Dunlop, James C.

Current Employment Position(s)

Counsel

Languages

• Portuguese

Lawyer Overview

Jim Dunlop represents companies and individuals in criminal enforcement matters and parallel civil cases from the outset of an investigation through trial. Jim also counsels and conducts internal investigations for companies concerned about criminal, civil, and regulatory compliance; fraud; foreign corrupt practices; and unethical conduct.

Jim's recent representations include the CEO target of a global cartel investigation, the former CEO of a public utility sued by the SEC following a DOJ criminal probe, and a Wall Street bank and a Fortune 50 company that have each faced lengthy public corruption investigations. Jim's recent counseling matters include providing FCPA counseling to a U.S. subsidiary of a global pharmaceutical company, and providing an anti-kickback assessment to a global medical device company. Other representations include the vice president of sales of a public company who avoided prosecution in a fraudulent sales case that saw convictions of the company and members of its sales force and a building materials company that avoided prosecution in a case in which its major competitors were convicted of price-fixing. Jim has also led internal investigations of alleged computer fraud and trade secret theft at a closely held company, alleged self-dealing by executives at a Fortune 500 subsidiary, and probes of alleged accounting fraud at a drug company and within a multi-state hospital network.

While serving as its in-house counsel, Jim represented a global audit and consulting firm in an investigation by a Latin American government of its role in an allegedly corrupt privitization.

Jim currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Criminal Law Practice Group of the Federalist Society and is a member of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

Areas of Practice

• Corporate Criminal Investigations
• SEC Investigations & Proceedings
• International Trade & National Security
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Counseling & Defense
• False Claims Act & Qui Tam Defense
• Financial & Commercial Fraud
• Government Contracts Counseling & Litigation
• Health Care Litigation & Government Investigations Defense
• Internal Investigations, Corporate Compliance Programs & Employee Misconduct
• Public Corruption Investigations
• State Attorneys General Investigations & Litigation

Representative Cases

• CFO and director of Career Education Corporation obtains dismissal of shareholder derivative and securities fraud class actions , (2009)
• Chicago attorney defends securities, fraud and conspiracy charges , (2009)
• City alderman defends charges of mail fraud and tax evasion , (2009)
• Executive of an international shipping company defends antitrust criminal investigation , (2009)
• Former controller of Bally Total Fitness obtains dismissal of shareholder derivative action , (2009)
• Former state court prosecutor acquitted of conspiracy and obstruction of justice charges , (2009)
• Hospital senior executive defends allegations of paying kickbacks to physicians , (2009)
• Multistate hospital system conducts internal investigation , (2009)
• Pharmaceutical company conducts compliance risk assessment , (2010)
• President and CEO of a Midwestern dairy company obtains dismissal with prejudice of all charges , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Business & Trade, Business Organizations, Capital Markets, Commodities, Criminal Fraud, Criminal Law, Customs, Debarment, Defense Contracts, Ethics, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Federal, Federal Contracts, Felonies, Foreign Investment, Foreign Investment, Government Construction Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Procurement, Grand Jury Proceedings, Health & Health Care Law, International Arbitration, International Banking, International Law, International Taxation, International Transactions, Litigation & Appeals, Private Placements, Professional Responsibility, Public Offerings, Securities Fraud & Insider Trading, Securities Law, Securities Regulation, State & Municipal Contracts, Trade Regulation, Victims' Rights, White Collar Crimes

Bar Admissions

• Illinois

Education

• Georgetown University
• U of Virginia- C'ville (Main)

Address

77 West Wacker
Chicago, IL 60601-1692

Phones

1.312.269.4069 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.312.782.8585 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com