O’Melveny Worldwide

Healthcare Litigation

  • Represents several major national health insurers in ongoing ERISA class actions
  • Led multiple class-action and arbitration matters for a major national health insurer, including cases involving medical claims disputes, provider reimbursements, and ERISA plan administration
  • Led a major health insurer’s case team in a complex arbitration involving $180 million in claims, achieving a favorable settlement on the eve of the arbitration hearing
  • Served as managing counsel in a significant ERISA class action in the Southern District of New York involving more than $100 million in potential exposure, culminating in a complete defense victory at a five-day bench trial, later upheld by the Second Circuit
  • Led a significant claims dispute on behalf of a major health insurer against an aggressive hospital system, achieving a favorable settlement helping the client avoid $150 million in potential damages
  • Led a novel ERISA class action filed against a major pharmaceutical and medical device company

Sports Law

  • Advises professional sports teams and collegiate athletic programs on litigation, investigations, and regulatory matters related to sports betting and prediction markets
  • Representing a major professional league's disability benefits plan in an ongoing complex class action litigation
  • Represented the owner of multiple pro sports franchises in a high-profile fraud investigation

Other Litigation and Investigations

  • Represented corporations and individuals in connection with Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigations by DOJ and the Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Represented a large pharmaceutical manufacturer in connection with a DOJ investigation into a False Claims Act complaints predicated on alleged violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute
  • Represented consumer-product company in multiple putative class actions involving consumer protection allegations in several states
  • Represented medical device company in consumer protection putative class action
  • Represented large national consumer product company in putative class action involving false advertising claims
  • Represented former executives of large multinational corporations with Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigations by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice in China, Mexico, and Argentina
  • Represented several airlines in arbitrations regarding interpretation of collective bargaining agreements
  • Directed internal FCPA compliance audits for several multi-national corporations

Pro Bono Experience

  • Won multiple asylum cases for refugees from El Salvador, including several children
  • Represented a parent group in a constitutional challenge to anti-transgender legislation in Georgia
  • Represented indigent clients in criminal appeals in Maryland and the District of Columbia
  • Represented clients in a Religious Freedom Restoration Act case against the federal Bureau of Prisons

Admissions

Bar Admissions

  • District of Columbia
  • California

Court Admissions

  • US Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

Education

  • Georgetown University, J.D.; Editor-in-Chief, American Criminal Law Review
  • University of North Carolina, M.A., Political Science
  • Yale University, B.A., History/Spanish

Professional Activities

Author

  • “When the Constable Behaves and the Courts Blunder: Expanding the Good-Faith Exception in the Wake of Arizona v. Gant,” American Criminal Law Review (2010)

Member

  • DC Associates & Counsel Advisory Committee
  • DC Camaraderie Committee