Alexander F. Porter

Alex Porter is a former federal prosecutor and experienced trial lawyer whose practice focuses on white-collar criminal defense, government investigations, and complex commercial litigation.

As an Assistant United States Attorney in the Major Frauds Section of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles, Alex prosecuted white-collar cases involving healthcare fraud, kickbacks, bribery, securities fraud, insider trading, mail/wire fraud, money laundering, tax fraud, and obstruction of justice offenses. Alex served as the Health Care Fraud Coordinator, where he helped direct the investigation of healthcare fraud throughout the Central District of California, the most populous judicial district in the country and one of the most active districts for healthcare fraud enforcement. He also served as Acting Deputy Chief in the Major Frauds Section.

Before joining the U.S. Attorney's Office, Alex was a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Fraud Section, headquartered in Washington, D.C., and served as a member of the Health Care Fraud Strike Force in Los Angeles.

During his more than eight years as a federal prosecutor, Alex conducted many corporate investigations, often involving parallel civil investigations. Alex has led parallel investigations involving federal and state government agencies, including the DOJ Civil Division (involving the civil False Claims Act) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). He has also handled multiple appeals and has argued before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Before becoming a federal prosecutor, Alex was in private practice where he represented corporations and executives in complex civil litigation and government investigations. Among other matters, Alex represented the former CEO of a Fortune 100 company in defense of multiple shareholder class action securities lawsuits and an SEC enforcement action. He also handled a case through the 9th Circuit Pro Bono Program.

Prior to entering private practice, Alex served as a law clerk for the Hon. Stephen V. Wilson in the Central District of California. While in law school, he was a judicial extern for the Hon. Dale S. Fischer in the Central District of California.