Andrew C. White

Silverman Thompson senior partner Andrew White, a former Assistant United States Attorney and Senior Litigation Advisor to the Clinton Independent Counsel during the Monica Lewinsky investigation, boasts over 25 years of experience in civil and criminal investigations and trials. He has tried over 400 state and federal criminal cases, including 30 federal jury trials, and coordinated both the prosecution and the defense of dozens of complex federal criminal investigations. These cases include:

• Representation of former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh in a federal tax evasion and bribery prosecution in the District of Maryland; 
• representation of a Deputy Superintendent at a major United States Service Academy in a federal criminal investigation into alleged financial improprieties, which resulted in no criminal liability;   
• representation of a senior trading official at a prominent U.S. bank in a federal criminal investigation into illegal trading practices, which resulted in no criminal liability; and  
• representation of a high-level executive at a multi-national corporation in federal racketeering, money laundering, mail fraud, and tax fraud investigation. 

Mr. White also represents individual and corporate clients in complex civil litigation. He has represented clients in various matters including patent infringement, fraud, breach of contract, and election law. He has defended interstate trucking companies before the Federal Highway Safety Commission and individuals charged with violations before the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Notably, he was asked by the U.S.  Department of Justice to serve as lead defense counsel in two multi-million-dollar Bivens civil rights lawsuits involving F.B.I. agents and United States Park Police Officers.  He also represented a multi-billion-dollar casino and entertainment company in a state court proceeding to block a local referendum on a zoning law.  

Mr. White’s federal criminal and civil practice has involved resenting clients across the nation. He is known for his credibility with law enforcement officials, prosecutors, and judges, and for his creativity in crafting successful, and sometimes novel, legal strategies in sensitive and complicated cases.  

Mr. White also represents individuals in Congressional and Inspector General investigations, including: 

• A high-level Department of Justice official before the Senate Judiciary Committee investigation of alleged Russian collusion and influence in the 2016 Presidential election; 
• a high-level Department of Justice Official and a former United States Attorney in a Department of Justice Inspector General investigation into immigration enforcement at the southwest border;     
• a former United States Attorney and a high-level Department of Justice Official in a high-stakes civil lawsuit against the Department of Justice brought by former F.B.I. agents, alleging wrongful termination of employment. 

Mr. White graduated from the University of Vermont in 1981 and earned his law degree from Syracuse University College of Law in 1985, where he served as an editor on the Syracuse Law Review. He also served on active duty for over three years in the United States Navy ─ during which time he clerked for judges on the U.S. Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals ─ before leaving military service at the rank of Lieutenant Commander.