State Attorneys General Investigation & Litigation

Our Approach

State Attorneys General have become the most active and influential enforcement authorities in the country, creating substantial legal, financial, and reputational risks for businesses and executives. Acting individually and through coordinated multistate coalitions, State Attorneys General investigations and lawsuits often focus on financial services, privacy and cybersecurity, healthcare, antitrust, environmental issues, emerging technologies, as well as traditional consumer fraud, deceptive trade practices, and false advertising.

Attorney General investigations and lawsuits are fundamentally different from traditional commercial litigation, and often involve overlapping state and federal inquiries, political and policy considerations, media scrutiny, and significant potential collateral exposure. Successfully navigating Attorney General scrutiny requires more than substantive legal knowledge—it requires strategic judgment, credibility, careful risk management, and most importantly, deep experience.

Our State Attorneys General team is led by a former Minnesota Assistant Attorney General with nearly thirty years of experience on both sides of the table—having led investigations and enforcement actions while working for the State, and for the last twenty years, counseling businesses and executives responding to high-stakes investigations and civil enforcement proceedings across the country.

We work closely with clients from the earliest stages of an inquiry to assess exposure, develop strategic response plans, manage communications with State Attorneys General and other regulators, and position matters for efficient and favorable resolution whenever possible. Early strategic intervention can often narrow investigations, reduce business disruption, mitigate reputational harm, and avoid unnecessary escalation. If litigation ensues, we aggressively defend our clients, while always keeping in mind the unique risks and pressures that these enforcement matters present.

Because Attorney General investigations and litigation rarely occur in isolation, we also advise clients regarding related litigation exposure, such as class actions and mass arbitration, related compliance considerations, public-facing communications, and broader business implications that may arise from government scrutiny or enforcement activity.

Grounded in decades of experience handling complex government investigations and litigation across the United States, our attorneys provide sophisticated counsel that is always practical, strategic, and business-focused. Clients facing government investigations need experienced counsel capable of exercising sound judgment under pressure, managing sensitive matters efficiently, and navigating situations where legal, regulatory, operational, political, and reputational risks often intersect.