David Rybicki is a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. He is a member of the investigations, enforcement, and white collar practice group.
Mr. Rybicki recently served in the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., as Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General (2017) and Deputy Assistant Attorney General (2017-2020), the second- and third-highest ranking positions in the division. In these roles, Mr. Rybicki supervised some of the nation’s most significant investigations and prosecutions involving white collar crime, money laundering, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), cybercrime and cryptocurrencies, civil and criminal RICO, public corruption, healthcare fraud, consumer fraud, immigration fraud, human rights, labor racketeering and affiliated benefit plan corruption, and gaming law.
Prior to joining the Criminal Division, Mr. Rybicki served as Counselor to the Attorney General and worked on the Justice Department’s top criminal enforcement initiatives. This work included revision of the Department’s corporate enforcement policies, extension of the FCPA Pilot Program, marijuana enforcement and regulatory policy, and the creation of new civil asset forfeiture policies and regulatory guidelines.
In 2018, Mr. Rybicki was appointed to serve as an ex officio member of the United States Sentencing Commission, where he represented the Justice Department with respect to all aspects of federal sentencing law and policy, including amendments to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines for corporate fraud and other economic crimes.
