Alan J. Sobol is a member of Pullman & Comley’s Litigation Department and White Collar Defense and Corporate Investigations practice.  He also serves in the firm's Health Care and Construction practices.

Alan has represented both corporate and individual clients in federal and state health care, Medicare and Medicaid fraud and enforcement, federal fraud and false claims, financial fraud, structuring, tax, anti-trust, federal and state racketeering and public corruption cases.

Alan’s criminal defense practice includes representation in conspiracy and drug trafficking, money laundering, bank robbery, identity theft, computer crimes, larceny, assault, forfeiture, immigration, and domestic cases. In his civil litigation practice, he represents commercial clients in contracts and business disputes. He has national experience in construction and surety litigation representing owners, contractors, design professionals, insurance companies, and sureties on public and private construction projects, with experience in government contract, surety performance, and payment bond cases in federal and state court.

Earlier in his career, Alan was a trial attorney, Criminal Division, a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, and a prosecutor, for the General Litigation Section, U.S. Department of Justice, in Washington, D.C. He has been a member of the Criminal Justice Section's Executive Committee, Federal Practice, and Construction Law sections of the Connecticut Bar Association. He also has been a member of the Criminal Law Section, Litigation Section, and the Forum on the Construction Industry of the American Bar Association. Alan has been listed in Who’s Who in American Law. He is a Diplomat in the National Institute of Trial Advocacy and a U.S. Attorney General's Honor Law Graduate Program Attorney. 

Alan  is the author of “Staying on Top of the Issues: New Developments for White Collar Lawyers and Their Clients,” a chapter in Managing White Collar Issues:  Leading Lawyers on Understanding Recent Notable Cases, Establishing Key Defense Strategies, and Developing Client Relationships (Thomson Reuters/Aspatore Books 2011) released in December, 2010.  He is a frequent speaker on health care fraud and abuse and related enforcement topics.

Representative Experience

•  Appointed by the U.S. District Court under the Criminal Justice Act in a federal criminal case to represent defendant charged with Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and to Distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana.  The client was facing a federal mandatory minimum sentence of at least five years.  After a three-day trial and two days of deliberation, successfully argued the case to a draw, resulting in a hung jury and a mistrial.
• Represented a Connecticut skilled nursing facility investigated by the U.S. Attorney's Office for violating the False Claims Act.  This was a precedent setting case of first impression in Connecticut involving allegations of violating the HHS-OIG Exclusions Database and resulted in a civil settlement agreement in which the facility did not admit liability.

Professional Affiliations

• American Bar Association
• Connecticut Bar Association
• Hartford Bar Association
• American Health Lawyers Association
• Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
• Connecticut Health Lawyers Association
• Health Care Compliance Association
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• U.S. District Court Criminal Justice Act Panel

Community Involvement

• Cheshire Board of Education
• Cheshire Education Foundation - past president, chairman

Honors & Awards

• Selected to the Connecticut Super Lawyers list in  2011, 2011/2012 in the area of criminal defense