Criminal Defense, Government Investigations & Government Enforcement

• Acquired pre-trial dismissal of all charges against an engineer based on overwhelming evidence negating the prosecution’s allegations.
• Represented the treasurer of a nonprofit organization in a pre-indictment investigation into missing funds, successfully removing the treasurer from a pool of suspects.
• Defended an executive of an international shipping company against allegations that he illegally exported goods to Russia.
• Defended a college professor in an NIH investigation into alleged improper use and mishandling of grant funds, resulting in no action by NIH and complete restoration of professorial privileges at the professor’s university.
• Represented a banking executive in investigations by federal agencies and prosecutors relating to compliance with banking regulations.
• Defended a lawyer facing charges of forgery and tampering with evidence.
• Represented an international company in a pre-indictment investigation involving allegations that its employees defrauded customers and engaged in improper kickback schemes.
• Defended a national airport maintenance and transportation company in a pre-indictment investigation and grand jury subpoena response involving allegations of anti-competitive bid rigging.
• Defended an individual and the individual’s various businesses in a civil enforcement action brought by the Ohio Attorney General on behalf of Ohio EPA relating to alleged violations of state laws regulating construction and demolition debris, recovered screen material, solid waste, and other environmental regulations.
• Defended a government contractor in an investigation by the Office of Inspector General relating to fraudulent billing practices.
• Defended an insurance company in an investigation by a state agency relating to improper sales tactics.
• Defended a small business owner in a False Claims Act investigation by DOJ Main Justice into the alleged improper use of PPP Loan funds.
• Defended a government contractor investigated for misuse of government funds and improper employment practices by the Office of Inspector General.
• Defended an individual investigated by the SEC for improper oversight of a mutual fund.
• Defended a manufacturing facility investigated by EPA for compliance with emission unit standards under the Clean Air Act.
• Represented an electronic nicotine delivery device manufacturer and distributor in connection with an ATF investigation for PACT Act compliance.
• Defended various electronic nicotine delivery device manufacturers and sellers against claims aimed at closing their businesses instituted by a state attorney general.
• Conducted an internal investigation into an international company regarding allegations of a hostile work environment and potential Title VII claims because of a manager’s alleged improper conduct.
• Conducted an internal investigation into a national vehicle servicer involving allegations of improper inventory handling and an executive’s improper conduct.
• Conducted an internal investigation into a company specializing in COVID-19 testing for potential allegations of Medicare/Medicaid fraud.
• Defended indigent clients against state and federal charges involving violent crimes, drug offenses, fraud-based offenses, and others pursuant to an appointment to the Criminal Justice Act’s Panel for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio and through the Hamilton County Public Defender’s Office.

Internal Investigations & Whistleblower Complaints

• Defended a nonprofit entity investigated for fraud and misuse of PPP Loan funds based on a whistleblower complaint to a local U.S. Attorney’s Office.
• Conducted an investigation and managed the immediate emergency response to a catastrophic industrial accident involving chemicals and a pressure vessel.
• Conducted an investigation into a publicly traded company in response to a whistleblower complaint of improper termination based on whistleblower retaliation.
• Conducted an internal investigation in response to a whistleblower complaint into a national vehicle servicer involving allegations of improper inventory handling and an executive’s improper financial conduct.
• Conducted an internal investigation into an 8(a) government contractor following allegations of fraud and misuse of public funds.
• Conducted an internal investigation of a technology startup relating to allegations that an executive embezzled company and investor funds.
• Conducted an internal investigation into an international company regarding allegations of a hostile work environment and potential Title VII claims because of a manager’s alleged improper conduct.
• Conducted an internal investigation into a company specializing in COVID-19 testing for potential allegations of Medicare/Medicaid fraud.
• Advised a Fortune 500 company relating to its procedures for handling certain chemicals in compliance with state and federal laws relating to controlled substances.

Injunctive Relief

• Defeated a request for injunctive relief to prohibit an individual from working in a sector of the construction industry after a full evidentiary hearing.
• Defended a religious organization from injunctive relief relating to its decision to remove certain congregants from its premises.
• Acquired emergency relief at trial for an individual seeking to cease his former partner’s occupation of the individual’s real property.
• Acquired emergency injunctive relief for a medical communications company seeking to cease a former officer’s access to trade secrets and violation of a non-competition agreement.
• Acquired emergency injunctive relief for a software-as-a-service company seeking to cease two former salespersons’ access to and alleged use of trade secrets in operating their own competing company in violation of non-competition agreements.

Breach of Restrictive Covenants & Trade Secret Misappropriation

• Successfully defended a client against allegations of civil contempt for alleged violations of a consent judgment enforcing non-competition covenants.
• Led a multistate team in representing a staffing agency in multiple lawsuits in several state and federal courts involving injunctive relief based on claims of trade secret misappropraition and breach of various restrictive covenants.
• Asserted claims for breach of a non-competition covenant and trade secret misappropriation on behalf of a medical communications company against a former sales executive and sought emergency injunctive relief, including briefing appealable issues in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Civil Litigation

• Acquired a defense verdict for a general contractor involving allegations that the company deposited contaminated soil at an individual’s property, reducing millions in claimed damages to nominal damages.
• Represented two minority members asserting derivative and direct claims against the majority member in several LLCs for numerous breaches of fiduciary duty, fraud, breach of operating agreements, and other claims.
• Represented a minority owner of various family companies asserting claims against the majority owner involving claims of breaches of fiduciary duty, fraud, breach of operating agreements, and more.
• Represented shareholders of a national media company in their attempt to sell the company for shareholder profit and defended them from allegations from another shareholder that the sale breached fiduciary duties.

Pro Bono

• Serves as a conflicts panel attorney for state courts in Cincinnati.
• Serves on the CJA Panel for the Southern District of Ohio.
• Represented numerous residential tenants in landlord/tenant disputes.
• Drafted terms of use and privacy policies for a local nonprofit STEM learning center.