Running a business always entails a certain level of risk. Several high-profile scandals in recent decades, however, have led to increasing federal and state regulatory scrutiny of directors and officers.

Investigations and civil or criminal litigation can distract individuals suspected of wrongdoing and other members of the board or other officers from attempting to fix the problems that the prior misstep caused. Lewis Thomason attorneys assist corporate boards and their officers with navigating these investigations and defend them from regulatory and shareholder derivative actions.