John P. Cunningham

About John P. Cunningham

With over 25 years of enforcement and defense experience, John Cunningham concentrates his practice on internal and government investigations, corporate compliance, and white collar matters. He advises clients on a broad range of US and int’l criminal, regulatory, and compliance concerns, focusing on the FCPA and global corruption, money laundering, fraud, embezzlement, M&A and third-party diligence, risk assessment, export controls, sanctions, digital currency, cannabis law, and asset forfeiture. He represents companies before the DOJ, FBI, SEC, FinCEN, OFAC, CBP, and other agencies. He is widely recognized for his work designing, developing, enhancing, and defending corporate compliance programs in accord with evolving U.S. and global agency expectations and standards. Previously, John was Associate General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer for a Global 500 company and partner at two elite law firms. He also has deep federal enforcement experience, having served as a senior trial attorney with the DOJ and investigator for the criminal division of the FBI. Further, he was a federal law clerk to the Hon. Gerald B. Lee in the E.D. of Virginia.At the core of John’s practice is a keen strategic drive to provide US and multinational clients across industry sectors with customized tools — from a compliance, investigations, and enforcement perspective — to proactively deter, detect, prevent, and resolve issues, guiding them astutely through each step of the process.Key Specialty Areas:*Compliance Program Design, Development, Enhancement, and Defense*Internal and Gov\'t Investigations*Corporate regulatory and enforcement matters*Risk Assessment/Mitigation and Internal Controls*Third Party and M&A Due Diligence

Experience

1. Partner (Member)

   Dickinson Wright

   May 2024 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Investigations, Government Enforcement, and Corporate Compliance group.

Education

• Lake Braddock Secondary School

  HS Diploma

• The George Washington University

  M.A., U.S. Legal History, with Honors

• William & Mary

  B.A., International Relations

• University of Richmond School of Law

  J.D., Law, with Honors

Skills

• White Collar Criminal Defense
• Fcpa
• Anti-Corruption
• Internal Investigations
• Risk Assessment
• Due Diligence
• Criminal Law
• Fraud
• Litigation
• Legal Advice
• Anti-Money Laundering
• Money Laundering
• UK Bribery Act
• Asset Forfeiture
• Attorney-Client Privilege
• Corporate Law
• Enforcement
• Corporate Governance
• Aml
• Anti Money Laundering
• Legal Writing
• Legal Research
• Law Enforcement
• Fraud Investigations