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Recent Results in White Collar
Criminal Defense
1. In the largest health care fraud investigation in history (involving Columbia HCA), our firm represented a client that was threatened with prosecution for allegedly participating in efforts to “defraud” the government by developing allegedly “improper” methods of coding certain charges. Through our lengthy representation of our client over three years, the matter was resolved, with no criminal or civil liability for our client.
2. A group of physicians (surgeons) was notified by the government that they were being investigated for allegedly violating criminal statutes, including anti-kickback laws, arising from the sale of their medical practice. The doctors retained our firm, and we were able to resolve the matter with no criminal or civil liability for our clients.
3. Our firm won the reversal of a conviction
of a man who had served eleven years in prison, after
other good lawyers had lost at every stage of trial,
appeal, and a prior habeas corpus petition. The firm
uncovered evidence that the government had intimidated
a witness and presented a false version of the facts
at trial. Instead of completing a mandatory life sentence
for malice murder, our client went home to his family.
4. Our firm successfully negotiated
the resolution of felony charges for a client who
was a central figure in the City of Atlanta political
corruption investigation. Through creative lawyering,
our client became the first person in the investigation
to avoid prison altogether, and to receive a probated sentence, notwithstanding allegations that he had
made illegal payments to the Mayor's campaigns.
5. The firm won the acquittal on all
counts of a client who was prosecuted in federal court
in New York in a case that concerned $20 million
of stolen computer parts. The client had been
charged in a 26-count indictment with interstate transportation
of stolen property, money laundering, and obstruction
of justice. The client, a businessman, had faced
a substantial sentence if a conviction had resulted.
6. The firm represented another businessman
accused of conspiracy to transport stolen property
and money laundering in the northeast. Initially
threatened with federal felony charges, the client
was able to resolve the case through a state misdemeanor
plea that resulted in no incarceration.
7. The firm represented a health care
provider in a prosecution alleging Medicare fraud.
A potential sentence of several years in prison was
avoided by the firm's negotiating a plea, and then
by litigating a critical issue under the Sentencing
Guidelines. The client was able to avoid imprisonment
and continue his employment.
8. The firm represented a businessman
in a tax fraud case arising from an IRS sting operation.
The Sentencing Guidelines provided a lengthy term
of imprisonment for the potential charges. The firm
arranged a disposition of the case by which the
client avoided incarceration altogether.
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