David J. Stetler is a founding principal
of Stetler & Duffy, Ltd. His practice is primarily concentrated
in the defense of complex civil and administrative matters and
white collar prosecutions and investigations, including health
care, antitrust, securities, and tax matters. He handles all
aspects of federal criminal prosecutions through the
investigative, administrative, prosecutive, and appellate
stages. Mr. Stetler also has extensive experience representing
corporations with agents and employees who have been implicated
in misconduct. This experience includes conducting internal
corporate investigations, both prior to and following
commencement of governmental investigations. Finally, Mr.
Stetler’s practice includes the representation of civil
litigants in complex financial lawsuits and civil RICO matters,
as well as clients subject to federal administrative and
regulatory audits and investigations.
From late 1988 until early 1998, Mr.
Stetler was a partner in the Litigation Department in the
Chicago office of international law firm McDermott, Will &
Emery. For the prior nine years, he served in the
United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of
Illinois. As an Assistant U.S. Attorney, he investigated and
prosecuted complex financial crimes and public corruption cases.
He was appointed Deputy Chief of the Special Prosecutions
Division and later, Chief of the Criminal Receiving and
Appellate Division, where he supervised 25 federal prosecutors
and was responsible for all criminal appeals from the U.S.
District Court for the Northern District of Illinois to the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit.
Mr. Stetler has extensive federal trial
experience in both jury and non-jury cases. He is a Fellow of
the American College of Trial Lawyers, and a Fellow of the
American Bar Foundation
.
He has taught trial practice for the U.S. Attorney General’s
Advocacy Institute and at John Marshall Law School, and he is a
frequent speaker on white collar topics.
Mr. Stetler is a member of the bars of the State of Illinois,
the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
(general and trial bars), U.S. Court of Appeals (Seventh, Third
and Eighth Circuits), and the Supreme Court of the United
States. Mr. Stetler received his undergraduate (1971) and law
(1974) degrees from Villanova University. He is currently
ranked as one of the top lawyers in the field of Litigation:
White-Collar & Government Investigations, according to
Chambers and Partners
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