Michael A. Parente

Overview

Michael Parente is an Associate in the Firm’s Government Investigations & White Collar Defense practice, focusing on criminal defense and civil enforcement actions. He represents individuals and businesses in criminal and civil cases involving a wide variety of alleged unlawful conduct.

Michael has experience working on a variety of criminal cases, including fraud cases, money laundering, obstruction of justice, and criminal forfeiture cases. On the civil side, Michael has represented clients facing False Claims Act investigations in the healthcare industry, in the government contracting context, and for alleged customs and tariffs violations. Applying his background in healthcare, Michael has particular experience in the healthcare fraud arena for both criminal investigations and False Claims Act cases. He also has significant experience with complex, high-profile antitrust cases, has helped clients successfully navigate the Department of Justice Antitrust Division’s leniency program, and has litigated class action cases and parallel criminal or regulatory investigations.

Michael regularly uses his expertise to assist clients in responding to federal grand jury subpoenas and civil investigative demands (“CIDs”), conducting internal investigations, and in responding to the execution of search warrants and seizures of property. Specifically, Michael has experience with digital forensics and technology issues as they relate to criminal and civil investigations.

Representative Experience:

Defended against constitutional challenge to South Carolina’s congressional districts at trial in front of a three-judge panel and through a successful appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States
Represented criminal defendant in successful Fourth Circuit appeal on Fifth and Sixth Amendment grounds vacating the conviction and remanding for a new trial
Presented to government in pre-indictment settings, including to the Healthcare Strike Force, resulting in closed criminal investigations
Negotiated pleas and represented criminal defendants at contested sentencing hearings
Helped corporate client achieve leniency in criminal antitrust "no-poach" investigation
Designated discovery liaison in nation-wide class action antitrust case involving alleged algorithmic price fixing
Assisted with trial resulting in double acquittal of two criminal defendants charged with healthcare fraud
Coordinated with expert witnesses on digital forensics in obstruction of justice cases and theft of trade secret arbitration
Volunteered with Federal Public Defender’s Office and Criminal Justice Act appointed counsel in a variety of criminal cases

Michael received a B.A. in Philosophy and a Master of Public Health from the University of Virginia and earned his law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law. Before attending law school, Michael was a health care industry analyst with a corporate intelligence firm.