Christopher A. Myers is Chair of Holland & Knight's Compliance Services Team and a member of the firm's White Collar Defense Team. He is a former federal prosecutor and has experience in a broad range of complex matters affecting heavily regulated industries, including health care, government contracts, financial institutions, real estate, securities and other companies. He has represented clients with respect to matters involving civil and criminal fraud investigations, corporate governance, anti-money laundering, design and implementation of compliance programs, and administrative litigation. Mr. Myers is certified as an Anti-Money Laundering Specialist and as a Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional.
Mr. Myers' experience has included representation of companies and individuals in responding to civil and criminal investigations conducted by state and federal enforcement authorities; working with clients to identify areas of risk and designing and implementing compliance programs to protect against those risks. He has also developed materials and conducted employee and management training on compliance issues. Mr. Myers has conducted internal investigations to determine potential exposure of clients to enforcement actions and made recommendations on how to respond to a variety of compliance and enforcement issues, including participation in the government's voluntary disclosure programs. Mr. Myers has also defended clients against civil and criminal enforcement actions and claims involving both state and federal authorities. Other matters with which Mr. Myers has experience include advice regarding duties and responsibilities of senior officers and boards of directors. He writes frequently on enforcement and compliance issues and conducts seminars for clients and other organizations on these issues.
In addition to his practice, Mr. Myers has been a faculty member at a wide variety of continuing legal education and law school programs relating to enforcement and compliance issues, trial and deposition practice and the use of expert witnesses.
From 1979-84, Mr. Myers served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. Mr. Myers has been in private practice handling both civil and criminal litigation since 1984.