White collar investigations and prosecutions are complex, often multi-agency, and begin long before any potential arrest. Steve Ungar has been named to Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers in America for White Collar Criminal Defense for 20 years, every year since 2005.
By the time most people learn they’re the subject of a federal investigation, the government has been working for months. Agents have reviewed documents, interviewed witnesses, and built a theory of the case. You’re starting from behind, and every day without experienced counsel widens the gap.
At Ungar Law Office, we’ve spent nearly four decades closing that gap for clients facing the most serious financial and regulatory allegations: fraud, securities violations, healthcare fraud, public corruption, and the full range of white collar matters in federal and state court.
The Investigation Is the Case
Most white collar matters are won or lost long before a courtroom. The decisions you make when the first subpoena arrives shape everything that follows: what to say, what to preserve, whether to cooperate, when to stay silent. We get involved early, engage directly with prosecutors and agents, and work to resolve investigations before charges are ever filed. Sometimes the best outcome is one nobody ever reads about.
Recognized Among the Nation’s Best
Steve Ungar has been named to both Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers in America for White Collar Criminal Defense every year since 2005, twenty consecutive years, and in 2017 was named Oregon’s top Super Lawyer in the field. He holds an AV Peer Review Rating of 5.0 from Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating for legal ability and professional ethics. Behind those credentials is what actually matters: decades of walking clients through the most frightening chapter of their lives and out the other side.
Parallel Proceedings, One Strategy
Modern white collar matters rarely stay in one lane. A criminal investigation often runs alongside an SEC inquiry, a licensing board review, an IRS audit, or a civil lawsuit, and a statement made in one can sink you in another. We build a single, coordinated strategy across every front, so that resolving one problem never creates the next one.
What We Do
- Grand jury investigation defense and subpoena response
- Federal and state fraud investigations
- Securities fraud, insider trading, and SEC enforcement matters
- Healthcare fraud and Medicare/Medicaid investigations
- Public corruption and bribery allegations
- Tax fraud and IRS criminal investigations
- Voluntary disclosure and cooperation decisions
- Wire fraud, mail fraud, and RICO matters
- Appellate representation in the 9th and 8th Circuits
Who We Help
Executives, professionals, public officials, business owners, and companies: people who have built something worth protecting, facing allegations that threaten all of it. Many of our clients have never dealt with the criminal justice system before. We take the time to explain where you stand, what happens next, and what we’re doing about it.
Call Before You Answer Anything
If agents have contacted you, a subpoena has arrived, or you have reason to believe an investigation is underway, the single most important thing you can do is talk to experienced counsel before you talk to anyone else. Reach out. The earlier we start, the more options you have.