Wilson Stamm is an associate in the Litigation Department of Morrison Foerster’s Washington, D.C. Office.
Wilson focuses his practice on representing companies and their executives in connection with government investigations, white collar defense matters, and complex commercial disputes.
Prior to joining Morrison Foerster, Wilson was a federal prosecutor for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), serving as both a trial attorney in the Criminal Enforcement Section of the Tax Division and a special assistant U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia.
Upon joining DOJ through the Attorney General’s Honors Program, Wilson investigated and prosecuted individuals and corporations that attempted to evade taxes, willfully failed to file tax returns, submitted false tax forms, and otherwise attempted to defraud the United States.
Wilson also handled matters involving corporate fraud, financial institution fraud, healthcare fraud, public corruption, organized crime, labor trafficking, and narcotics trafficking.
For his work at DOJ, Wilson was recognized with several awards, including for securing trial victories against a certified public accountant who promoted a fraudulent tax shelter and a high net-worth individual who evaded the payment of federal income taxes.
Wilson received his J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and his B.A. from Columbia University. He is admitted to practice law in New York, California, and the District of Columbia.