Drew Meyer is a Special Counsel in Buchalter’s Seattle office, practicing within the Firm’s White Collar & Investigations, Litigation, and Health Care groups. With 15 years of experience as an attorney, Drew practices white collar criminal defense, representing individuals and companies facing investigation or prosecution for bank fraud, wire fraud, securities fraud, and anti-money laundering violations. He serves as government-facing counsel for clients navigating inquiries and enforcement actions brought by the Department of Justice and state authorities, and he leads complex e-discovery efforts, using AI-based analytics tools to manage and analyze voluminous data sets.
Drew’s litigation practice extends into civil matters as well. He handles breach of contract and business disputes, and has served as co-counsel pursuing RICO and fraud claims. He also has experience with malicious prosecution and abuse of process actions.
Before joining Buchalter, Drew spent several years as an attorney within the legal and litigation functions of two global pharmaceutical companies, Takeda Pharmaceuticals and UCB Pharmaceuticals. In those roles, he directed internal investigations into potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the False Claims Act, and the Anti-Kickback Statute, building the factual record that shaped each company’s litigation strategy, government disclosures, and regulatory defense. He worked directly with legal leadership on escalation decisions, self-reporting determinations, and remediation planning, and conducted investigative interviews with witnesses and whistleblowers.
Earlier in his career, Drew spent five years in Shanghai, China, leading investigation and crisis management engagements for multinational companies, including a multi-year embedded engagement with a global pharmaceutical company and service on another company’s crisis management team following a government enforcement action involving anti-corruption and antitrust allegations. That experience sharpened his cross-border investigations and government enforcement capabilities.
Drew began his career with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Counterintelligence Division as an Intelligence Analyst, researching and analyzing national security matters and delivering analysis to federal prosecutors, FBI leadership, and other law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
Drew speaks and reads Mandarin Chinese at a professional level.