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Jason de Bretteville is a Special Counsel in the Firm's Palo Alto office. He has represented leading global companies and senior executives in a broad range of matters including complex business and securities litigation, intellectual property litigation, white collar criminal defense, and special corporate investigations. Mr. de Bretteville has extensive experience advising and representing corporations and individuals in major criminal and civil enforcement proceedings brought by the Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and the Office of Foreign Assets Control. In addition, he has conducted foreign and domestic investigations on behalf of corporations and financial institutions, including matters relating to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Mr. de Bretteville's corporate clients have included BP, Thomas Weisel Partners, Philips Medical Systems, VeriFone and Softbank. Government Service Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. de Bretteville served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Central District of California from 2001 through 2006. During his tenure as a prosecutor, Mr. de Bretteville tried seven felony cases to verdict, investigated and prosecuted significant crimes of violence and fraud, supervised teams of federal agents engaged in the detection and prevention of terrorist activity, and briefed and argued numerous cases before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Mr. de Bretteville also served as counsel on the Rampart Independent Review Panel that was responsible for reviewing the policies, tactics and disciplinary procedures of the Los Angeles Police Department. Selected Investigations and Criminal Matters Represents a senior executive in DOJ and SEC investigations into allegedly improper stock option grants at Broadcom that resulted in a $2.3 billion dollar restatement. Represents BP in CFTC and DOJ investigations regarding alleged commodities manipulation. Conducted an investigation into potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act at the Beijing office of a newly acquired technology company. Conducted an investigation into potential violations of the Iranian Assets Control Regulations by a U.S. bank. Selected Securities Matters Represents Softbank in a securities class action alleging various frauds and improper stock options grants based on its transactions with and investments in UTStarcom. Represents Thomas Weisel Partners and other underwriters of secondary offerings of Friedman s Inc. stock in a class action alleging various accounting frauds related to those offerings. Professional Activities Criminal Justice Act Panel, United States District Court for the Northern District of California Member. Federal Bar Association, District of Northern California Executive Committee Member | 