JD, cum laude, University of Michigan, 2009

BS, Cornell University, 2006

• New York State Bar

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

• Top 15 US Legal Crypto Practitioners, Citywealth, 2022
• Federal Prosecutor of the Year, Federal Law Enforcement Foundation, 2017-18
• True American Hero, Federal Drug Agents Foundation, 2017

• Author, “What Hunter Biden and Donald Trump have in common,” CNN, March 13, 2024.
• Co-author, “Staying one step ahead: an evolving regulatory landscape for UK, U.S. firms using AI to monitor employee communications,” Reuters, February 13, 2024.
• Co-author, “What To Watch In High Court's FCA Scienter Standard Case,” Law360, April 14, 2023.
• Co-author, “How Far Will the DOJ Go? Individual Accountability in Corporate Criminal Cases,” ALM Corporate Counsel (expert opinion), January 12, 2023.
• Author, “Elizabeth Holmes was just sentenced to way too much prison time,” NBC News, November 18, 2022.
• Co-author, “Adnan Syed from ‘Serial’ cleared a legal hurdle. But is justice served?,” NBC News, September 20, 2022
• Co-author, “Is Your Company a Victim of a Crime? Why You May Want to Hold on Calling the Cops,” ALM Corporate Counsel (expert opinion), September 14, 2022.
• Author, “Designing Corporate Structure To Mitigate FCPA Risk in Light of the Second Circuit’s Recent Opinion,” New York Law Journal, August 22, 2022.
• Author, “Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed. Our criminal justice system still awaits the verdict,” Fortune, April 7, 2022.
• Author, “The Ghislaine Maxwell case is bringing the 'Runaway Jury' to life,” NBC News, March 8, 2022.
• Author, “The Federal Bureau of Investigative Journalists,” Fortune, January 5, 2022.
• Author, "Feeling the Pinch: How Recent Appellate Decisions Are Adding to Financial Institutions’ Regulatory Burden," New York Law Journal, December 17, 2021.
• Author, “Will Prosecutors Be Singing the Varsity Blues?,” Bloomberg Law, November 8, 2021.
• Co-author, "Protecting the Record at Sentencing,” DOJ Journal of Federal Law and Practice, September 2021.
• Co-author, "Private Equity Firms Continue to Face Increased Risk of FCA Liability in a Post-Covid World," Wall Street Lawyer, Volume 25, Issue 9, September 2021.
• Co-author, "Keeping the Fox out of the Henhouse: How Recent Court Decisions and a Mid-Trial Debacle Can Help Shield Privileged Material from the Government," New York Law Journal, September 2021.
• Author, “How Anti-Corruption Push Affects U.S. Companies Operating Abroad,” Law360, July 27, 2021.
• Author, “The Death Knell of Issue Certification and Why That Matters After Walmart v. Dukes,” 26 St. Thomas L. rev. 165, 172 (2014).
• Co-author, “Ferretts and Truffles and Hounds, Oh My. Getting Beyond Waiver,” 18 Green Bag 2d 77 (2014).
• Co-author, “Legal Writing as Good Writing: Tips from the Trenches,” 14 J. App. Prac. & Proc. 303 (2013).
• Co-author, “A Primer on Preserving Objections and Arguments for Appeal in Federal Court,” N.Y.L.J. (2012)

• Panelist, "Keeping the Fox Out of the Henhouse: How Recent Court Decisions and a Mid-Trial Debacle Can Help Shield Privileged Material From the Government," Thomson Reuters West LegalEdcenter, November 1, 2021.
• Guest Lecturer, Legal Writing, Northwestern School of Law, 2021.

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