Brian Whisler
Brian Whisler is a senior leader in the Litigation and Government Enforcement Practice, and has previously served as Chair of the DC Litigation and Government Enforcement Practice Group. He is a member of the Global Compliance and Investigations, Dispute Resolution and Health Care and Life Sciences Practice Groups. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, Brian served for fifteen years as a federal prosecutor with the US Department of Justice. During that time, he was the Criminal Chief Assistant US Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond, overseeing and prosecuting cases ranging from white collar crime, violent crime, public corruption, and terrorism. His trial practice focused predominantly on white collar cases, including health care fraud, securities fraud, public corruption, money laundering and tax fraud. He previously served as an Assistant US Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina for ten years, where he focused on white collar prosecutions and received the Attorney General’s Award for his prosecutions in a money laundering investigation resulting in convictions of more than 25 defendants after three jury trials and multiple guilty pleas. He also served as Chief of Appeals and Health Care Fraud Coordinator for the same jurisdiction. Brian has also served as adjunct professor at the University of Richmond, TC Williams School of Law and an instructor at the National Advocacy Center for the US Justice Department in Columbia, South Carolina. · Baker McKenzie
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Brian Whisler is a senior leader in the Litigation and Government Enforcement Practice at Baker McKenzie, having previously served as Chair of the DC Litigation and Government Enforcement Practice Group. He is a member of the Global Compliance and Investigations, Dispute Resolution and Health Care and Life Sciences Practice Groups. Before joining Baker McKenzie, he spent 15 years as a federal prosecutor with the US Department of Justice, including serving as Criminal Chief Assistant US Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond, and as an Assistant US Attorney in the Western District of North Carolina for 10 years. He also served as Chief of Appeals and Health Care Fraud Coordinator in the same jurisdiction. He has extensive trial and appellate experience, with over 30 cases tried to verdict and more than 40 appeals argued. He has handled matters involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, False Claims Act, Anti-Money Laundering laws, Health Care Fraud, Securities Fraud, and Procurement Fraud. He has led multijurisdictional internal investigations, provided regulatory advice, and developed compliance programs for clients across various sectors. He also teaches as an adjunct professor at the University of Richmond, TC Williams School of Law and an instructor at the National Advocacy Center.