Matthew Baughman

Matt Baughman has more than two decades of experience handling the most sensitive and high-profile government investigations of companies and executives in crisis situations. A known and trusted adviser, Matt is individually ranked by Chambers and Partners in the White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations category, and he has also been recognized by SuperLawyers.

Matt has deep experience working both as an attorney in the Enforcement Division of the Securities and Exchange Commission as well as, more recently, in a top position at the Department of Justice as Associate Deputy Attorney General in charge of white-collar enforcement. In both government and private practice, he has handled corporate cases from the first document demand all the way through litigation. Matt has a unique understanding of the government’s corporate enforcement policy, having spearheaded the development of policies at DOJ relating to corporate cooperation, individual accountability, fines and penalties in parallel investigations, corporate compliance, monitorships, and False Claims Act cases.

Matt has particular experience in financial fraud, accounting, and auditing cases, having represented Big Four accounting firms in dozens of investigations. Over the course of his career, he has represented companies and individuals in more than 50 matters with the SEC, some of which were jointly investigated by DOJ. He has counseled companies, boards, and executives in high-profile investigations of cybersecurity issues, public disclosure and accounting, foreign bribery and domestic corruption, and insider trading.

Matt also has deep expertise representing healthcare providers, pharmaceutical companies, and medical device manufacturers in numerous healthcare fraud investigations by DOJ and other federal and state enforcers. He regularly counsels companies subject to parallel investigations, and his experience enables him to coordinate a client’s response to multiple investigatory, litigation, and public relations challenges that can culminate into an enterprise-threatening crisis.

Matt is a Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional™. He began his career as a litigator at the New York law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Matt held positions in government from 2003 to 2006, and again from 2018 to 2019.