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Partner

Solomon is co-chair of the firm’s White Collar Defense and Government Investigations practice. He has more than two decades of experience as lead counsel in complex federal white collar crime investigations and jury trials. His practice is exclusively devoted to representing individuals and businesses: 1) exposed to federal white collar criminal, regulatory, and civil inquiries; 2) engaged in or threatened with federal civil parallel proceedings; 3) charged with federal business-related crimes; or 4) awaiting federal sentencing.

Solomon’s government career included serving as Deputy Independent Counsel, the number two position in the Whitewater/Lewinsky Investigation, and he was selected by Judge Kenneth Starr to conduct grand jury questioning of President Bill Clinton.

Solomon is the author of White Collar Crime: Securities Fraud (2016), published by West/Thomson Reuters.

Since entering private practice in 1999, Solomon has represented clients under investigation for public corruption (Hobbs Act), bribery, fraud (securities, bank, mail, tax, health care, FDA), Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations, false statements to government officials, arms export control act violations, theft of federal property, and insider trading. He has also conducted internal investigations and insurance coverage fraud inquiries for corporations and nonprofits.

Prior to his service with the Office of Independent Counsel, Solomon was Chief of the Financial Institution Fraud Unit and Health Care Fraud Co-Ordinator in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas. He directed approximately 75 to 100 criminal investigations during his tenure as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Texas and North Carolina.

Frequently asked to comment on federal white collar criminal defense issues, Solomon has been a repeat guest on Wall Street Journal Live and CNBC. He has also appeared on The Today Show, National Public Radio, ABC’s World News Tonight, ABC’s Nightline, CNN, and Fox News. Solomon’s articles, op-eds, and reviews have been published in the Washington Post, the National Law Journal, Corporate Counsel, the Wilson Quarterly and other journals. He is the Contributing Editor of the White Collar Crime Prof Blog.

Previous Professional Experience

Partner and co-chair, White Collar Crime Defense Practice Group, Barnes & Thornburg LLP (2008–2013)
Founded Wisenberg & Wisenberg PLLC, a white-collar boutique (2004–2008)
Partner and Chair, White Collar Crime Practice Group, Ross, Dixon & Bell (1999–2004)
Deputy Independent Counsel, Whitewater/Lewinsky investigation (1998–1999)
Associate Independent Counsel, Whitewater/Lewinsky investigation (1997–1998)
Chief, Financial Institution and Health Care Fraud Unit, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas (1993–1996)
Assistant U.S. Attorney, Texas and North Carolina (1987–1997)
Adjunct professor of law, Catholic University’s Columbus School of Law, Business Crimes (2007)

Education

University of Texas School of Law, JD (1980)
Washington University in St. Louis, AB, History (1976)

Admissions

District of Columbia
Illinois
Texas
North Carolina
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina

Clerkships

Law Clerk, The Honorable Tom G. Davis, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Law Clerk, The Honorable J. Daniel Mahoney, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Practice Areas

Industries

Healthcare

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