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 17 years, Mr. Niespolo has been responsible for complex civil litigation cases in the areas of civil RICO, securities, healthcare, general fraud, patent infringement, 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 is a member of the Standing Committee on Professional Conduct, United States District Court for the Northern District of California. 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.

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-present
The State Bar of California
- Litigation Section

Admissions

California
United States District Court for the Eastern, Western, 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

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