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“We have a deep team of first-chair trial lawyers…”
their contractual rights, as well as defending other commercial disputes. On the eve of the first World Series
championship won by the Chicago Cubs in more than a century, our lawyers helped Major League Baseball
thwart the sale of counterfeit souvenirs in the streets outside Wrigley Field. In a demonstration of our depth and
reach, partners Jake Kahn, Ryan Poscablo, and Ed Casmere from our Chicago and New York offices combined
forces to successfully prosecute a securities fraud action.
White Collar Defense, Investigations and Compliance
We are quite proud to say that in 2017, Best Lawyers in America named Ron Safer as Chicago’s Lawyer of
the Year for his White Collar defense practice. We are equally proud to say Best Lawyers in America and
Chambers USA has ranked three partners from our white collar practice, Patricia Brown Holmes, Matt Crowl,
and Ron Safer, among the best in the land.
Led by seven former federal and state prosecutors, a former judge, and multiple equally talented career defense
attorneys, our White Collar Defense, Investigations and Compliance practice can handle virtually any investigation
or enforcement action of any scale. In the past year, this team (led by Ron Safer, Patricia Brown Holmes, Matt
Crowl, Valarie Hays, Dave Resnicoff, Kelly Warner, Ryan Poscablo, and Sandy Musumeci) regularly counseled,
defended, and vindicated our clients in what in every instance were quite serious matters. Faced with the prospect of
government sanctions in the form of monetary penalties, exclusion from federal programs, and even incarceration,
we brought to bear more than 100 collective years of experience either prosecuting or defending public and private
companies, corporate executives, and ordinary citizens in similar situations.
Our team represented companies and individuals in a variety of government investigations and prosecutions.
Some were witnesses; some were subjects; and some were targets of the investigations. Our cases have involved
allegations of fraud, bribery, racketeering, kickbacks, off-label sales, and a variety of corruption charges. We
often worked closely with other major law firms representing companies and individuals in those same cases.
Over the past year, our internal investigations team has handled some of our most important work. We can
describe a few of our engagements in broad outlines:
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Suspecting fraud and other corruption, the FBI raided the home of a CEO of a major long term care company
as well as other locations last year. The General Counsel turned to us to manage the immediate crisis, take
control of the defense, and conduct a thorough parallel investigation. We found a pattern of abuse by several
senior executives, cooperated with authorities, and in the process, contained and stabilized the matter so
the Board and management could focus on continuing to provide the highest quality of healthcare. While
the criminal case continues, we have filed a civil RICO action, seeking the return of millions of dollars that we
believe was looted from our client.
We regularly conduct investigations and assessments in the U.S. and overseas involving allegations of
bribery under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). For instance, in the midst of an investigation by the
U.S. Department of Justice for allegedly bribing foreign government officials, a global medical equipment
manufacturer retained us to conduct a global and independent assessment of its compliance program and
risk under the FCPA. Working non-stop for 60 days in Asia, the Middle East, and Europe, our partners and
associates conducted more than 100 face-to-face interviews of our client’s executives and distributors, and
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