Matthew W. Friedrich
Washington, DC
t: 202.274.1113
f: 202.237.6131
mfriedrich@bsfllp.com
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Areas of Practice
Investigations / Corporate Governance
Education
University of Texas School of Law, J.D., with honors, 1994; Texas Law Review
University of Virginia, B.A., Foreign Affairs, 1989; Lawn Resident
Clerkships
Hon. Royal W. Furgeson, Jr., United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, 1994-1995
Admissions
District of Columbia and Texas
Matt Friedrich is a partner in the firm's Washington office. He focuses his practice on internal investigations, white collar criminal matters, and litigation.
Mr. Friedrich joined the firm following thirteen years in the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), where he most recently served as the acting Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division. In this capacity, Mr. Friedrich led the Division's more than 740 attorneys and staff in enforcing federal law in such areas as securities fraud, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, money laundering, cyber security, public corruption, and health care fraud. Mr. Friedrich also served as the Chair of the National Procurement Fraud Task Force, and as a member of the President's Corporate Fraud Task Force.
Prior to his tenure as head of the Criminal Division, Mr. Friedrich served as the Deputy Chief of Staff to U.S. Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey.
Before coming to DOJ headquarters in Washington, Mr. Friedrich was an experienced courtroom prosecutor who specialized in white-collar criminal matters. Mr. Friedrich served as an Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) in the Eastern District of Texas and in the Eastern District of Virginia. He was a member of the Enron Task Force, the group of prosecutors from across the United States selected to investigate and prosecute criminal cases arising from what was then the largest bankruptcy in U.S. History. Mr. Friedrich also served as a Trial Attorney in the Tax Division of the Department where he prosecuted criminal tax cases.
Mr. Friedrich is the recipient of the Attorney General's Distinguished Service award for his work on Enron, and of the Director's Award from the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys for Superior Performance as an AUSA for his prosecution of two Pentagon officials for corruption.
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Government Service
Acting Assistant Attorney General, United States Department of Justice, Criminal Division (2008-2009)Deputy Chief of Staff (2008) and Counselor (2006-2008) to the Attorney General of the United States
Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General and Chief of Staff, United States Department of Justice, Criminal Division (2005-2006)
Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Virginia (2001-2005)
Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Texas (1998-2001)
Trial Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Tax Division (1995-1998)