Enforcement Actions & Investigations

• Represented a former public company CFO indicted on conspiracy, securities fraud, and false statements charges arising from SEC filings; the DOJ and SEC later voluntarily dismissed the charges.
• Defended a high-profile startup executive in a monthlong federal criminal jury trial involving $175 million in alleged bank, wire, and securities fraud tied to one of the world’s largest financial institutions.
• Defended the highest-ranking non-clergy executive of a major religious nonprofit institution against federal fraud charges.
• Represented the chief executive and board chair of a clean-energy company in a high-profile federal corruption and bribery investigation.
• Represented the CFO of a publicly traded food service company in parallel SEC and DOJ accounting fraud and tax investigations.
• Represented a US bank’s chief anti-money laundering officer in a criminal investigation involving alleged AML and Bank Secrecy Act violations.
• Advised employees of major international financial institutions in DOJ, CFTC, foreign regulator, SEC, and state investigations involving alleged trading improprieties, anticompetitive conduct, and residential mortgage-backed securities.
• Counseled a Big Four accounting firm executive in an international PCAOB obstruction and accounting fraud investigation.
• Counseled an advisor at a Fortune 100 financial institution in a DOJ insider trading investigation.
• Represented a hedge fund analyst in a criminal insider trading investigation involving an alleged expert network.
• Counseled the CEO and founder of an international market consulting firm in a federal market manipulation and money laundering case.
• Represented companies and individuals in FCPA and commercial bribery investigations, including financial institution employees, a former investment banking division chief, and the founder and CEO of an international oil and gas company.
• Represented the chief operating officer and director of several foreign financial services companies in a DOJ Tax Division corporate tax fraud investigation.
• Represented the CEO of one of the country’s largest REITs in an internal investigation concerning portfolio-marking issues.
• Represented a prominent community advisor to the mayor of a major American city in a corruption investigation.
• Represented a professional athlete in an SEC investigation involving alleged cryptocurrency touting violations.
• Counseled an investment advisory firm in an SEC “pay to play” investigation.
• Represented a bitcoin trader in a private dispute involving a multimillion-dollar trading loss.
• Counseled a foreign corporation in a federal grand jury investigation involving a Bitcoin exchange.
• Represented a construction and paving company in a DOJ Antitrust Division bid-rigging investigation.
• Represented a records systems and services company in a federal government contracts and False Claims Act investigation.
• Represented a former program manager of a Fortune 500 weapons manufacturer in a government contracts and False Claims Act investigation involving antiballistic missile systems supplied to foreign countries.
• Represented a company and individuals in an investigation involving alleged trade secret theft and misappropriation of a competitor’s data.
• Represented an internet transaction payment provider in an internal investigation involving a ransomware and denial-of-service cyberattack.
• Advised an automobile manufacturing executive in a DOJ investigation and related civil litigation concerning National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issues.
• Advised an internet technology executive in a Computer Fraud and Abuse Act investigation.
• Represented a professional basketball player agent in matters involving alleged NCAA rules violations and related assertions of federal mail and wire fraud.
• Represented the general counsel of an international food company in a federal grand jury investigation.
• Represented current and former financial institution traders and trading executives in FINRA, SEC, and other market-access and complex financial instrument trading investigations.
• Advised a cash-handling and processing company on legal issues related to commercial marijuana distribution.

Complex Business Litigation

• Won a federal jury trial for Marvel Entertainment, defeating a multimillion-dollar breach of contract claim involving royalties for the Spider-Man Web Blaster roleplay toy.
• Secured summary judgment dismissing a $30 million federal business tort claim against the COO of a multinational financial conglomerate, and prevailed on a rare motion to access attorney-client communications under the offensive-use doctrine.
• Represented real estate loan securitization and servicing companies in a $100 million breach of contract case in New York federal court.
• Secured dismissal of multimillion-dollar fraud and contract claims against an international oil and gas executive in the Commercial Division of the New York Supreme Court.
• Obtained a preliminary injunction for Krispy Kreme Doughnuts in New York federal court against a franchisee in Lanham Act trademark and trade secret litigation.
• Defended a professional basketball player agent in decertification proceedings initiated by the players’ union in the collective bargaining context.
• Represented a senior NHL team executive in a business dispute with the organization and related arbitration before the NHL commissioner.