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Experience
Civil/Commercial Litigation and Arbitration Matters
- Represented clients in Administrative Procedure Act challenges to federal agency regulations*
- Represented oil company in administrative appeal of federal royalty valuation of crude oil and in related False Claims Act litigation*
- Represented national trade association serving as amicus curiae in appeals of federal and state False Claims Act cases*
- Represented lawyer on appeal against claim for portion of attorneys’ fees awarded in prior litigation*
- Represented mining company in recognition and enforcement proceedings involving $700+ million international arbitration award*
- Represented energy company in investor-state arbitration before the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)*
- Represented health care entities responding to third-party subpoenas in federal government antitrust litigation*
- Served as Special Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Appellate Division and Civil Litigation Division
Higher Education/Standardized Testing Matters
- Represented various standardized testing entities in testing accommodation cases brought by individual plaintiffs under the Americans with Disabilities Act*
- Represented various standardized testing entities in state and federal investigations and enforcement actions under state and federal disability rights laws*
- Represented standardized testing entity in state court putative class action seeking to have state disability standards applied to nationally-administered test*
- Represented standardized testing entity in copyright infringement action against test preparation company*
- Represented standardized testing entity in copyright infringement and misappropriation of trade secrets case against test preparation company*
- Represented standardized testing entity in copyright and trademark infringement action against individual selling copyrighted exam preparation materials over the internet*
- Represented standardized testing entity in multiple court cases seeking enforcement of agreements to arbitrate score cancellation disputes*
- Represented university, university health system, and faculty member against defamation claim arising from faculty member’s work as expert witness*
- Represented university and university research institute against claim of product disparagement arising from published research following clinical trial*
- Represented academic medical center in False Claims Act case*
- Represented research university against claims by former faculty member relating to employment issues and property rights arising from federally-sponsored research program*
- Represented university and university health system in multiple court cases where agreements to arbitrate medical negligence claims were enforced*
- Represented various higher education clients on issues relating to government grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements*
*Prior firm experience.
