12 May 2026
Ryan Rohlfsen Joins Latham & Watkins in Chicago as Partner in White Collar Defense & Investigations
"Latham & Watkins has hired Ryan Rohlfsen as a partner in its Chicago White Collar Defense & Investigations Practice to work on global investigations, compliance and crisis management."
Rohlfsen advises multinational companies, boards, and senior executives in high-stakes government-facing civil and criminal white collar matters, internal investigations, litigation, and related crisis management. He has represented clients on six continents and in all major global markets.
He has particular experience advising on international and domestic corruption matters, securities and accounting fraud, healthcare fraud, money laundering, sanctions and export controls, data privacy, and state consumer protection matters. Rohlfsen routinely guides public and private companies through complex and fast-moving government-facing investigations, has secured numerous declinations, and counsels global companies on building and strengthening sophisticated compliance programs.
Rohlfsen previously served as a federal prosecutor in the US Department of Justice’s Criminal Fraud Section in Washington, D.C. and Chicago, where he led complex securities fraud, healthcare fraud, and domestic corruption matters and served in the Department’s specialized unit responsible for corporate criminal enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. He joins Latham from Ropes & Gray LLP and, before his time at DOJ, practiced at another major law firm in Chicago and London.