Cases
Representative Matters: Compounding Pharmacy Matters
Counsels compounding pharmacies specializing in both human
veterinary health on compliance with various state
federal laws including the DQSA-CQA.
Trial counsel for a compounding pharmacy in various disputes before state boards of pharmacy.
Trial counsel for ten compounding pharmacies in Medical Center v. Mukasey, 451 F.Supp.2d 854 (W.D. Tex. 2006) through the defeat of the motion to dismiss.
Trial
appellate counsel for a veterinary compounding pharmacy in the trial court
Third Circuit in actions against the Food
Drug Administration in Wedgewood Village Pharmacy v. Ashcroft, 293 F.Supp.2d 462, (D.N.J. 2003), aff'd, Wedgewood Village Pharmacy v. United States, 421 F.3d 263, 269 (3d Cir. 2005).
Trial counsel for a veterinary compounding pharmacy in an administrative hearing against the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Cross-Border Disputes
Lead trial counsel for an Italian vineyard on $18 million breach of the warranty of merchantability claim, obtaining a defense verdict following a month-long jury trial. Palm Bay Int'l, Inc. v. Marchesi Di Barolo S.p.A., 796 F. Supp. 2d 396 (E.D.N.Y. 2011). Lead American liaison counsel assisting with American law issues in the companion Italian matter.
Lead trial counsel in defending a United States construction corporation against a challenge from an Italian quarry in a contract dispute. Lead American liaison counsel assisting with the American law issues in the companion Italian matter.
Trial counsel for a United States company in a $25 million international arbitration against an Australian company.
Appellate Matters
Lead appellate counsel (argued). Successfully defended a jury verdict. Palm Bay Int'l, Inc. v. Marchesi Di Barolo, 2012 WL 1739032 (2d Cir. May 17, 2012).
Lead appellate counsel (argued) Overturned the district court to allow plaintiffs to proceed anonymously at trial. Plaintiff B v. Francis, 631 F.3d 1310 (11th Cir. 2011).
Appellate counsel. Successfully defended a judgment of $3.3 million. Galindo v. Instalaciones de Tendidos Telefonicos, S.A., (2d Cir. January 28, 2013).
Appellate counsel. Successfully defended a challenge to a district court's confirmation of a pre-hearing summary judgment. Olson v. Wexford Clearing Services Corp., 397 F.3d 448 (7th Cir. 2005).
Child Pornography Civil Actions
Trial counsel for seven girls who alleged that Joe Francis
the Girls Gone Wild companies created child pornography featuring them in Doe v. Francis.
Trial counsel for four girls who alleged that Joe Francis
the Girls Gone Wild companies created child pornography featuring them in Plaintiff B v. Francis.
Intra-Partnership Disputes
Lead trial counsel for the general partner of a family partnership. Obtained a favorable verdict in a family dispute over the partnership assets after a bench trial.
Trial counsel for the managing member of an LLC. Defeated summary judgment,
negotiated a settlement the client found favorable.
Broker-Dealer Disputes
Represented broker-dealer that specialized in the distribution of proprietary managed investment funds in an extensive regulatory investigation,
enabled the client to settle lesser administrative charges rather than charges alleging fraud
/or manipulation.
Represented an online trading company in a FINRA arbitration
negotiated a settlement that the client found favorable.
Pro Bono Work
Represented pro bono a sex trafficking survivor in successfully vacating criminal convictions under Illinois' 2012 Justice for Victims of Sex Trafficking Crimes Act.
Obtained relief for a pro bono client, while working closely with the Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation, under the Illinois Justice for Victims of Sex Crimes Trafficking Act. The Act allows state courts to vacate prostitution convictions if the person convicted can show that they were a victim of trafficking at the time of the conviction.
Obtained political asylum for an African woman, a victim of domestic violence, after an administrative hearing for the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC).
Obtained a settlement the client found favorable for a prisoner beaten by a guard in a 1983 civil rights action in federal court.
Obtained citizenship for a seventeen year old girl beaten by her father under the Violence Against Women Act.
