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Sean B. O'Connell

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Sean O'Connell represents corporate and individual clients in white collar and regulatory defense matters.

Professional Biography


Sean O'Connell is a shareholder in Baker Donelson's Washington, D.C., office and a member of the Government Enforcement and Investigations Group. He represents corporate and individual clients in white collar and regulatory defense matters, including claims involving health care fraud, tax, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and the False Claims Act (FCA). Sean frequently represents his clients before the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, state attorneys general, and other regulatory agencies.

Having directed both criminal and civil Department of Justice (DOJ) investigations, Sean is uniquely situated to provide compliance counseling, conduct internal investigations, navigate and counter government investigations and – if need be – defend government allegations at every stage of litigation.

He also regularly advises companies about the effectiveness of their compliance programs and assists companies that are facing investigations by enforcement agencies outside of the United States.

Sean has represented several large health care clients in responding to investigations of potential violations of the FCA, the Anti-Kickback Statute, and related regulations.

Sean's experience includes more than 13 years serving as a trial attorney with the DOJ's Criminal Fraud Section and the Criminal Tax Division, as an Assistant United States Attorney with the U.S. Attorneys' Offices for the District of Maryland and the Western District of Texas, and as a Special Assistant United States Attorney with the U.S. Attorneys' Offices for the Eastern District of Virginia and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He joined the DOJ as a trial attorney through the Attorney General's Honors Program and led investigations and prosecutions into a wide variety of white collar crimes, including health care, tax, bank, wire, mail, and securities fraud; money laundering; public corruption; and the FCPA.

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Education

  • Temple University Beasley School of Law, J.D., 2004
    • Temple Law Review
  • University of Virginia, B.A., 1998

Admissions

  • District of Columbia, 2021
  • Virginia, 2020
  • Pennsylvania, 2005
  • Texas, 2017
  • U.S. Supreme Court 
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas

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