Cleveland, Christopher Shawn

Shawn Cleveland represents companies, corporate officers, and directors in government and internal investigations, white-collar criminal litigation, securities litigation, and complex business litigation. He has represented clients in several high-profile, multi-track cases with concurrent securities class actions, derivative suits, and SEC and DOJ investigations. His work includes conducting internal investigations for companies and representing directors and officers in connection with investigations.  Shawn has represented health care companies in criminal and civil fraud cases involving alleged violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute and the False Claims Act.

Shawn has extensive experience in accounting fraud cases. Before entering law school he was a certified public accountant and conducted financial statement audits for a national accounting firm. He has represented clients in a variety of securities suits involving allegedly fraudulent accounting and disclosures by public companies in the technology, computer services, manufacturing, financial, and energy industries.

Shawn also has a wide range of complex business litigation experience, including suits over alleged breaches of fiduciary duty as well as suits involving commercial loans, real estate, distribution contracts, defense contracts, insurance, and noncompetition agreements.