Daniel T. Wallmuth
2200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Suite 500 West
Washington, D.C. 20037
Dan’s practice focuses on conducting internal investigations and defending companies and individuals against government investigations into a broad range of conduct. Dan has experience defending clients related to compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”), False Claims Act (“FCA”), securities and antitrust laws, procurement fraud, and other criminal laws and regulations. He regularly represents clients before various United States’ Attorneys Offices, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), Congressional Committees, and other regulatory bodies.
Dan also serves as a Director on the Board of the Federal Bar Association’s Northern Virginia Chapter. From 2020 to 2023, Dan has been recognized by Super Lawyers as one of the Washington, D.C. Rising Stars – a distinction limited to less than 2.5% of the lawyers admitted in each state.
Experience Highlights
Representing a large corporate entity in connection with Department of Justice False Claims Act investigation
Assisting court appointed monitor in five-year monitorship following shareholder suit settlement
Defended multi-billion-dollar defense contractor in DOJ criminal investigation relating to allegations of SBA fraud and bid rigging; client obtained criminal declination and favorable no-admit, no-deny civil settlement
Represented senior FIFA executive during criminal investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York resulting in declination
Represented current and former employees of publicly traded company in criminal investigations by the Department of Justice and foreign regulators involving allegations of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations
Representing high-profile former government principals before Congressional Committees and the Department of Justice
Representing C-Suite individuals in an ongoing DOJ and internal investigation probe regarding alleged bid rigging
Credentials
- University of Virginia, J.D., 2015 (Order of the Coif; Editor-in-Chief, Virginia Journal of Social Policy & the Law)
- Pennsylvania State University, B.A., with honors and highest distinction, 2008 (Phi Beta Kappa)
- Judicial clerk to The Honorable John F. Anderson, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division, 2015–2016
- Paralegal Specialist, U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, National Criminal Enforcement Section, 2009–2012
- Chambers USA, “Up and Coming” in Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations (District of Columbia), 2024
- Selected to the Washington, D.C. Rising Stars list, Super Lawyers® (Thomson Reuters), 2020–2024
- The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), “Ones to Watch,” Commercial Litigation (Dallas), 2025
- Board Member, Federal Bar Association, Northern Virginia Chapter
- Member: American Bar Association; Virginia Bar Association
- Virginia
- District of Columbia
- U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
- Rankings & AwardsJune 6, 2024
- InsightJune 3, 2024
- Rankings & AwardsApril 25, 2024
- Press ReleaseNovember 29, 2023
- Rankings & AwardsApril 28, 2023
- InsightJuly 29, 2022
- Rankings & AwardsMay 2, 2022
- InsightApril 6, 2022