The number of major cases (RICO, federal income tax evasion, mail and wire fraud, defense procurement fraud, securities fraud, bank fraud, etc) defended over the course of 31 plus years as a white collar criminal defense attorney is impossible to calculate. Clients have included Fortune 500 corporations, significant privately held companies and their principals, and individuals.
The number of civil lawsuits handled over the course of a 31 plus year career in the private sector is impossible to calculate. The figure of 90 is an estimate. Clients represented in significant civil litigation have included major banks (Wells Fargo, Mellon Bank), the Weisman Institute of Science, substantial privately held companies and their principals, and individuals. The matters handled have included civil RICO, business torts, contract matters, real estate matters, and injunctions.
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