Selected Experience

• Representation of a company in protracted litigation in federal district court in Tennessee, including as co-lead trial counsel, to protect its trade secrets following theft by a former employee.
• Representation of maker of durable medical equipment in False Claims Act Qui Tam litigation involving U.S. Attorney in Nashville and DOJ Civil Fraud Section in Washington.
• Representation of Tennessee-based health care provider in responding to simultaneous federal and state grand jury subpoenas and law enforcement investigations arising from operations across the U.S.
• Representation of German performance car maker in diesel emissions litigation in Tennessee Chancery Court and Court of Appeals.
• Representation of maker of hardware products in product liability litigation in Tennessee.
• Representation of agricultural trade association in Prop 65 litigation in California; in GMO litigation in federal district court in St. Louis; and in state Open Records Act litigation in Arkansas trial and Supreme Court. Served as outside General Counsel to association.
• Representation of clients in internal investigations and negotiations with agencies, law enforcement, elected officials, insurance carriers, and plaintiff lawyers arising from catastrophic industrial accidents and worker fatalities in Tennessee, around the U.S., and overseas.
• Representation of clients in numerous enforcement matters brought by Tennessee OSHA.
• Representation of individuals and companies in grand jury investigations and responding to subpoenas in federal and state courts and before agencies in Tennessee and throughout the United States in matters involving healthcare, automotive, and energy industries among others.
• Representation of individuals and companies in investigations and prosecutions involving joint participation of US Attorneys’ Offices and Main Justice Criminal Fraud Section.
• Representation and counseling for clients related to active shooter incidents at grocery stores, health care facilities, and factories.
• Representation of oil and gas industry associations in challenges to federal agency final rules in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
• Representation of major pharmaceutical company in sovereign immunity litigation in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
• Representation of Big Three automaker in asbestos case in U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and in civil Rico litigation including appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
• Representation of developer of solid waste landfill in constitutional Commerce Clause litigation in federal district court in Georgia.
• Representation of Superfund defendants in constitutional preemption litigation with insurance carrier in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
• Representation of major medical device maker in FOIA litigation in federal court in San Francisco.
• Representation of Superfund defendant in Administrative Due Process challenge to EPA order.
• Representation of paper company in toxic tort litigation at trial and state Supreme Court levels in Mississippi.
• Representation of Spanish manufacturer of wind turbine units in warranty dispute.
• Representation of publicly traded and private equity clients in dozens of U.S. and international M&A due diligence projects involving environmental health and safety and other regulatory diligence issues.