Silverman Thompson senior partner Andrew White, a former Assistant United States Attorney and Senior Litigation Advisor to the Clinton Independent Counsel during the Monica Lewinsky investigation, boasts over 25 years of experience in civil and criminal investigations and trials. He has tried over 400 state and federal criminal cases, including 30 federal jury trials, and coordinated both the prosecution and the defense of dozens of complex federal criminal investigations. These cases include:
- Representation of former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh in a federal tax evasion and bribery prosecution in the District of Maryland;
- representation of a Deputy Superintendent at a major United States Service Academy in a federal criminal investigation into alleged financial improprieties, which resulted in no criminal liability;
- representation of a senior trading official at a prominent U.S. bank in a federal criminal investigation into illegal trading practices, which resulted in no criminal liability; and
- representation of a high-level executive at a multi-national corporation in federal racketeering, money laundering, mail fraud, and tax fraud investigation.
Mr. White also represents individual and corporate clients in complex civil litigation. He has represented clients in various matters including patent infringement, fraud, breach of contract, and election law. He has defended interstate trucking companies before the Federal Highway Safety Commission and individuals charged with violations before the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Notably, he was asked by the U.S. Department of Justice to serve as lead defense counsel in two multi-million-dollar Bivens civil rights lawsuits involving F.B.I. agents and United States Park Police Officers. He also represented a multi-billion-dollar casino and entertainment company in a state court proceeding to block a local referendum on a zoning law.
Mr. White’s federal criminal and civil practice has involved resenting clients across the nation. He is known for his credibility with law enforcement officials, prosecutors, and judges, and for his creativity in crafting successful, and sometimes novel, legal strategies in sensitive and complicated cases.
Mr. White also represents individuals in Congressional and Inspector General investigations, including:
- A high-level Department of Justice official before the Senate Judiciary Committee investigation of alleged Russian collusion and influence in the 2016 Presidential election;
- a high-level Department of Justice Official and a former United States Attorney in a Department of Justice Inspector General investigation into immigration enforcement at the southwest border;
- a former United States Attorney and a high-level Department of Justice Official in a high-stakes civil lawsuit against the Department of Justice brought by former F.B.I. agents, alleging wrongful termination of employment.
Mr. White graduated from the University of Vermont in 1981 and earned his law degree from Syracuse University College of Law in 1985, where he served as an editor on the Syracuse Law Review. He also served on active duty for over three years in the United States Navy ─ during which time he clerked for judges on the U.S. Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals ─ before leaving military service at the rank of Lieutenant Commander.
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- Georgetown University Law Center - LLM - 1987
- Syracuse University College of Law - J.D. - 1985
Editor, Syracuse Law Review
- University of Vermont - B.A. - 1981
- Criminal Defense-White Collar
- Internet Crimes
- Appellate / Civil Appeals
- Business Litigation
- Criminal Defense
- General Civil Litigation
- Successful representation of an ex-NBA basketball player and his wife in a federal criminal fraud investigation and prosecution in U.S. District Court. All indicted charges dismissed.
- Represented an F.B.I. Special Agent in state criminal investigation into the mistaken shooting of an unarmed individual in the course of a bank robbery investigation. No criminal charges brought.
- Represented the general counsel of a publicly traded corporation targeted in a federal fraud and obstruction investigation. No criminal charges brought.
- Represented target of federal investigation into $750 million dollar currency trading fraud scheme against Allfirst Bank and Allied Irish Bank. No criminal charges brought.
- Successfully represented multiple clients in actions against the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in United States District Court in Washington, D.C.
- Coordinating the defense of a target in a multi-district federal criminal and civil
- investigation involving telemarketing fraud brought by Federal Trade Commission and the United States Department of Justice.
- Defended a Baltimore City councilwoman on theft and election law charges. The case was dismissed by the Office of the State Prosecutor in the middle of the prosecution case at trial in Baltimore City Circuit Court.
Mr. White has also been a guest lecturer in criminal procedure at the University of Baltimore and University of Maryland Law Schools. He is a recognized expert in federal criminal procedure and has previously testified in state court as a defense expert in the area of federal court criminal proceedings.
