Alfred U. Pavlis
Partner
(o) 203.325.5086
apavlis@fdh.com
Al Pavlis has more than 35 years of experience representing corporate and individual clients in complex civil litigation, white-collar criminal matters, and regulatory enforcement investigations. He also has extensive experience conducting internal investigations on behalf of boards of directors and audit committees.
Al recently returned to FDH after serving as the First Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of Connecticut. In this senior leadership role, he was the principal advisor to the U.S. Attorney and oversaw the civil, criminal, and administrative divisions of that office. Earlier in his career, he was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York, handling a variety of federal criminal cases, including significant securities and other white-collar prosecutions.
During his decades of experience in private practice, Al has represented a broad array of clients, including public and private corporations, officers and directors, investment bankers, securities and commodities traders, attorneys, accountants, physicians, and educational institutions. He has successfully navigated these individuals and companies through civil and criminal matters involving claims of securities and commodities fraud, insider trading, accounting fraud, healthcare fraud, civil RICO violations, attorney malpractice, breach of fiduciary duties, and merger and acquisition disputes. Al is also a seasoned courtroom lawyer, having tried more than 20 criminal and civil trials and argued numerous appeals in federal and state courts.
In his earlier tenure at FDH, Al served as chair of the Litigation group, General Counsel of the firm, and a member of the Management Committee.
Representative Matters
- Defended a commodities trader in a federal criminal trial charging commodities and wire fraud;
- Defended the CFO of a Connecticut company in a federal criminal trial charging embezzlement and misappropriation of corporate funds;
- Represented a fixed income trader in a federal criminal investigation of potential fraud;
- Represented the Chief Financial Officer of a public company in an SEC investigation of revenue recognition and other accounting issues;
- Represented the managing director of a broker-dealer in a federal criminal prosecution for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act;
- Represented the executors of a large probate estate in two civil RICO cases brought by a creditor and a beneficiary of the estate;
- Represented a senior law firm partner named as a defendant in a civil RICO case;
- Represented a large New York law firm and one of its partners in defending against claims of professional malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty brought by a former client in Connecticut Superior Court;
- Represented the investment advisor of two investment funds in an SEC investigation relating to the valuation of illiquid bonds held by the funds; and
- Represented the manager of an investment advisor in a “Ponzi scheme” investigation by the SEC and related civil litigation brought by a court-appointed receiver.
Associations
- Chair, St. Vincent's Medical Center Foundation, Bridgeport, Connecticut (2018-2022)
- Vice-Chair, Governing Board, St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport, Connecticut (2019-2022)
- Adjunct Teacher, Constitutional Law, Greens Farms Academy, Westport, Connecticut
Practice Areas
- White-Collar Defense
- Complex Civil Litigation
- SEC Investigations & Examinations
- Internal Investigations
Previous Experience
- First Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Connecticut
- Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New York
- Law Clerk to the Honorable T. F. Gilroy Daly, Chief U.S. District Judge, District of Connecticut
Education
- University of Virginia Law School, J.D.
- University of Pennsylvania, B.A., cum laude
Admissions
- Connecticut
- New York
Alfred U. Pavlis
Partner
o: 203.325.5086
apavlis@fdh.com
Al Pavlis has more than 35 years of experience representing corporate and individual clients in complex civil litigation, white-collar criminal matters, and regulatory enforcement investigations. He also has extensive experience conducting internal investigations on behalf of boards of directors and audit committees.
Al recently returned to FDH after serving as the First Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of Connecticut. In this senior leadership role, he was the principal advisor to the U.S. Attorney and oversaw the civil, criminal, and administrative divisions of that office. Earlier in his career, he was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York, handling a variety of federal criminal cases, including significant securities and other white-collar prosecutions.
During his decades of experience in private practice, Al has represented a broad array of clients, including public and private corporations, officers and directors, investment bankers, securities and commodities traders, attorneys, accountants, physicians, and educational institutions. He has successfully navigated these individuals and companies through civil and criminal matters involving claims of securities and commodities fraud, insider trading, accounting fraud, healthcare fraud, civil RICO violations, attorney malpractice, breach of fiduciary duties, and merger and acquisition disputes. Al is also a seasoned courtroom lawyer, having tried more than 20 criminal and civil trials and argued numerous appeals in federal and state courts.
In his earlier tenure at FDH, Al served as chair of the Litigation group, General Counsel of the firm, and a member of the Management Committee.
Representative Matters
- Defended a commodities trader in a federal criminal trial charging commodities and wire fraud;
- Defended the CFO of a Connecticut company in a federal criminal trial charging embezzlement and misappropriation of corporate funds;
- Represented a fixed income trader in a federal criminal investigation of potential fraud;
- Represented the Chief Financial Officer of a public company in an SEC investigation of revenue recognition and other accounting issues;
- Represented the managing director of a broker-dealer in a federal criminal prosecution for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act;
- Represented the executors of a large probate estate in two civil RICO cases brought by a creditor and a beneficiary of the estate;
- Represented a senior law firm partner named as a defendant in a civil RICO case;
- Represented a large New York law firm and one of its partners in defending against claims of professional malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty brought by a former client in Connecticut Superior Court;
- Represented the investment advisor of two investment funds in an SEC investigation relating to the valuation of illiquid bonds held by the funds; and
- Represented the manager of an investment advisor in a “Ponzi scheme” investigation by the SEC and related civil litigation brought by a court-appointed receiver.
Associations
- Chair, St. Vincent's Medical Center Foundation, Bridgeport, Connecticut (2018-2022)
- Vice-Chair, Governing Board, St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport, Connecticut (2019-2022)
- Adjunct Teacher, Constitutional Law, Greens Farms Academy, Westport, Connecticut
Practice Areas
- White-Collar Defense
- Complex Civil Litigation
- SEC Investigations & Examinations
- Internal Investigations
Previous Experience
- First Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Connecticut
- Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New York
- Law Clerk to the Honorable T. F. Gilroy Daly, Chief U.S. District Judge, District of Connecticut
Education
- University of Virginia Law School, J.D.
- University of Pennsylvania, B.A., cum laude
Admissions
- Connecticut
- New York