Eoin P. Beirne
Member / Co-chair, White Collar Defense and Government Investigations Practice
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Eóin Beirne, co-chair of Mintz Levin’s national White Collar and Government Investigations practice, is an accomplished white collar defense lawyer who resourcefully shepherds individual and corporate clients through government investigations and enforcement proceedings.
Eóin represents clients in a wide variety of industries in federal and state courts and before an array of investigative and enforcement bodies. Eóin routinely represents Boards of Directors or Board committees conducting internal investigations. He counsels clients on a variety of matters including grand juries, wire and mail fraud, securities fraud, health care fraud, public corruption, insider trading, and violations of the False Claims Act and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Eóin has secured trial acquittals and dismissals in cases in federal and state courts and represents clients dealing with the DOJ, SEC, State Attorneys General, OIGs, FINRA and other regulatory and enforcement bodies.
Eóin has conducted numerous internal investigations both at the client’s own initiative and following receipt of a subpoena, Civil Investigative Demand or other notice of a government investigation. Eóin also advises clients responding to cyber-attacks and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
Eóin Beirne, co-chair of Mintz Levin’s national White Collar and Government Investigations practice, is an accomplished white collar defense lawyer who resourcefully shepherds individual and corporate clients through government investigations and enforcement proceedings.
Experience
Representative Matters
- Chief engineer of the successful trial defense and the only acquittal of a parent, Amin C. Khoury, in the “Varsity Blues” college admissions cases. Mr. Khoury was found not guilty of all charges at trial.
- Resolved a second case on behalf of a charged parent in the Varsity Blues cases.
- Convinced the Department of Justice not to charge several medical practices with violations of the Anti-kickback statute, health care fraud or False Claims Act violations.
- Represented an individual in connection with a federal “pump and dump” securities fraud investigation.
- Currently representing various health care providers in connection with criminal and civil investigations.
- Represented a top executive in connection with multi-billion dollar 1MDB global fraud investigation and prosecution – after presentations to the government, client was not charged.
- Represented contractor in NTSB and grand jury investigation in connection with Merrimack Valley gas explosions – no charges brought.
- Represented several nationally prominent elected officials with respect to grand jury investigations without any charges being brought.
- Convinced the Department of Justice not to charge or sue a number of government contractors in differing industries following investigations of alleged False Claims Act violations.
- Resolved False Claims Act investigation by the Department of Justice and Massachusetts Attorney General into urgent care clinic chain.
- Represented several diagnostic laboratories in connection with criminal and civil investigations by the Department of Justice.
- Represented pharmaceutical company in connection with SEC and DOJ insider trading investigation.
- Secured complete dismissal of charges at trial in federal court involving mail and wire fraud against an individual charged with large-scale fraud.
- Represented large corporation in connection with Foreign Corrupt Practice Act investigation resulting in no charges brought.
- Represented Wynn Resorts and company executives in connection with grand jury investigation.
- Performed internal investigation for board committee in response to whistleblower complaint.
- Routinely represent individual witnesses in connection with FBI and OIG investigations.
- Represented a technology company in connection with theft by former employee.
viewpoints
Health Care Enforcement Review and 2018 Outlook: Criminal and Civil Enforcement Trends
January 8, 2018 | Blog | By Eoin Beirne, Samantha Kingsbury, Karen Lovitch
DOJ and OIG Announce Largest Ever National Health Care Fraud Takedown; Focus on Opioids
July 21, 2017 | Blog | By Eoin Beirne
Health Care Enforcement Review and 2017 Outlook: Yates Memo in Action
January 3, 2017 | Blog | By Eoin Beirne
Jury Acquits Former Pharma Exec in One of the First Post-Yates Memo Health Care Fraud Prosecutions
June 27, 2016 | Blog | By Samantha Kingsbury, Eoin Beirne
DOJ Issues Memo Directing Prosecutors to Focus on Individual Accountability
September 11, 2015 | Blog | By Eoin Beirne, Bridget Rohde
News & Press
Fifty-Nine Attorneys Recognized as 2023 Massachusetts Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
October 12, 2023
4 Years On, Unraveling The Lessons Of 'Varsity Blues'
September 27, 2023
Thirteen Mintz Members Named To Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators List
September 11, 2023
Fencers' Creds Foiled Harvard Bribe Case, Attys Say
December 22, 2022
Twenty-Eight Mintz Attorneys Named To Boston Magazine’s Top Lawyers List
November 22, 2022
The Government’s Long Game for Investigating COVID-19 Relief Fraud
November 11, 2022
Why A 76-Year-Old Top Court Case Could Undo 'Varsity Blues'
November 10, 2022
New Mass. AG Campbell Inherits 'Bold' Litigation Mandate
November 9, 2022
2019 Trends In DOJ Health Care Enforcement
January 13, 2020
2017 Health Care Enforcement Review: Final Thoughts
January 19, 2018
Eighty-Four Mintz Attorneys Named 2016 Massachusetts Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
October 18, 2016
Events & Speaking
Eóin Beirne, co-chair of Mintz Levin’s national White Collar and Government Investigations practice, is an accomplished white collar defense lawyer who resourcefully shepherds individual and corporate clients through government investigations and enforcement proceedings.
Recognition & Awards
National Law Journal: 2022 Litigation Trailblazer
Chambers USA: Massachusetts- Litigation: White Collar Crime and Government Investigations (2022-2023)
Lawdragon: "500 Leading Litigators in America" (2022-2023)
Best Lawyers in America: Criminal Defense: White Collar (2021-2024)
Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America, The Trial Lawyer Honorary Society
Massachusetts Super Lawyers: Criminal Defense: White Collar (2017-2023)
Massachusetts Super Lawyers: Rising Star – Criminal Defense: White Collar (2013 - 2016)
Boston Magazine: Top Lawyers – Criminal Defense-White Collar (2021 - 2022)
Eóin Beirne, co-chair of Mintz Levin’s national White Collar and Government Investigations practice, is an accomplished white collar defense lawyer who resourcefully shepherds individual and corporate clients through government investigations and enforcement proceedings.
Involvement
- Member, Boston Bar Association
- Member, Federal Bar Association
- Past Board Member, Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (MACDL)
- Past Member, American Bar Association’s Public Corruption and Extortion Subcommittee and the Criminal E-Discovery Taskforce