Biography
Christopher J. Morvillo has extensive experience representing corporate and individual clients in white-collar government investigations and prosecutions, internal investigations, and related regulatory and civil proceedings. With a particular focus on cross-border investigations, his many representations have involved allegations of accounting fraud, securities fraud, insider trading, public and foreign corruption, antitrust and economic sanctions violations, trade secret theft, and computer fraud. Chris also advises corporations and businesses on related compliance and policy matters.
From 1999 to 2005, Chris served as an Assistant US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, where he investigated, tried and handled appeals in a wide variety of criminal cases. In 2005, he received the US Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Service – the Justice Department's highest award for prosecutors.
Recently, Chris successfully argued United States v. Hoskins before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, winning a landmark victory limiting the scope of the FCPA. In recognition of his victory in the Hoskins appeal, The American Lawyer named Chris the “Litigator of the Week”. Subsequently, following trial in the same matter, Chris obtained another significant ruling in the case when the District Court acquitted our client on all FCPA counts on the grounds that the FCPA did not apply to him. He has also been designated as a “Thought Leader” in the International Who's Who of Business Crime Lawyer (White Collar Defense) and has been recognized in Super Lawyers New York every year since 2009 (White Collar Defense). Chris is also an editor of The Practitioner’s Guide to Global Investigations.
Chris received a JD from Fordham University School of Law, and is admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in New York and Connecticut. He is a member of the New York City Bar Association and the Federal Bar Council, sits on the Board of the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice and has also served for years as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law.