Rick Deane represents clients who are facing all types of criminal or civil investigations by the Department of Justice and other investigative agencies. He has extensive experience in federal grand jury investigations, trying cases in state and federal courts, and appearing before the Fifth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal. Rick served as lead counsel in defending criminal charges against a major design-build company. All charges against the company were dismissed, and the company paid a civil assessment. He also served as lead counsel in a month-long personal injury case tried in state court to a complete defense verdict and handles general litigation matters. Rick is the former Partner-in-Charge of the Atlanta Office and former co-chair of the Investigations & White Collar Defense Practice.
Rick's representative clients include the Atlanta School Board, The Facilities Group, Fulton County District Attorney's Office, The Public Warehousing Company K.S.C., and The Sherwin-Williams Company.
Rick is a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers, serves on the Executive Committee for the College, and is its first African American president-elect (2024). He was chosen by the State Bar of Georgia's bench and bar committee as the attorney recipient of the 12th Annual Chief Justice Thomas O. Marshall Professionalism Award. The award honors "one lawyer and one judge who have demonstrated the highest professional conduct and paramount reputation for professionals." He also received the Atlanta Bar Association's Leadership Award in 2016 and the "Thomas J. Waldrop Truth & Justice Award" in recognition of his representation of Atlanta School Superintendent, Dr. Beverly Hall, during the Atlanta cheating scandal. Rick is a past president of the National Association of Former United States Attorneys (NAFUSA).
担当案件
- September 6, 2024
Ethically handling of media issues in high profile criminal cases - Annual ABA Southeastern White Collar Crime Institute - February 13, 2017
Advanced Issues in Internal Investigations, Jones Day CLE Academy - February 24, 2016
Rick Deane Speaks at University of Georgia Law School - July 28, 2014
Atlanta Office sponsors rededication of the newly restored WWI memorial in Pershing Point Park - December 12, 2013
Health Care Fraud, Don't Spiral Out of Control: How to Effectively Address Problems Through Internal Investigations - October 8, 2013
Current Issues in FCPA Compliance – Meet Our Professionals From Around the World - June 6, 2013
International Business and Crimes FCPA - June 4, 2013
Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics's 11th Annual Higher Education Compliance Conference - March 20, 2013
Georgia's New 2012 False Claims Act and Update on Qui Tam, SEC, and IRS Whistleblower Claims - December 13, 2012
Health Care Fraud Institute, State Bar of Georgia Conference - April 25, 2012
International Business and Crime, FCPA, Criminal Antitrust - February 3, 2012
Discussion on Government Investigations, Atlanta Chapter of the Federal Bar Association - March 2, 2011
Corporate Compliance: Recent Developments and Trends - January 28, 2011
White Collar Crime, Grand Jury Practice: Avoiding Missteps That Could Endanger The Client - December 16, 2010
Southeastern Health Care Fraud Institute: Affirmative Responses to Government Action - October 15, 2010
Sentencing in the Eleventh Circuit-In Search of a Reasonable Sentence - October 6, 2010
Corporate Internal Investigations: Delivering the News - September 29, 2010
18th Annual Diversity CLE and Luncheon - September 2, 2010
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA): International Business and Crime - An Overview, Institute of Continuing Legal Education of Georgia - March 26-27, 2009
Corporate Compliance and Ethics Institute 2009 - March 19, 2008
Designing The Investigation: Personnel, Scope and Audiences - March 30, 2007
The Role of the Board, panelist, Corporate Compliance and Ethics Institute, Practicing Law Institute - March 29-30, 2007
Director Liability/Responsibility - April 2006
Corporate Compliance Institute 2006 - September 22, 2005
Challenges to Ethics and Professionalism in White Collar Criminal Cases, White Collar Crime Seminar - February 25, 2005
Prosecutional Ethics, State-wide U.S. Attorney's Conference, meeting of all districts in the state
- University of Michigan (LL.M. 1979); The University of Georgia (J.D. 1977; Earl Warren Scholar; B.A. cum laude 1974)
- Georgia
- U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Georgia (1998-2001); Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia (1994-1998); and Chief of the Criminal Division (1990-1994), Chief of the General Crimes Section (1986-1990), and Assistant U.S. Attorney (1980-1986), Northern District of Georgia, United States Department of Justice
Georgia "Commercial Litigation Department of the Year" Winner (April 2014); "General Litigation Department of the Year" (April 2013), The Daily Report
Listed in Best Lawyers in America (since 2006)
Named by Time Magazine (2001) to "Time 100 List of Innovators"
Featured in the Georgia edition of Super Lawyers magazine
Chambers USA Band 1, litigation: white collar defense and Georgia Trend magazine's "Legal Elite"
"Hall of Fame" honoree: 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America