Practices:

• Compliance and Investigations
• Government Contracts
  • Procurement Fraud
• International
  • FCPA Compliance
• Litigation
  • Health Care

Experience

Joshua R. Hochberg's practice focuses on individual and corporate white collar defense, internal investigations, and compliance.

Mr. Hochberg has served as the court appointed Examiner in the Refco Bankruptcy in the Southern District of New York.  He was also the court appointed Examiner in the DBSI Bankruptcy in Delaware. In other notable engagements, Mr. Hochberg has represented public officials in corruption investigations, and CEOs of major domestic and foreign corporations in accounting fraud and FCPA investigations. He has also counseled corporations in their negotiation of settlements with the Department of Justice.

Prior to joining MLA, Mr. Hochberg was Chief of the Fraud Section, and Deputy Chief for Litigation of the Public Integrity Section, in the Criminal Division of the DOJ. As Chief of the Fraud Section, Mr. Hochberg organized nationally significant complex investigations and prosecutions of corporate, securities, health care, procurement, and bank fraud matters. He also supervised all Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigations, and prosecutions nationwide.

Mr. Hochberg helped lead the DOJ response to the wave of accounting scandals that followed the collapse of Enron Corp. in 2001. Working with the Securities and Exchange Commission, he negotiated major global settlements of accounting fraud matters. He assembled and supervised high profile Task Forces including as Acting United States Attorney for the Enron investigation. He is highly experienced with evaluating the DOJ expectations for corporate voluntary disclosures, corporate cooperation, and the use of monitors to ensure compliance with the terms of settlements. He has also tried major white collar cases.

Mr. Hochberg is a frequent speaker at ABA, SEC, HHS, and Sentencing Commission conferences addressing white collar crime subjects including: deferred prosecution agreements, health care and procurement fraud; corporate compliance and ethics; and FCPA enforcement.

While at the DOJ, Mr. Hochberg received the highest award for litigation, the "Attorney General’s John Marshall Award." He has also been a recipient of the Criminal Division’s highest award, the "Henry E. Petersen Memorial Award" and a "Presidential Rank Award for Distinguished Service."

Education

• J.D., New York University School of Law, 1972
• B.A., Columbia College, 1969

Admitted

• New York
• District of Columbia