About George M. Karavetsos
Highly Experienced Trial Attorney
George Karavetsos is a highly experienced trial attorney whose career has taken him to the highest levels of federal government leadership. He brings an unmatched combination of prosecutorial experience, regulatory expertise, and courtroom skill to every matter he handles.
George spent over 12 years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of Florida, successfully trying high profile federal criminal cases involving healthcare fraud, violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, wire and mail fraud, international narcotics trafficking, and money laundering. He rose to Executive Assistant United States Attorney-the third-highest ranking position in the District-and served as Chief of the Narcotics Section. As an Assistant District Attorney in Massachusetts, George tried hundreds of cases.
George also spent five years at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. He began as an Assistant Chief Counsel in FDA's Office of Chief Counsel, handling complex civil regulatory, compliance, and criminal enforcement matters. In 2017, George became the FDA's 3rd Director of FDA's Office of Criminal Investigations leading more than 300 federal law enforcement special agents and staff. As Director, George established the FDA's criminal investigative priorities for pharmaceutical drugs, biologics, medical devices, dietary supplements and food. Those same investigative priorities remain in effect today.
George applies this rare depth of experience--as a former federal prosecutor, FDA attorney, and Director of FDA's Office of Criminal Investigations to aggressively defend corporations and individuals facing high stakes government criminal and regulatory investigations. George's matters involve various federal statutes including the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, False Claims Act, healthcare fraud and anti-kickback statutes, wire and mail fraud statutes, bank fraud and money laundering statutes, and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
George has obtained outstanding settlements for corporations and individuals under criminal investigation. From prosecutors agreeing to not charge clients who were targets of federal criminal investigations to clients receiving sentences of probation when facing the prospect of serious federal felony charges and potential double-digit federal prison sentences.
George graduated with distinction from Virginia Military Institute in 1994 and Suffolk University Law School in 1997. George is admitted to practice law in Florida and Massachusetts.