Jan Lawrence Handzlik

Jan Lawrence Handzlik is an accomplished investigations and trial lawyer with a national and international practice. He represents individuals and corporations in criminal investigations and prosecutions, regulatory actions and complex civil litigation. Jan also coordinates cross-border criminal investigations with civil, regulatory and administrative proceedings, and conducts corporate internal investigations.

An experienced trial lawyer, Jan has tried well over one hundred jury trials and numerous bench trials to verdict in the United States Federal and State courts. He is a recognized authority on financial fraud, transnational crime and federal criminal practice. Jan's practice includes matters involving civil and criminal securities fraud, investment fraud, bank fraud and money laundering, cybercrime and currency trading, commercial bribery and tax fraud offenses. His expertise extends to investigations and criminal prosecutions under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) as well as bribery and "books and records" offenses under the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and U.K. Bribery Act.

While with the U.S. Department of Justice, Jan served as a federal prosecutor in the Major Fraud & Special Prosecutions Section of the United States Attorney's Office in Los Angeles. He conducted grand jury investigations and prosecuted federal criminal cases at trial and on appeal. Subsequently, Jan was one of the first independent law compliance monitors appointed under the FCPA. He is also one of only a few U.S. lawyers to have successfully defended clients, a corporation and its CEO, at trial in a major FCPA prosecution, U.S. v. Lindsey Manufacturing Company, et al.

Jan has been recognized in numerous national and international publications including, from 1983 through 2025, all thirty-one editions of Best Lawyers in America. The prestigious British publications, Who's Who Legal and Global Investigations Review, have recognized Jan as a Who's Who Legal Thought Leader: GIR 2025 (United States), naming him a Global Leader in Investigations and Criminal Defence for both Corporates & Individuals.

Jan has been recognized in Euromoney's Expert Guides as one of the leading criminal defense practitioners in the United States. The Daily Journal named Jan one of the "Top 100 Lawyers in California." He also received a California Attorney of the Year Award (the CLAY Award) from California Lawyer Magazine for "extraordinary achievement" in criminal law. The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers presented Jan with its White-Collar Criminal Defense Award.

Jan served as Chair of the American Bar Association's National White Collar Crime Committee and Co-Chair of the International Bar Association's Business Crime Committee. He served on the Governing Council of the ABA's Criminal Justice Section for six years and on the ABA President's Task Force on the Attorney-Client Privilege for five years.