Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2023 
David Chaiken is a top-rated Atlanta-based former federal prosecutor with more than 20 years of experience handling sophisticated securities litigation and white collar enforcement matters. Selected by The Best Lawyers In America as the 2025 "Lawyer of the Year" in Atlanta for regulatory enforcement matters, his expertise includes:
➤ complex business litigation in state and federal courts and alternative dispute resolution forums (typically involving allegations of fraud and breach of fiduciary duty)
➤ government investigations and enforcement actions conducted by federal and state regulators (DOJ, SEC, IRS, Offices of Inspectors General (OIG), State Attorneys General)
➤ grand jury investigations (including subpoenas for documents and testimony)
➤ white collar criminal matters (from indictment through trial and appeal)
➤ internal investigations on behalf of companies, boards of directors, board committees, and other entities into potential financial crimes and other misconduct by company officers, directors, and employees
Mr. Chaiken has significant experience handling matters involving securities fraud, insider trading, fraudulent financial reporting, mail and wire fraud schemes, embezzlement, bank fraud, antitrust issues, bribery and kickbacks, health care fraud, tax fraud, federal program fraud, procurement fraud, and cybercrime.
He is a co-founder of Chaiken Ghali LLP, a national boutique white collar litigation and government investigations law firm.
He previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Economic Crimes Section of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia for nearly ten years, was a partner in an AmLaw 50 law firm, worked in the Atlanta and San Francisco offices of elite global law firms, and completed a federal judicial clerkship with U.S. District Judge William C. O'Kelley of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
