James Garland’s practice focuses on government investigations and enforcement matters, complex commercial litigation, and cybersecurity. He is a member of Covington’s Management Committee and previously served as co-chair of the firm’s White Collar and Investigations Practice Group.
Mr. Garland represents both corporate and individual clients in large-scale, multi-party criminal investigations and related regulatory enforcement actions. He has successfully handled matters involving allegations of espionage, terrorism-financing, export control violations, foreign bribery, false claims, public corruption, obstruction of justice, government contract fraud, mail and wire fraud, securities and commodities fraud, price-fixing, and insider trading. He regularly advises clients in connection with investigations and disputes involving electronic surveillance, national security, and law enforcement access to digital evidence.