Scott W. Muller

Partner

scott.muller@davispolk.com

Mr. Muller is a member of Davis Polk’s Litigation Department, its White Collar Criminal Defense and Investigations Group and the firm’s Global Compliance and Investigations Group. He represented Siemens AG in its landmark settlements of corruption matters and is currently representing a wide variety of companies, boards and individuals on domestic and transnational issues, including antitrust, securties, banking, corruption, trade sanctions, money laundering and tax.

From October 2002 through July 2004, he served as General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency, and from 1979 to 1982, he served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.

He pioneered the use of the corporate “deferred prosecution” to resolve a federal criminal investigation and has advised numerous domestic and foreign companies, boards and board committees on matters relating to compliance, regulatory and criminal enforcement. A former Vice Chairman of the ABA’s White Collar Crime Committee, he has lectured widely and taught criminal investigations at Georgetown University Law Center as an Adjunct Professor.

Mr. Muller clerked for the Watergate Special Prosecution Force and the Honorable Francis L. Van Dusen, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

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New York
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
P: 212-450-4359
F: 212-701-5359

Related Practices

Bar Admissions

State of New York
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
U.S. District Court, S.D. New York
U.S. Tax Court

Education

B.A., Princeton University, 1971
- cum laude
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1975
- Case and Notes Editor, The Georgetown Law Journal

Work Highlights

Mr. Muller has handled numerous internal investigations and has represented and advised financial and industrial companies in matters before the U.S. Department of Justice, the SEC and financial regulators in the U.S. and elsewhere.

Recent Representations

Siemens AG, Morgan Stanley & Co. and others in numerous corruption investigations
Roche Holdings in criminal and civil antitrust proceedings relating to the vitamins industry
Prudential Securities and Prudential Insurance in numerous matters relating to, among other things, the sale of over $3 billion in real estate, oil and gas and other limited partnerships
Warner Lambert (now owned by Pfizer) in criminal investigations relating to drug marketing and environmental compliance
Texaco in civil, criminal and derivative matters relating to a civil rights matter
Law firms and accounting firms in accounting and professional liability matters

Recognition

Mr. Muller is listed as a leading lawyer in several legal industry publications, including:

Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business
The Legal 500 U.S.
Legal Media Group’s Benchmark Litigation
Practical Law Company’s Which lawyer?
Law Business Research’s Who’s Who Legal–The International Who’s Who of Business Crime Defence Lawyers

Of Note

Current Membership

Member, American Law Institute

Past Memberships and Roles

Vice Chairman, White Collar Crime Committee, American Bar Association
Chairman of the Board, Center for the Community Interest
Panelist, Practising Law Institute seminars
Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center (taught seminars in advanced criminal process)
Speaker on corruption-related topics
Member, Audit Committee, National Cathedral Foundation (Washington DC)
National Trustee, Boys and Girls Clubs of America (1998-2002) (Concord, NH)
Member, Board of Governors, St. Albans School (Washington DC)
Served on the Board of Trustees of St. Paul's School and as Chairman of its Alumni Fund

Professional History

Partner, 1985-2002; 2005-present
Associate, Davis Polk, 1976-1978; 1982-1985
General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency, 2002-2004
Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1979-1982

Law Clerk, Hon. Francis L. Van Dusen, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit 1975-1976

News

Benchmark Litigation Recognizes 21 Davis Polk Lawyers and Names the Firm Among the Best in the Nation in Three Practices

Davis Polk Ranks 2nd Overall in FT's “U.S. Innovative Lawyers” Report

Davis Polk Advises Morgan Stanley on Its Securities Joint Venture in Japan With MUFG

Publications

Responding to Multi-Jurisdictional Investigations: Issues and Considerations | 42 The Rev. Sec. & Commodities Reg. 47

Client Publications

SEC Changes “Neither Admit Nor Deny” Practice for Criminal Conviction Cases
Client Newsflash

SEC and DOJ Announce Resolutions of FCPA “Industry Sweep”; First SEC Charge Against a Non-U.S. Issuer for FCPA Violations
Client Newsflash

SEC Proposes Whistleblower Rules
Client Newsflash

Events

Davis Polk Hosts Webcast on SEC Whistleblower Proposals

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