Congressional Investigations

Greenberg Traurig’s Congressional Investigations Task Force features a bipartisan team of lawyers and government relations professionals who have combined decades of experience navigating the high-profile, highly-specialized world of congressional inquiries. Members of our team have led oversight initiatives for Senate Democratic leadership and the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, coordinated investigations for a Republican chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, and spearheaded the response to congressional inquiries for both private enterprises and cabinet-level agencies. We have seen high-profile congressional hearings from every angle: sitting behind the chairman, sitting behind the witness, and even sitting in the witness chair ourselves.

Our lawyers and government affairs professionals have led, supported, and responded to some of the most controversial issues of the last two decades, including investigations as diverse as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill; data breaches and cybersecurity incidents; food and product safety concerns; campaign finance and public corruption allegations; the CIA’s detention and interrogation program; Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election; and government contract conflict of interest and fraud investigations, including before the Commission on Wartime Contracting.

Our team is augmented by the full range of capabilities provided by Greenberg Traurig, including our Government Law & Policy Practice, White Collar Defense & Investigations Practice, National Security Practice, and others. That collaborative platform allows us to strategically build legal teams for each client that can:

• Plan and prepare holistic legal strategies before the first staff-level inquiry arrives by conducting audits to determine clients’ exposure to scrutiny in light of current congressional priorities;
• Communicate with decisionmakers to anticipate, shape, scope, and respond to requests for evidence, subpoenas, and other demands from congressional committees;
• Develop response plans that satisfy congressional oversight while protecting client equities and managing reputational risk; 
• Negotiate with government officials to limit criminal and regulatory proceedings that often arise alongside congressional investigations; and
• Prepare witnesses for nationally televised testimony before oversight committees or behind-the-scenes interviews with congressional staff.

Access to Firm’s Capabilities

Our Congressional Investigations practice works in close coordination with lawyers in the firm’s other relevant practices, including:

• Data Privacy & Cybersecurity
• Defense, Aviation & Space
• Government Contracts – Investigations
• Government, Law & Policy
• Immigration & Compliance
• International Trade
• Labor & Employment
• Litigation
• National Security
• Regulatory & Compliance
• Regulatory Investigations
• Technology, Media & Telecommunications
• White Collar Defense & Investigations

Contact Us

To learn more about our Congressional Investigations capabilities, please feel free to reach out to our Congressional Investigations Practice Contacts.