Allison L. Borgatti

How Allison Helps Clients

Allison is an international white collar defense attorney who assists corporations and individuals, domestic and foreign, in all facets and stages of state, federal and corporate compliance investigations.

As a former prosecutor, Allison’s practice focuses on white collar criminal defense, internal investigations, and complex civil matters often related to criminal or quasi-criminal charges or fraudulent conduct. Drawing on extensive and varied litigation experience, Allison’s clients include boards of directors, corporations, and ultra-high net-worth individuals who turn to her as counselor to chart and execute strategies to help solve their most sensitive legal issues,.

In this capacity, Allison is routinely selected to identify, engage and supervise experts and consultants retained during litigation or as part of a client’s overall strategy. This often includes crisis management counsel where Allison manages multi-disciplinary teams — often including public relations professionals and investigators. In her global practice, Allison helps clients navigate internal and government investigations. Allison has represented CEOs, CFOs, companies, boards, and private clients in a variety of actions. She has vast experience handling internal investigations, government probes, and complex civil complaints. Allison’s experience is diverse. She has defended clients in criminal and regulatory actions, including those involving allegations of insider trading, government contracting fraud, and violations of the securities laws and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

Allison’s clients include Fortune 500 companies and their executives as well as high-ranking government officials in matters such as insider training, anti-corruption, economic sanctions, and financial services fraud. She also represented a foreign national accused of involvement in the largest healthcare fraud in the United States.

What Clients Can Expect

Clients appreciate Allison’s multifaceted experience as a prosecutor and private practice defense counsel. Given the complexity and the severity of some of her clients’ cases, she prides herself on being able to put her clients at ease and make them comfortable throughout the process. Allison’s clients trust her implicitly. Allison has extensive courtroom experience having tried over fifty jury trials to verdict.

Outside the Office

Allison is equally committed and competitive with things in her personal life.  As a former college athlete, Allison routinely participates in competitive cycling races and enjoys teaching her two young children all of the sports she played as a child.

Despite living in the Philadelphia suburbs, Allison is a devoted Red Sox fan. She also enjoys golfing, cycling, traveling, and exploring Philadelphia museums and restaurants. She has also honed her TV chops as an on-air legal correspondent for the Philadelphia NBC affiliate.

Proof Points

• Successfully prosecuted defendant who claimed allegiance to ISIS and ambushed an on-duty police officer, shooting him multiple times at point blank range. Case received national and international media attention.
• Successfully prosecuted dozens of sexual assault and gunpoint sexual assault cases involving adult and minor victims. 
• Successfully represented high ranking government official investigated for misappropriation of government funds.
• Defended foreign national indicted for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and money laundering.
• Served as lead counsel and represented foreign national and multiple corporations following high-profile designation by the Office of Foreign Assets Control.
• Defended foreign national accused of masterminding the largest health care fraud in the United States.

Awards

• The Legal Intelligencer Pennsylvania Legal Awards "Power Player" (2023)
• Philadelphia Business Journal Best of the Bar (2022)
• Best Lawyers in America: "Ones to Watch" since 2021
• Super Lawyer "Rising Star" in White Collar Crime (2020 - 2023)
• First Congressional District of New Jersey Award for Scholarship in the Law 2011: "Whistleblower Incentives & Protection: Why Dodd-Frank Section 922 is Long Overdue."
• Rutgers University School of Law Pro Bono Publico Award: Completed over fifty hours of voluntary legal services to the community.
• Charles Richter Memorial Scholarship 2011 Recipient: Awarded for outstanding academic achievement.