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Warren Hamel is the chair of Venable's Investigations and White Collar Defense Practice Group. Mr. Hamel represents clients in white collar criminal defense, environmental criminal defense, and civil enforcement matters, conducting internal investigations, general civil litigation, and commercial and contract disputes. He advises clients on compliance and internal controls issues, including records and information management and electronic discovery, whistle-blower issues, and a range of Sarbanes-Oxley-related matters. Mr. Hamel served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland from 1990 to 2002. From 1997 through 2001, Mr. Hamel served as Chief of the Environmental Crimes and Enforcement Unit of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland, where he was responsible for investigation and prosecution of a broad variety of criminal cases and litigation of civil enforcement and defense cases under the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, RCRA, and a range of other environmental and conservation statutes.

Mr. Hamel also has extensive experience investigating, prosecuting, and defending fraud and corruption cases, including cases involving mail and wire fraud, bank fraud and fraud on federally funded programs, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, and False Claims Act. Recent Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, False Claims Act, and other investigations have taken Mr. Hamel to locations in Europe, South and Central America, Africa, and India.

Mr. Hamel has also represented various print and broadcast media in litigation matters, including libel cases, reporter's privilege cases, and press access matters in federal court. Mr. Hamel has provided pre-publication advice and review to local, national, and international media companies.

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