Prior to joining Silverman Thompson, Mr. White served as an Assistant United States Attorney with the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland for almost ten years. During his tenure as a federal prosecutor, Mr. White handled a wide variety of prosecutions including white-collar, narcotics, money laundering, violent crimes, and Internet crimes. He received numerous awards for his work as a prosecutor.
Mr. White was the first federal prosecutor in the United States to use federal conspiracy, false statement and obstruction laws against trucking companies and executives for the falsification of truck driver’s logs to mask violations of federal highway safety laws. He received an award from a national public interest group for this investigation and prosecution.
- Mr. White was named “Prosecutor of the Year” by the International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators in 2000.
- Mr. White was the first prosecutor in the United States to use tough new minimum mandatory sentencing laws against producers of child pornography. (United States v. Catalin Buculei, 262 F.3d 322 (4th Cir. 2001).)
- Mr. White received awards from the U.S. Secret Service and the Treasury Department for the investigation and prosecution of a large-scale conspiracy to steal millions of dollars in U.S. Treasury checks.
- Mr. White headed up the investigation and prosecution of a multi-million dollar international bank fraud scheme that threatened the viability of a publicly traded corporation.
- Mr. White headed up a multi-year investigation into the murder of a prominent Maryland business man, culmination in the murder conviction of two persons. This case was featured on the television show “Arrest & Trial.”
Mr. White also served as a private legal consultant and adviser to Independent Counsel Robert Ray in the investigation and prosecution of President William J. Clinton. As a consultant in the Whitewater and Lewinsky matters, Mr. White helped to coordinate the grand jury investigation of the President and worked with the Independent Counsel to prepare the case for trial.
Mr. White is a 1981 graduate of the University of Vermont. He graduated from Syracuse University College of Law in 1985 and served as an editor on the Syracuse Law Review. He also served on active duty for three years in the United States Navy and served as a judicial law clerk to the judges on the U.S. Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals. He left military service as a Lieutenant Commander.
Mr. White was named as one of the “Top 50” lawyers in Maryland by Super Lawyers Magazine in 2010, and was also named by the American Trial Lawyers Association as one of the “Top 100” trial lawyers in Maryland in 2008-2011.
Lieutenant Commander - United States Navy JAG Corps, 1985-89
Prior to joining Silverman Thompson, Mr. White served as an Assistant United States Attorney with the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland for almost ten years. During his tenure as a federal prosecutor, Mr. White handled a wide variety of prosecutions including white-collar, narcotics, money laundering, violent crimes, and Internet crimes. He received numerous awards for his work as a prosecutor.
Mr. White was the first federal prosecutor in the United States to use federal conspiracy, false statement and obstruction laws against trucking companies and executives for the falsification of truck driver’s logs to mask violations of federal highway safety laws. He received an award from a national public interest group for this investigation and prosecution.
- Mr. White was named “Prosecutor of the Year” by the International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators in 2000.
- Mr. White was the first prosecutor in the United States to use tough new minimum mandatory sentencing laws against producers of child pornography. (United States v. Catalin Buculei, 262 F.3d 322 (4th Cir. 2001).)
- Mr. White received awards from the U.S. Secret Service and the Treasury Department for the investigation and prosecution of a large-scale conspiracy to steal millions of dollars in U.S. Treasury checks.
- Mr. White headed up the investigation and prosecution of a multi-million dollar international bank fraud scheme that threatened the viability of a publicly traded corporation.
- Mr. White headed up a multi-year investigation into the murder of a prominent Maryland business man, culmination in the murder conviction of two persons. This case was featured on the television show “Arrest & Trial.”
- The Best Lawyers in America - Criminal Defense: General Practice and Criminal Defense: White-Collar, 2023
- Best Lawyers: Criminal Defense-White Collar and General Defense, 2018-2023
- Maryland Super Lawyers, 2007-2021
- "Top 100" Trial Lawyers in Maryland, 2008-2011
- Super Lawyers "Top 50" Maryland Lawyer, 2010
- International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators, "Prosecutor of the Year" Award, 2000
- Parents Against Tired Truckers, "Life Saver" Award, 1996
- Navy Commendation Medal, 1988
- Anne Arundel Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
- Maryland State Bar Association