Eric W. Sitarchuk

Partner

Eric W. Sitarchuk is a partner in Morgan Lewis's Litigation Practice and co-chair of the Corporate Investigations and White Collar Practice. Mr. Sitarchuk focuses his practice on white collar litigation and has more than 22 years of experience in this area. He also handles related civil litigation, including Civil False Claims Act actions and antitrust class action defense. Mr. Sitarchuk has defended federal criminal and civil cases alleging healthcare fraud, clinical research fraud, antitrust and securities violations, import/export violations, technology transfer, theft of trade secrets, defense contract fraud, money laundering, official corruption, tax fraud, pyramid schemes, commercial bribery, environmental violations, kidnapping, and a variety of other offenses.

Mr. Sitarchuk's practice also includes defending complex government investigations. He has successfully persuaded prosecutors to take no action and close investigations of prominent lawyers, executives, public officials, Fortune 500 companies, and other institutions. Mr. Sitarchuk also counsels clients, including boards, audit committees, and management, on the development and implementation of internal compliance and ethics programs, the conduct of internal investigations, and Sarbanes-Oxley issues.

Mr. Sitarchuk is listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in "Leaders in Their Field" in the area of litigation, and in International Who's Who of Business Crime Lawyers. He also was named a "Pennsylvania Super Lawyer" by Law & Politics and Philadelphia magazines in the area of Criminal Defense: White Collar.

Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Mr. Sitarchuk was a partner in and head of the White Collar Litigation Practice at a large national law firm. Before that, he was an assistant U.S. attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney's office in Philadelphia. He also served as a special assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney's office in Washington, D.C. While there, he was the deputy prosecutor in charge of the criminal investigation of federal law enforcement's handling of the stand-off at Ruby Ridge, Idaho and its aftermath.

Mr. Sitarchuk is a frequent lecturer on topics such as white collar crime and Civil False Claims Act litigation. He was also a faculty member for the Department of Justice Office of Continuing Legal Education.

Mr. Sitarchuk received his J.D., with high honors, from the George Washington University School of Law in 1983, where he was a member of the George Washington Law Review and was named to the Order of the Coif. After law school, he served as a law clerk to Judge Bruce S. Mencher of the District of Columbia Superior Court. Mr. Sitarchuk received his B.A., cum laude, from Franklin & Marshall College in 1979, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Mr. Sitarchuk is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the American Bar Association's Criminal Justice Section White Collar Crime Committee.

Mr. Sitarchuk is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania.