As a partner and attorney at Best & Flanagan, I represent both individuals and corporate clients in complex commercial litigation and arbitration, internal investigations, and white-collar criminal defense. Contact me at: aconners@bestlaw.com.With more than 17 years of experience, I am known for representing clients in high-stakes complex civil and white-collar criminal litigation. I have experience in a wide range of complex financial, constitutional, criminal, and regulatory matters, as well as patent-infringement litigation, class-action defense litigation, and bankruptcy adversary proceedings.Litigation and Arbitration• Trial counsel for Fortune 100 Corporation in Southern District of New York Bankruptcy Court in defense of $300+ million fraudulent transfer allegations regarding complex tax planning.• Defense of Fortune 100 Corporation in securities fraud case in District of Minnesota.• Defended clients in white-collar crime cases, including allegations of federal mail fraud, bank fraud, misapplication of bank funds, income-tax evasion, and federal false statements.• Represented clients in FINRA arbitrations. Internal Investigations and Compliance• Represented clients regarding compliance, including responses to FCC Civil Investigative Demands, DOJ Civil Investigative Demands, and federal subpoenas regarding advertising, marketing and promotional materials, and anti-fraud policies.• Represented Minnesota Vikings in an internal investigation regarding a former employee.• Represented Fortune 100 Corporation in an internal investigation regarding employee’s acceptance of bribes relating to $40+ million fraud scheme involving parts bidding system.• Represented public companies in SEC, FINRA, and international regulatory investigations relating to the FCPA, stock options backdating, revenue recognition, and compliance with anti-money laundering policies.
Listed skills include Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Civil Litigation, Trials, and 18 others.