Matt represents companies and individuals in federal grand jury investigations and criminal prosecutions in a wide variety of areas, including tax, money laundering, health care, securities, public corruption, antitrust, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, False Claims Act and fraud offenses. He also frequently litigates federal and state civil asset forfeiture matters. In several instances, Matt has successfully persuaded law enforcement agencies to decline prosecution of his clients, including an individual who failed to file tax returns for several years, a small business owner suspected of underreporting cash sales, an individual who maintained undisclosed offshore bank accounts and a business owner suspected of structuring monetary transactions.*

Matt also has significant experience conducting internal investigations and advising companies and boards as to whether to self-disclose suspected wrongdoing to law enforcement. Matt is also a member of the Criminal Justice Act panel for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Representative White-Collar Matters

Matt has represented:

• The former CEO of public company charged with securities fraud/insider trading/tax offenses in nine-month federal court jury trial.
• Multiple individuals charged with tax and other offenses in connection with secret bank accounts in Switzerland and other offshore jurisdictions.
• A family-owned business and its owners in a Pennsylvania statewide grand jury investigation.
• An investment advisor in an SEC insider trading enforcement action.
• A homeowner in appeal of civil forfeiture judgment (pro bono) (Commonwealth v. 2338 North Beechwood Street, 65 A.2d 1055 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2013) and 134 A.3d 507 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2016)).
• The Philadelphia Bar Association, the Hispanic Bar Association of Pennsylvania and the Barristers’ Association of Philadelphia as amici curiae in a civil forfeiture appeal in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (pro bono) (Commonwealth v. 1997 Chevrolet)
• An individual in a complex cross-border tax promoter grand jury investigation.
• Several Enron employees in high-profile securities and fraud investigations.
• A private citizen in a Philadelphia-area fraud and public corruption case.
• An individual on Pennsylvania death row in post-conviction proceedings in which death sentence was vacated.
• A company in appeal of conviction for bank fraud and subsequent resentencing following en banc consideration by Third Circuit (United States v. Leahy, 438 F.3d 328 (3d Cir. 2008)).

* Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances.