I am an experienced trial lawyer who defends individuals and companies in grand jury and regulatory investigations as well as criminal and civil proceedings involving allegations of health care fraud, money laundering, tax fraud, kickbacks, securities fraud, opioid diversion, and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations.

As a federal prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice, I served as Assistant Chief in DOJ’s Criminal Division, Fraud Section. Among other responsibilities, I led the Health Care Fraud Strike Force overseeing complex fraud cases in Texas from 2015-2018. In that position, and as a trial attorney before it, I led and supervised dozens of investigations and prosecutions of white collar crime across the country and tried numerous jury trials to verdict. I partnered with numerous federal and state agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and the Texas Attorney General's Office Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU). I also led the planning for the National Health Care Fraud Training Conference for hundreds of agents and prosecutors in Washington, D.C. and often trained new and experienced prosecutors on investigating health care fraud cases.

I advised employers related to legal issues concerning all aspects of the employment relationship, including hiring and termination practices, policies and handbooks, and wage and hour issues. I represented clients in complex litigation involving claims of general breach of contract, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour violations as well as covenants not to compete and trade secrets.