Michael Harper

Michael Culhane Harper holds a B.A. in History and Communications, Boston College, 2005 and a Juris Doctor, Georgetown University Law Center, 2009. He is a partner in the White Collar, Defense, and Investigations practice group, K&L Gates LLP based in Washington D.C. Michael, a former federal prosecutor, is an experienced trilingual white-collar lawyer with extensive global experience working on high-profile individual and corporate matters dealing with US laws with extraterritorial reach, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the Bank Secrecy Act, and federal criminal statutes pertaining to sanctions, antitrust, money laundering, and other financial frauds. Prior to joining K&L Gates, Michael spent over seven years as a prosecutor in the FCPA Unit at the Department of Justice, where he spearheaded some of the most significant and complex international bribery and money laundering cases against publicly traded and privately held companies, board members and executives, finance professionals, lawyers, and high-level foreign government officials. Prior to public service, Michael spent seven years working for a global law firm, most of which was spent in the firm's São Paulo, Brazil office. He has extensive experience throughout Latin America and speaks Portuguese and Spanish. Michael serves on the McCain Institute’s Human Rights & Freedom Program Advisory Council. The program's mission advocates for a strong American foreign policy that protects and advances fundamental rights worldwide.