Steve Huggard is the founder of Huggard Law LLC. Steve was a federal prosecutor with the United States Department of Justice for 17 years before joining an AmLaw 100 law firm, where he was a partner for 14 years.  He represents businesses and individuals in criminal and complex civil litigation, with a focus on white collar criminal defense.   Steve is experienced at conducting complex internal investigations, both in the United States and overseas. He regularly represents clients before the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice. He also advises several publicly-traded companies on FCPA matters and has conducted training for those clients domestically and internationally. The Financial Times has commended Steve for his trailblazing legal work in defense of a client in a federal health care fraud case.

 

Steve served in the Tax Division of the Department of Justice, prosecuting criminal tax cases around the country.  He served for four years as Chief of the Public Corruption & Special Prosecutions Unit at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Massachusetts, overseeing some of the most complex investigations in the office. He was one of the few Assistant United States Attorneys in Boston selected to work around the clock investigating the attacks of September 11. Prior to becoming Chief, he was part of the Economic Crimes Unit, where he prosecuted complex tax, health care fraud and investment fraud cases.

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Steve has been a frequent lecturer at programs sponsored by the Boston Bar Association, the World Law Group and the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC). While in the government, he lectured at the Department of Justice, IRS, and privately sponsored training seminars on the subjects of excise tax fraud, health care fraud, and financial prosecutions generally. He also has been a guest lecturer for the American Bar Association, Suffolk University Law School, Harvard Law School, Boston University School of Law, the New England Institute of Law Enforcement, and the National Advocacy Center. Steve has been included in the New England Super Lawyers listing, a Thomson Reuters publication, since 2008. He has also been recognized in the Best Lawyers in America publication for his work in White Collar Criminal Defense since 2006.