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Peter T. Thomas
Peter T. Thomas
Associate — Government Investigations & White Collar Criminal Defense
Associate — Government Investigations & White Collar Criminal Defense

Peter T. Thomas

Peter T. Thomas
Washington, D.C.

2200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Suite 500 West
Washington, D.C. 20037

Peter T. Thomas

Experience Highlights

  • Represent foreign nationals in civil asset forfeiture litigation and a parallel investigation by DOJ’s Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section (MLARS) and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California

  • Represent a senior executive in connection with a sanctions and export controls investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas

  • Represent an individual in connection with an investigation into a healthcare startup by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York

  • Represent a precious metals company in connection with an investigation by the CFTC

  • Represent a major university system and research laboratory in connection with congressional investigations into the origins of SARS-CoV-2 and the COVID-19 pandemic

  • Represent group of significant rail shippers, including large electric power generation companies, in multidistrict litigation involving an alleged price fixing conspiracy by the four major U.S. railroads

  • Advised the U.S. subsidiary of a foreign manufacturing company on FARA compliance; obtained a favorable Advisory Opinion from DOJ’s FARA Unit on the client’s behalf

  • Represented a social media company in connection with investigations by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capital, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, and other government agencies

  • Represented an aerospace company in a civil False Claims Act investigation by DOJ and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington

  • Represented an international energy services company in a FCPA investigation by DOJ concerning the Monaco-based company Unaoil

  • Conducted an internal FCPA investigation for a major space technology company

Credentials

  • Washington & Lee University, J.D., magna cum laude, 2018 (Order of the Coif; Washington and Lee Law Review, Lead Articles Editor)
  • Sewanee: The University of the South, B.A., magna cum laude with honors in Psychology, 2015 (Phi Beta Kappa)
  • Judicial Intern to The Honorable G. Steven Agee, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2017-2018
  • Virginia
  • District of Columbia
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia