Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of New Jersey, 1998 - 2003
American Bar Association (Co-Chair, FCPA Sub-Committee, White Collar Crime Committee, Business Law Section)
International Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
Matthew Queler is a Partner in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Department, working with the Corporate Defense & Investigations Group. Prior to joining Proskauer, he served from 1998 to 2003 as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of New Jersey, where he successfully prosecuted numerous cases involving a wide array of federal criminal violations. As a federal prosecutor, Matthew also was an inaugural member of New Jersey’s Anti-Terrorism Task Force.
Matthew’s current practice focuses primarily on corporate internal investigations, white collar criminal defense (including cases involving the Department of Justice, the U.S. Attorney’s Offices in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the District of New Jersey, the New York and New Jersey Attorney General’s Offices, and the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office), and SEC enforcement actions. Matthew’s practice also involves representing health care clients in False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback, and Buy American Act investigations, and in disciplinary proceedings.
While at Proskauer, Matthew has represented individuals and corporations in white collar criminal prosecutions and investigations involving allegations of violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), securities fraud, accounting fraud, mail and wire fraud, bank fraud, tax fraud, mortgage fraud, money laundering, public corruption, and misappropriation, as well as foreign extradition proceedings.
Matthew has extensive experience in FCPA matters, having conducted global FCPA internal investigations and defended clients in FCPA investigations by the DOJ and the SEC. He also regularly advises clients on a wide-array of FCPA issues, and has conducted FCPA policy and procedure reviews, FCPA compliance audits, and pre-M&A FCPA due diligence for clients. Matthew has given FCPA training sessions to clients’ employees and reviewed clients’ training programs.
Additionally, Matthew currently serves as the Co-Chair of the FCPA Sub-Committee for the American Bar Association’s Business Law Section, White Collar Crime Committee. He also speaks and writes on FCPA topics.
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