diGenova & Toensing is accomplished at lawyering at the intersection of politics, law, and the media

diGenova & Toensing is a Washington, DC law firm with a national and international practice helping clients resolve legal, governmental, and legislative issues. Our Firm handles civil and criminal cases and represents both corporations and individuals at the investigative, grand jury, trial, and appellate stages. We have extensive experience representing clients before Congress, the Departments of Justice, State, and Treasury as well as other government agencies.

20201001_074826.jpg

 Joseph E. diGenova, founding partner, is a former U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, former Chief Counsel and Staff Director of the U.S. Senate Rules Committee, former Independent Counsel, and former Special Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives.

Victoria Toensing, founding partner, is a former Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Justice Department, former Chief Counsel of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee, and former Special Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives.  Toensing is an internationally known expert on white-collar crime, terrorism, national security, and intelligence matters. 

Practice Areas

 

Congressional/Regulatory Agencies

diGenova & Toensing regularly represents individuals and companies in criminal matters that involve congressional investigations and/or hearings before government regulatory agencies. The Firm has also represented major corporations before the U.S. Sentencing Commission on the issue of organizational sentencing guidelines.

 

U.S. Treasury Department

diGenova & Toensing advises financial institutions and other businesses on compliance with the U.S. Department of Treasury money laundering guidelines. The Firm also assists clients in obtaining OFAC (Office of Foreign Asset Control) licenses for transactions in countries when required. Because the Firm’s work with OFAC covers many years of representation, it understands the political and policy considerations that affect OFAC’s operations.

Internal Investigations, Compliance Programs, and Audits

diGenova & Toensing conducts corporate investigations and legal audits, providing clients with options on how to proceed, including cooperation with authorities, defense strategy, and creation or improvement of existing internal compliance programs.

 

Legislative Advocacy

diGenova & Toensing represents institutional clients for lobbying before both houses of Congress. The Firm assists in drafting legislation, working with Congressional offices and Committee staffs on legislation, oversight hearings, and Congressional inquiries. Although the partners are well-known as Republicans, they have a successful history of bi-partisan work on Capitol Hill.

General Criminal Defense

diGenova & Toensing represents U.S. and foreign corporations and individuals in matters involving criminal allegations, such as: 

  • Civil and Criminal RICO

  • Defense Procurement

  • Environmental Crimes

  • Extradition

  • Financial Services

  • Healthcare Fraud

  • Mail and Wire Fraud

  • Money Laundering

  • Perjury and False Statements

  • Public Corruption and Ethics

  • Securities Fraud