Private Practice

• Represented biopharmaceutical giant in a long-running internal and government-facing investigation stemming from a multi-year, multimillion dollar scheme perpetrated by an employee, persuading the DOJ to issue a first-ever declination, with no fines or penalties.
• Represented individual in high-profile DOJ white-collar prosecution, involving an alleged $575 million scheme
• Represented subject in federal racketeering investigation.
• Represented subject of high-profile FCPA investigation.
• Represented investment advisor in federal action against the SEC.
• Represent biotechnology company in products liability actions.
• Conducted internal investigation for major cannabis company.
• Advised crypto platform on criminal and regulatory risks.
• Represented publishing company in federal investigation as a victim of fraud.
• Advised clients in cross-border deals on U.S. compliance-related issues.
• Represented defense contractor under False Claims Act investigation.
• Represented individual in asset forfeiture proceeding.
• Developed civil claims for a fintech company.
• Represented high networth individual to protect his privacy in a federal criminal action.
• Represented subject in a federal tax fraud prosecution.
• Represented individual in DOJ prosecution that followed an SEC investigation.
• Represent insurance company in civil litigation related to fraud.
• Represented victim and witness before the SEC Office of the Whistleblower. 
• Conducted trainings for companies and private equity firm related to FCPA compliance, internal investigations, and ethical issues that arise in government-facing inquiries.
• Represented audit committee in investigation of accounting fraud.
• Represented special committee in investigation of fraud, self-dealing by executives.
• Represented financial institution in investigation by the NY Attorney General.
• Advised insurance company in a NY Attorney General’s inquiry regarding healthcare fraud.
• Represented trustee in a cross-border government tax investigation.
• Represented pharmaceutical company in a Lanham Act counterfeit litigation that ran parallel to DOJ investigation.
• Represented individual in a DOJ investigation into fraud related to NFTs and cryptocurrency.
• Represented victim investors and creditors in connection with real estate fraud and civil litigation.
• Represented investor in breach-of-contract and fraud dispute.
• Represented bank employee in government investigation.
• Conducted an internal investigation in response to a discrimination complaint.
• Drafted anti-corruption, anti-money laundering and social media compliance policies.
• Part of a team advising an elevator manufacturer concerning a False Claims Act action.
• Advised an investment management company concerning a Title VII discrimination lawsuit.
  
   

Government Service

• Led investigation and negotiated deferred prosecution agreement requiring a trading firm to pay US$163 million in a first-ever DOJ-CFTC joint resolution that resolved charges in Brazil, Mexico and Ecuador.
• Led investigation and resolution with DOJ Fraud, with assistance from foreign authorities, to obtain a US$16.6 million criminal fine for FCPA violations related to the purchase and sale of asphalt in Brazil, Venezuela and Ecuador, as well as convictions of six individuals, including high-level executives.
• Led a multi-DOJ-component team in obtaining an indictment against an oil trader for a five-year international bribery scheme to obtain a US$300 million contract.
• Led an investigation into a Swiss-based commodities trading company, resulting in a guilty plea of a former employee and millions of dollars in forfeiture.
• Led investigations into, among others, (a) bank alleged to have committed money laundering; (b) a national medical center alleged to have committed widespread healthcare fraud; (c) an executive of a credit card company alleged to have committed wire fraud; (d) individuals potentially engaging in wire fraud for investment opportunities overseas; and (e) Indian-based companies involved in computer fraud in the United States.
• Led a month-long racketeering trial, securing convictions on all 26 counts.
• Led a trial against an accountant for tax fraud, securing a conviction on all 19 counts.
• Led a trial against a criminal defense attorney accused of bribery, securing convictions on all counts.
• Led a trial against a criminal defense attorney accused of lying to a federal agency, securing convictions on all counts.

Argued 15 Second Circuit appeals and briefed many others, including:

• Briefed and argued an issue of first impression on statutory construction; obtained a favorable opinion from the divided panel that resolved a split between district court judges.
• Briefed and argued appeal novel constitutional issue.
• Briefed and argued appeal involving novel application of the Travel Act, obtaining precedent-setting opinion
• Briefed and argued appeals regarding the application of new Supreme Court precedent, obtaining a favorable opinion.
• Argued appeal from a trial involving stock manipulation, obtaining a favorable opinion.
• Briefed Second Circuit appeal regarding United States jurisdiction over a French citizen.
• Briefed Second Circuit appeal following a month-long trial involving a transnational organization