Mr. Raymond Joseph Burby IV

Alston & Bird LLP

Joey Burby is a co-leader of the White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Team. Drawing on his more than 25 years of experience as both a prosecutor and defense attorney, Joey defends companies and individuals in criminal and civil investigations by the Department of Justice as well as regulatory investigations and enforcement actions by the SEC and other federal and state agencies. He has significant experience handling matters involving securities fraud, insider trading, health care fraud, the False Claims Act, antitrust violations, bribery, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, money laundering, tax fraud, and environmental violations. He has also served as lead counsel in over 30 jury trials, including a recent federal case in which the jury acquitted his client of all charges.

Joey also conducts internal investigations on behalf of public and private organizations and their boards, often prompted by whistleblowers, and counsels clients on remedial actions and disclosure decisions.

Joey previously served as an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia, focusing primarily on complex financial crimes and public corruption. He successfully tried numerous cases, including the first criminal securities fraud trial in Georgia and a capital murder case. He was also part of the team that prosecuted Centennial Olympic Park bomber Eric Rudolph, for which he received The John Marshall Award, the Justice Department’s highest honor.