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Representative matters include:

• Won the acquittal of a retired FBI supervisor charged with four counts of murder.
• Received a jury verdict acquitting a commercial explosives industry executive in a federal criminal antitrust trial in Kentucky.
• Received a jury verdict acquitting a concrete pipe industry executive in a federal criminal antitrust trial in Detroit.
• Represented a $97 billion telecommunications services provider in response to a state grand jury subpoena.
• Won the acquittal of the owner of tugboats and barges in a federal criminal prosecution alleging illegal discharges of municipal waste in New York harbor.
• Won the acquittal of the owner of an onshore oil tank facility in a federal criminal prosecution alleging illegal storage of PCB-contaminated oil.
• Tried the largest public corruption case in Ohio history, in the six-week trial of a rare-coin dealer charged with violation of Ohio’s RICO, theft, money laundering, record tampering and forgery statutes involving state assets invested in rare-coin funds.
• Secured a pre-trial dismissal of the federal wire fraud indictment of a nationally known hedge fund analyst charged with multimillion-dollar theft and embezzlement.
• Defended a multimillion-dollar mortgage company charged with violations of Ohio’s RICO, theft, money laundering and record tampering statutes, securing dismissal of all claims within 10 days of indictment.
• Negotiated complete immunity for a Japanese executive in U.S. and Canadian proceedings in Archer-Daniels-Midland criminal antitrust cases.
• Secured avoidance of criminal charges against the general manager of a $10 billion national fertilizer producer who was the target of federal and state Clean Water Act investigations stemming from the spill of chemical fertilizer.
• Represented a world-famous professor and expert on consumer behavior in his appeal following his conviction for various insider trading offenses.
• Represented an elected state public official in a federal investigation into federal campaign finance irregularities.
• Represented a prominent businessman in prosecution for insider trading.
• Defended businessmen in federal antitrust investigations in the metal flake and fur pelt industries.
• Represented a businessman in prosecution involving federal campaign finance violations during the 2004 presidential campaign.
• Represented the chief engineer of an oceangoing tanker in prosecution for obstruction of justice and illegal discharges of oil.
• Represented a businessman and a closely held business in allegations involving FCPA.
• Represented senior executives in the SEC investigation of financial restatement by a NYSE-listed company.
• Represented a multibillion-dollar retailer in an effort to recover forfeited funds from a state prosecutor’s office and other governmental agencies.
• Represented a mortgage banking company that specializes in the servicing of residential mortgage loans in Cleveland Municipal Housing Court with regard to housing code violations.
• Defended a medical professional charged with theft from an international drug store chain in a federal wire fraud indictment.
• Secured avoidance of criminal charges for an individual facing felony vandalism charges.
• Secured avoidance of federal and state criminal charges for an individual arrested for illegal activities aboard a coast-to-coast airplane flight.
• Secured avoidance of criminal charges for an individual arrested for child endangering.
• Represented a prominent local businessman as a witness in a homicide investigation.
• Represented an FBI special agent prosecuted for reckless endangerment in state court.
• Represented a European ship broker in a high-profile federal arms export prosecution.
• Represented a publicly held construction company in federal and state criminal and federal false claims investigations.
• Represented construction industry executives and architects in federal and state fraud and labor bribery investigations and prosecutions.
• Represented a foreign company in a state criminal fraud and bribery investigation.
• Represented a hedge fund in a federal criminal bribery investigation.
• Represented multiple physicians in federal and state health care fraud investigations and prosecutions.
• Represented a Russian investment banker in a federal fraud investigation.
• Represented individual lawyers and accountants in federal and state fraud investigations and prosecutions.
• Represented a construction company in a criminal building code matter in Cleveland Municipal Court.