Jason C. Hoggan

Jason Hoggan is special counsel in the firm's Dallas office and the Deputy of the White Collar Defense and Corporate Investigations Practice Group.

Areas of Practice

As a former federal law enforcement agent and an experienced litigator, Jason understands what is at stake when individuals and corporations face government investigations and enforcement matters, criminal prosecutions, complex civil disputes, or other business crises requiring creative legal solutions. Using a strategic and detail-oriented approach, he helps clients resolve or avoid these high-stress problems and their collateral consequences in a practical way while minimizing their impact on the client’s life, business, and reputation.

Jason represents individuals, organizations, and corporations of all sizes in a broad array of complex criminal and civil matters with a focus on government and internal investigations and white collar defense. He advises and advocates for clients in a range of industries—including healthcare, financial services, government contracting, technology and artificial intelligence, and energy—who are facing (or seeking to avoid) scrutiny from law enforcement or regulatory authorities from the Department of Justice, the Securities & Exchange Commission, federal and state departments of Health & Human Services, the Department of Defense, and state attorneys general’s offices, among others. He is also a seasoned litigator, representing clients in federal and state courts at all phases of civil enforcement litigation, criminal prosecutions, and complex commercial disputes—from e-discovery and motions practice through trial, sentencing, and on appeal.

Jason brings a consistent, outcome-oriented approach to every matter. From internal compliance assessments, subpoena responses, whistleblower investigations, or voluntary self-disclosures, to high-stakes, federal investigations or international criminal prosecutions, Jason offers strategic insights to solve problems and achieve optimal solutions as efficiently as possible. If and when internal investigations reveal that the client was the victim of financial fraud or other criminal misconduct, Jason can also leverage his law enforcement background and connections to build a comprehensive criminal referral package and then present it to appropriate law enforcement agencies and prosecutors for action.

In both the investigative and litigation context, Jason’s matters involve alleged misconduct that implicates statutes and legal issues that are as varied and complex as his clients. He has extensive experience representing individuals and businesses when those allegations concern the following:

• Healthcare fraud and abuse, including the False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback Statute, Medicare and Medicaid fraud, and the Stark Law;
• Securities fraud and other financial misconduct such as accounting fraud, tax fraud, embezzlement, and mail or wire fraud;
• Insider trading and market manipulation;
• Money laundering;
• KYC (know your customer) and AML (anti-money laundering) compliance failures;
• Civil and criminal antitrust, bid rigging, and other anti-competitive conduct;
• The Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act and the Federal Trade Commission Act;
• The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and various computer and cybercrime investigations; and
• The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

Before completing law school at Georgetown University Law Center, Jason worked for six years in the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations. As a special agent and Air Force officer, he conducted felony-level criminal investigations on individuals subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice, directed investigations of suspected terrorists detained in Guantanamo Bay Prison, and managed counterintelligence collections affecting Air Force assets and personnel worldwide. Jason is also a lifelong competitive athlete who played intercollegiate tennis at the Air Force Academy and even qualified to compete in the World CrossFit Games shortly after law school. Now, Jason brings this same grit and competitive spirit to his law practice, working tirelessly to achieve success on behalf of his clients.

Honors

Ones to Watch — White Collar Criminal Defense, Best Lawyers, 2021-2025

Articles

Corporate and Securities Law Blog Posts

• "SEC Shifts Focus on Employees’ Off-Channel Business Communications to Investment Advisers," November 11, 2022

• "Fifth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Section 14(a) Complaint For Failure to Plead Facts Demonstrating Alleged Omissions from Proxy Statement Were Misleading," August 25, 2020

Government Contracts, Investigations & International Trade Blog Posts

• "Corporate Voluntary Self-Disclosure (VSD) of Criminal Activity: More of the Same or a Real Sea Change?," February 23, 2023

• "Supreme Court Strikes Down Federal Sports Gambling Law," May 16, 2018

White Collar & Government Enforcement Blog Posts

• "DOJ Pilot Program for Whistleblower Rewards: The Latest Unveiling from the ABA’s National Institute on White Collar Crime," March 14, 2024

• "Aggressive Procurement Collusion Enforcement Risk Remains High for 2024," February 12, 2024

• "'Take Five' – A Guide to Invoking the Fifth Amendment in Civil Cases," December 14, 2023

Media Mentions

Speaking Engagements

• Speaker, “White Collar Criminal Defense Overview,” State Bar of Texas Paralegal Division, September 27, 2023
• Speaker, “A Potpourri of the Latest & Greatest in the White Collar World,” State Bar of Texas Paralegal Division, September 27, 2023

Events

Digital Media