George D. Niespolo is the head of the White-Collar Criminal Defense, Corporate Investigations and Regulatory Compliance division of Duane Morris' Trial Practice Group. Mr. Niespolo concentrates his practice in the area of white-collar criminal defense. Over the past 21 years, Mr. Niespolo has been responsible for complex civil litigation cases in the areas of civil RICO, securities, healthcare, general fraud, antitrust and intellectual property. He also has handled numerous false claims and class action cases on the federal and state levels.

Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Niespolo was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of California where he served on the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force and the Organized Crime and Racketeering Strike Force. He also served as a Deputy District Attorney for the Alameda County District Attorney's Office.

He was a member of the Standing Committee on Professional Conduct, United States District Court for the Northern District of California, from 1999 to 2006. He is also a member of the White Collar Crime Committee of the Section of Litigation of the American Bar Association and a member of the Litigation Section of The State Bar of California.

Mr. Niespolo is a 1976 graduate of the University of California--Hastings College of Law and a graduate of the University of Michigan.

Representative Matters

Antitrust

Counsel to international corporation and four of its subsidiaries in U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, investigation and the parallel class action multi-district litigation regarding alleged global price-fixing in liquid crystal display ("LCD") market.
Counsel to several executives from two separate international corporations in investigation by U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, and the parallel class action multi-district litigation regarding alleged global price-fixing in the dynamic random access memory (DRAM) market.
Counsel to a management employee of major airline in connection with U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, investigation regarding alleged global price-fixing in the air cargo industry.
Counsel to executive in investigation by U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, regarding alleged price-fixing in the national packaged ice industry.
Counsel to employees of a domestic energy company in investigation by members of the Enron Task Force of the U.S. Department of Justice, regarding trading activities in the natural gas market.
Counsel to energy corporation regarding California State Senate and United States Department of Justice investigations of trading activities in the California electricity market.
Counsel to executive at the California Independent Systems Operator regarding investigation of trading activities in the California electricity market.

Professional Activities

American Bar Association
- Section of Litigation
-- White Collar Crime Committee
United States District Court for the Northern District of California
- Standing Committee on Professional Conduct, 1999-2006
The State Bar of California
- Litigation Section

Admissions

California
United States District Court for the Eastern, Central, Southern and Northern Districts of California
United States District Court for the District of Alaska
United States District Court for the District of Hawaii
United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

Education

University of California, Hastings College of the Law, J.D., 1976
University of Michigan, B.A., 1972

Experience

Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 1998-present
Sideman & Bancroft, San Francisco, California
- Partner, 1994-1998
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, San Francisco, California
- Partner, 1989-1994
United States Attorney's Office, Northern District of California
- Assistant United States Attorney, Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force, 1985-1989
- Trial Attorney, Organized Crime and Racketeering Strike Force, 1983-1985
Alameda County District Attorney's Office, San Francisco, California
- Deputy District Attorney, 1976-1982

Selected Publications

Featured in "Moving Beyond the Billable Hour," Counsel to Counsel, May 2008