Served as lead counsel for a high-level executive in a federal criminal prosecution of a major regional hospital regarding hundreds of agreements (options, leases, physician management agreements, and outsource collection agreements) used to facilitate improper payments to physicians and to other healthcare providers in exchange for patient referrals. At the time, this was one of the largest criminal healthcare cases in the Western region of the United States. The case was resolved such that the executive did not serve a single day of incarceration, despite initial criminal exposure of over 20 years.*

Represented an executive in a substantial securities fraud prosecution involving a publicly traded company and allegations of misstatements about inventory allegedly used to inflate the company's financial performance. Resolved case on favorable terms, despite significant criminal exposure.*

Handled an internal investigation for a city in Southern California regarding a federal government public corruption inquiry and subsequent prosecution.*

Represented an executive in a wide-ranging public corruption investigation and prosecution involving bribery and related misconduct.*

Served as coordinating counsel in a complex healthcare civil litigation involving multiple state and federal proceedings. The cases ran the gamut from receivership issues to bankruptcy proceedings, to applications for collateral relief, to appellate proceedings. The issues spanned a wide variety of healthcare, long-term care, corporate, and regulatory matters, as well as numerous proceedings involving several judgments collectively exceeding $1 billion.*

Served as lead counsel to a system of acute care hospitals in a substantial False Claims Act case by the United States Department of Justice and the California Attorney General's Office. Coordinated with various counsel for the many different owners and executives of the system. The matter involved allegations by a whistleblower of Stark and anti-kickback violations based upon physician directorships. The case resolved on favorable terms.*

Successfully represented a company accused of import/export violations in parallel civil, criminal, and administrative proceedings.*

Represented a major global company in a federal grand jury investigation concerning alleged tariff violations in connection with a significant multimillion-dollar project.*

Conducted an expansive internal investigation in connection with a prominent hospital in Northern California regarding numerous whistleblower complaints.*

Represented prominent California state court judges in connection with cyberstalking and harassment. Obtained injunctive and other appropriate relief on behalf of the sitting judges.*

Conducted an internal investigation for a local water district regarding employee misconduct.*

Successfully counseled private equity companies, regional real estate developers, nonprofit schools, universities, and a global religious organization in various unrelated and highly sensitive media crisis matters, spanning a number of difficult and highly visible challenges to the standing of these respective entities in the community.*

Handled defamation litigation against attorneys responsible for the wrongful pursuit of litigation and media campaign. Obtained substantial settlements against each attorney.*

Represented a large healthcare system regarding investigations by federal, state, and county prosecutors and other regulators concerning a host of legal and regulatory matters ranging from coding issues to directorships to fraud allegations to the corporate practice of medicine.*

Represented a large skilled nursing facility in a criminal investigation involving elder abuse allegations, where a presentation to a State Attorney General resulted in a declination of prosecution and no administrative actions.*

Represented an executive/owner of a defense contractor charged in a federal illegal campaign finance prosecution. Resolved the case without imposition of a term of incarceration, despite significant criminal exposure.*

Counseled companies in computer fraud and abuse, corporate espionage, and theft of trade secrets investigations, including illegal recordings, extortion, and other misconduct allegations.*

Investigated the placement of employees into a domestic company by a foreign nation for improper purposes.*

Represented a nonprofit community health center in a comprehensive internal investigation regarding potentially improper referrals, billing practices, employee misconduct, and other alleged regulatory concerns.*

Handled numerous investigations and complaints by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Civil Rights. Certain complaints against a healthcare facility and doctors involved the alleged discriminatory treatment of a transgender person, and a separate matter involved potential HIPAA and privacy violations. DHHS did not pursue the matters following the group's internal investigations and submissions.*

Represented a pool of employees in a far-ranging Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigation of a global defense contractor’s operations in Southern California, Mexico, and the Middle East.*

Conducted internal investigations for a global company regarding FCPA matters in India, The Republic of South Korea, the United Kingdom, and South Africa.*

Represented doctors and medical staff accused of misconduct in criminal and regulatory investigations.*

Counseled the chief medical officer of a regional hospital system in complex civil litigation between national healthcare systems. Conducted internal investigations of patient death cases (criminal and civil investigations) in skilled nursing facilities, of elder abuse cases (physical and financial) in a variety of different healthcare organizations, and of executive/employee misconduct in academic medical centers and other healthcare organizations. *

Served as counsel to a pool of sales executives at a large pharmaceutical company in a wide-ranging investigation by United States Attorneys Offices (criminal and civil) in numerous federal districts, and by various State Attorneys General Offices regarding the sale of opioid products. *

United States v. Ferguson, 676 F.3d 260 (2nd Cir. 2011) (fraud convictions vacated where district court abused its discretion in admitting stock price data and issuing a jury instruction directing verdict based upon causation).*

United States v. Nguyen, 81 F.3d 912 (9th Cir. 1996) (upholding convictions where credit cards possessed by the defendant were "access devices" within meaning of the statute).*

*Representation provided prior to joining ADK.

Author, Law.com expert opinion series on trade enforcement litigation defense and compliance (2026):

1. “The Cost of Trump's Tariffs Is Not Just Financial: It's the Uncertainty They Bring”

2. “The Frontline of Trade Compliance: Seven Steps to Protect Against Tariff Evasion Liability”

3. “What to Do When Trade Non-Compliance Turns Criminal: Potential Trial Defenses in Tariff Evasion Prosecutions” (co-authored with partner Tony Brown)

Author, "Managing Regret: Rule 502, the Disclosure of Privileged Material and Clawbacks,” Daily Journal

Panelist, “Judiciary Under Attack: Confronting Disinformation, Fake News and Online Attacks,” Court Leadership Academy & Conference

“The Mitigation Station: Fraud, Security and Compliance,” CFO Leadership Council Compliance Webinar

“What Health Care Executives Should Know About EKRA,” Vedder Price Webinar