Jan Lawrence Handzlik

Jan has represented individuals and public companies nationwide in the full spectrum of white collar crime investigations and prosecutions. His practice emphasizes financial fraud, securities regulation and enforcement, business and environmental crimes, bank and tax fraud, money laundering, government contract fraud, as well as antitrust, export control and foreign bribery matters.

Jan is an accomplished and nationally-recognized civil and criminal trial lawyer. He has handled nearly 100 jury trials and numerous bench trials to verdict. Earlier, Jan prosecuted federal crimes in the Fraud and Special Prosecutions Section of the United States Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles. For over 30 years, Jan has been recognized in all volumes of Woodward/White’s The Best Lawyers in America. In 2012, California Lawyer Magazine named him one of the state's 100 most influential lawyers.

Jan is co-chair of the International Bar Association's Business Crime Committee and a vice-chair of the American Bar Association's Anti-Corruption Committee. Jan was chairperson of the ABA's National White Collar Crime Committee and a member of the ABA President's Task Force on the Attorney-Client Privilege.

Jan also has extensive experience coordinating multinational investigations and conducting corporate internal investigations. He frequently advises companies on law compliance and internal governance, and has served as an independent monitor of corporate compliance with the FCPA and US securities laws. In 2013, Jan received the White Collar Defense Award from the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Johnnie Cochran Memorial Award from the Criminal Courts Bar Association.