- Anti-Money Laundering
- Antitrust
- Automotive
- Due Diligence + Corporate Compliance
- Educational Institutions
- False Claims Act + Other Whistleblower Actions
- Financial Services
- First Amendment + Newsroom
- Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
- Fraud + Abuse Litigation + Investigations
- Health Care + Life Sciences
- International
- Litigation + Trial
- Securities Litigation
- State Attorneys General
- White Collar Litigation + Investigations
- Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
- Commissioner/chair, Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission
- Director/treasurer, Defender Association of Philadelphia
- Served as a member of the board of directors and executive committee of the Committee of Seventy of Philadelphia; this non-partisan organization has conducted a permanent campaign for more than 100 years to improve the Philadelphia region by demanding ethical conduct of public officials, promoting government efficiency, educating citizens, and safeguarding elections
- Served as a commissioner on the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, appointed by former Governor Ed Rendell and reappointed by former Governor Tom Corbett
- Served as chair of the Mayor’s Task Force on Ethics and Campaign Finance Reform, appointed by former Mayor Michael Nutter
- Served as a member of the board of directors, Citizens Diplomacy International – Philadelphia
- Served as trustee appointed by The School District of Philadelphia, PFT Health and Welfare Fund
- Served as chair of an assessment team that evaluated the status of Philadelphia Safe and Sound, a nonprofit organization responsible for contracting protective services for children
- Adjunct instructor on trial advocacy and corruption law and policy, Temple University Beasley School of Law
- Guest lecturer on corruption law and policy, Drexel University School of Law
- Guest lecturer on corruption law and policy, University of Pennsylvania Law School
- Assistant United States attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA), 2000-08 (chief of corruption, Civil Rights, Labor and Tax Fraud Unit, 2002-08)
- Assistant United States attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA), 1994-99
Education
- Yale Law School, J.D., 1990, executive editor, Yale Law and Policy Review
- The Pennsylvania State University, B.A., 1987, economics
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania
Court Admissions
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee
Clerkships
- Hon. Edmund V. Ludwig, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1990-1991
- Panelist, “Getting Back to Trial: Post Pandemic Federal Criminal Trials,” Federal Criminal Law Committee, September 22, 2022.
- Presenter, “Ethics in Restructuring,” Turnaround Management Association, July 20, 2022.
- Speaker, “Grand Jury Process,” One-Day Law School for Journalists, Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts, Philadelphia, PA, July 2021.
- Co-author, “Will DBE Fraud Continue to Be Prosecuted? The Impact of the Kousisis Decision in the Shifting Affirmative Action Landscape,” Troutman Pepper Locke, June 6, 2025.
- Co-author, “The False Claims Act Enters the School Zone,” Troutman Pepper Locke, May 23, 2025.
- Co-author, “DOJ’s Criminal Division Announces Updates to White-Collar Enforcement and Corporate Policies,” Troutman Pepper Locke, May 15, 2025.
- Co-author, “DOJ Will Use Compulsory Legal Process to Compel Production of Information From News Media Following Recent Update to Policy,” Troutman Pepper Locke, May 2, 2025.
- Co-author, “Recent DOJ Intervention Highlights FCA Use Against Customs Fraud,” Troutman Pepper Locke, April 22, 2025.
- Co-author, “Trump Pauses FCPA Enforcement: Implications for Corporate Compliance Strategies,” Troutman Pepper Locke, February 18, 2025.
- Co-author, “Pennsylvania Supreme Court Stiffens Standards for Investigatory Grand Jury Reports,” Troutman Pepper, December 4, 2024.
- Co-author, “Suppliers Beware: U.S. Government Continues Prosecution of Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Fraud Cases Involving Supplies Passed Through Disadvantaged Business Enterprises,” Pratt’s Government Contracting Law Report, August 2023.
- Co-author, “Does the Government Retain Control of False Claims Act Cases?,” Troutman Pepper, June 21, 2023.
- Co-author, “Suppliers Beware: US Government Continues Prosecution of DBE Fraud Cases Involving Supplies Passed Through DBEs,” Troutman Pepper, April 26, 2023.
- Co-author, “It’s Not “Business as Usual” for DOJ’s Corporate Criminal Enforcement Efforts,” Troutman Pepper, September 20, 2022.
- Co-author, “Limiting PE Firms’ Exposure to FCA Liability for Alleged Misconduct by Portfolio Companies,” Troutman Pepper, July 19, 2022.
- Co-author, “DOJ’s Case Against Ericsson Reinforces the Importance of Self-Disclosure for Companies Subject to DPAs and Monitorships,” Troutman Pepper, March 10, 2022.
- Co-author, “The AKS “Means What It Says” — But Some Manufacturers and Patients Are Still Between a Rock and a Hard Place on Copay Assistance,” Troutman Pepper, October 11, 2021.
- Mentioned, “Nike Still Owes Fees In ‘Cool Compression’ TM Case,” Law360, October 16, 2024.
- Mentioned, “Nike Faces Trial in Trademark Suit Over ‘Cool Compression’,” Bloomberg Law, February 25, 2021.
- Mentioned, “Nike Can’t Beat ‘Cool Compression’ Trademark Case,” Law360, February 24, 2021.