institutional crises, and leadership transitions. He has worked closely with Ryan McConnell for more than two decades on trials, investigations, and high-stakes advisory matters. He has also served in public and quasi-public roles, including service on the board of a major public hospital system and as a voting member of the United States Sentencing Commission’s Practitioners Advisory Group.

Larry has taught and spoken extensively on white collar crime, internal investigations, and corporate charging practices. His scholarship, including work co-authored with Ryan McConnell on deferred and non-prosecution agreements, has been cited by courts, the media, and Congress.