| When the government is your opponent in a dispute, the stakes are almost always high and the proceedings must be handled with extreme care.
Our firm has nationally recognized teams that serve a number of highly regulated industries, including health care, energy, communications, finance and hospitality. In addition to decades of experience working with governmental bodies on behalf of clients, many of our teams include lawyers who have previously served in government at the federal, state or local level. This gives us the insight and judgment to handle the most sensitive administrative proceedings, investigations and pre-emption matters for clients in those industries.
We also help clients, regulated or not, with environmental and other agency investigations, white-collar criminal investigations and prosecutions, tax disputes and government contracts cases.
- Administrative—We are experienced in seeking favorable rulemakings from federal and state administrative agencies and in responding to or challenging new rules on behalf of our clients. Our relationships with agency leadership and staff in such diverse areas as health care, communications, tax and insurance help us resolve issues at the highest level, if necessary.
- Government investigations—We have helped individuals and companies respond to grand jury investigations, government investigative demands, subpoenas and search warrants, as well as in facing ongoing investigations by a variety of federal agencies.
- Federal pre-emption—We have assisted companies in telecommunications, health care and other industries in seeking federal pre-emption of unfavorable state and local statutes and regulations.
- White collar—We have defended corporate executives, directors, officers and other individuals against white-collar criminal prosecutions throughout the country in federal and state courts. Our experience includes qui tam and other civil litigation or administrative proceedings.
- Tax—We have represented individuals and businesses in resolving local, state and federal tax disputes. Our experience encompasses all phases of the tax assessment, collection and litigation processes.
- Government contracts—We have represented government contractors in bid protests and contract disputes before the General Accounting Office, Boards of Contract Appeals and the Court of Federal Claims, as well as in federal district and appellate courts. We have also assisted debarred or suspended contractors in reinstatement negotiations.
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