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Timestamp: 2019-04-19 07:01:36+00:00

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Michael Engle, a fellow of the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers, focuses his practice on white-collar criminal defense, internal investigations and corporate compliance. He represents clients in state and federal criminal cases, complex white-collar defense matters, internal or parallel investigations, as well as select civil litigation matters typically involving the defense of qui tam/False Claims Act complaints. Michael has handled numerous cases in the Pennsylvania state courts, as well as federal courts in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Maryland and Washington, D.C. Michael frequently represents individuals and organizations in connection with grand jury subpoenas and regulatory matters. His clients include individuals, professionals, public officials, corporations, closely held companies and other organizations. Michael also serves as the firm’s pro bono chair.
Michael routinely guides companies through internal investigations related to civil, criminal and regulatory investigations conducted by the government as well as issues such as employee theft/fraud, workplace injuries/deaths, and theft of trade secrets or confidential business information. He also assists various entities with audits of compliance programs related to matters involving Anti-Money Laundering, the Bank Secrecy Act, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and many other related laws or regulations. In addition, Michael has extensive experience with Antitrust, environmental and health care litigation matters.
A past president of the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Michael currently serves as co-chair for both the white-collar practice and education committees of PACDL. He is also a fellow of the American Board of Criminal Lawyers and the American College of Trial Lawyers, a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Federal Bar Association’s Criminal Law Committee and the American Bar Foundation.
Michael is a frequent speaker on topics involving white-collar practice, grand jury matters, federal criminal litigation and other criminal law topics. He is a former adjunct professor in the criminal justice department of Delaware County Community College where he taught classes on criminal law, criminal procedure and juvenile delinquency. Michael has also published three academic articles in the fields of sociology and criminology.
Commonwealth v. “J.S.;” Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas (2014) – Defended client accused of felony violation of the State Ethics Act in connection with the PA Office of Attorney General corruption prosecution relating to the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission. Client was placed into a diversionary program known as ARD which will result in the dismissal of the criminal charge and expungement of the client’s record upon successful completion of the program.
United States v. Paul Crim; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of PA (2008) – Represented the only defendant who was found not guilty of conspiracy to defraud the United States in an amount exceeding $10 million in which the IRS prosecuted individuals associated with the Commonwealth Trust Company for allegedly marketing “abusive trust” tax shelters.
United States v. Nexus Technologies, et al.; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of PA (2010) – Obtained two years of probation for client in first Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The client was indicted on conspiracy, FCPA violations, and Money Laundering and Travel Act violations, and faced a Federal Sentencing Guideline range of 70 to 87 months of incarceration.
United States v. “J.S.;” U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of PA (2013) – Represented client who received sentence of one year and one day after negotiating and substantially reducing the tax loss in a multi-year false filing of tax returns prosecution involving hundreds of thousands of dollars in unreported taxable income.
United States v. “V.R.;” U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of PA (2012) – Defended client who was facing sentencing guidelines recommending incarceration, but received sentence of three years of probation for embezzlement of union funds.
United States v. “A.G.;” U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware (2009) – Defended foreign national client who received time served sentence of 26 months in a multimillion-dollar identity theft and fraud scheme spanning federal districts in Delaware, Eastern Pennsylvania and Southern California.
Obtained a declination of prosecution from the Department of Justice on behalf of a prominent medical doctor practicing in the Philadelphia region accused of billing fraud.
United States v. K.L.; U.S. District Court for the District of NJ (2017) – Client who owned and operated a business in Southern New Jersey was charged with conspiracy to evade payroll taxes in excess of $100,000 as well as harboring illegal aliens and faced a Federal Sentencing Guideline range of 15 to 21 months of incarceration. The client was ultimately sentenced to three years of probation.
United States v. M.V.; U.S. District Court for the District of NJ (2018) – Former CEO of a company based in New England was initially accused of embezzling more than $1 million. The loss was eventually demonstrated to be substantially less and negotiated down to $245,000. The client entered into a guilty plea to wire fraud. Despite facing a Federal Sentencing Guideline range of 15 to 21 months of incarceration, the client was ultimately sentenced to 6 months.
United States v. Roceleen Resto; U.S. District Court E.D. of PA (2006) – Secured an acquittal after a 10 ½ week jury trial in which the defendant was charged with kidnapping and RICO conspiracy in connection with the “Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation” racketeering case.
United States v. Joseph Serrano; U.S. District Court E.D. of PA (2011) – Successfully litigated Section 2255 habeas corpus petition resulting in defendant’s sentence of 151 months being vacated and a new trial ordered by the court.
Successfully negotiated a no admission of liability settlement on behalf of a pharmaceutical company in connection with a civil False Claims Act matter investigated by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The case originated from a qui tam complaint where the government initially sought damages well in excess of $400 million. The case was resolved for approximately four percent of the initial damages assessment and a Corporate Integrity Agreement was reached with HHS-OIG that avoided any debarment or exclusion sanctions.
Successful defense of a medical practice in a federal civil False Claims Act litigation involving a qui tam relator.
Defense and non-trial resolution for a medical professional in response to a civil investigative demand issued in connection with a federal civil False Claims Act investigation.
Successful defense of a financial services industry representative sued in a federal qui tam action.
City of Philadelphia v. Rocha; PA Commonwealth Court (2007) – Successfully appealed to PA Commonwealth Court a judgment in favor of City of Philadelphia in a civil tax litigation matter. The appeals court reversed the judgment, which was in the amount of $707,000. Published opinion at 935 A.2d 586 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2007).
Successful defense of a multimillion-dollar civil tax action brought by Department of Justice Tax Section attorneys against an attorney’s innocent spouse for failure to pay over federal income taxes.
Effectuated a favorable pre-lawsuit settlement with no admission of liability in a Federal False Claims Act matter on behalf of a cardiologist in the Philadelphia region.

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