Leveraging his experience as a former federal prosecutor, Doug Sprague represents individuals and organizations in high-stakes internal, federal, and state investigations, in white collar criminal matters, and in high-stakes civil litigation in both federal and state courts.

Doug represents clients in the technology, financial services, pharmaceutical, life sciences, and consumer products industries in connection with DOJ, SEC, and state attorneys general investigations. He also has conducted numerous internal investigations for public and private companies in a wide array of industries.

Doug is an accomplished trial lawyer, having served as lead counsel in more than 10 jury trials. His trial experience includes several multi-week complex white collar cases, and he has briefed and argued several cases before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Prior to joining Covington, Doug served as Chief of the Economic Crimes and Securities Fraud Section and Chief of the White Collar Section for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California, where he supervised more than 10 prosecutors responsible for investigating and prosecuting a wide range of white collar crimes, including securities fraud, health care fraud, and violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). He also previously served as Chief of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Oakland.