Adam S. Hoffinger

Adam S. Hoffinger is an experienced and highly regarded trial lawyer and trusted advisor to companies and individuals. Co-Chair of the White Collar Defense & Investigations Practice, Adam focuses his practice on white collar criminal and complex civil matters, including health care, securities, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), False Claims Act (“qui tam”), export sanctions, criminal tax, money laundering, antitrust, and bankruptcy. He counsels companies and individuals in compliance matters, government investigations, and congressional and regulatory matters. He represents companies and their executives in “bet-the-company” civil litigation and trials. He also represents attorneys and other professionals in disciplinary proceedings.

Adam conducts internal investigations on behalf of corporate boards of directors, bankruptcy trustees, and public authorities. He has defended numerous high-ranking executives and general counsel from some of the world’s largest companies, as well as staff and members of the Senate, Congress, White House, and various government agencies, faced with federal and state criminal investigations and indictments. He has also represented sports figures in high profile public investigations.

Adam is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers (top 1% of trial lawyers in United States) and has tried cases throughout the country. Adam has been recognized in Chambers USA (Band 1) as “an absolutely fearless criminal defense lawyer” as well as for his “immense talent as a trial lawyer” and “strong advocacy skills,” in The Legal 500 US as “an aggressive trial advocate,” and in Benchmark Litigation: The Definitive Guide to America's Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys as a “celebrated government investigations practitioner.”

From 1985 to 1990, Adam served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. He received the Director’s Award for Superior Performance from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in 1990.

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Listed, Benchmark Litigation, 2015-Present
•Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, 2003-2026
•Listed, Chambers USA, 2007-Present (Band 1)
•Listed, Washingtonian Magazine, 2002-Present
•'Top Lawyers Hall of Fame,' 2022
•Listed, Expert Guides, White Collar Crime
•Listed, Global Investigations Review
•Listed, Lawdragon, “500 Leading Litigators in America,” 2022-2026
•Listed, Lawdragon, “500 Global Leaders in Crisis Management,” 2025-2026
•Lexology Index
•Thought Leader, Business Crime Defense, 2025
•Recommended, Investigations, 2025
•Listed, The Legal 500 US, 2013-Present
•Listed, National Law Journal, “Hot Defense List,” 2007
•Listed, Super Lawyers Magazine, Washington D.C. Super Lawyers, 2007-Present
•Listed, LMG Life Sciences, 2013-Present
•“Life Sciences Star,” 2013-Present
•“Government Investigations Attorney of the Year,” 2015
•Team Member, National Law Journal, “Washington, D.C. Litigation Department of the Year - White Collar Defense & Special Investigations,” 2022
•Recipient, U.S. Department of Justice, Director’s Award for Superior Performance, 1990