David S Laigaie | Attorney

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About David

Chair, Corporate Investigations/White Collar Group; Partner, Litigation Department, Healthcare Group and Securities Group. Mr. Laigaie focuses his practice on white collar and criminal defense, internal corporate investigations, health care litigation, and complex civil litigation.

Also handles: a variety of white collar criminal cases including: health care fraud; securities fraud; tax fraud; export violations; pharmaceutical marketing fraud; municipal corruption; defense procurement fraud; and public finance fraud.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS:

  • Represented a 350-doctor faculty practice plan in conducting an internal investigation into allegations of wrongdoing and assessing potential voluntary self-disclosure obligations.
  • Represented a former director of a now-bankrupt specialty finance company whose rapid descent into bankruptcy spawned a United States Attorney's Office investigation, an SEC investigation, a shareholder derivative suit, a suit by bondholders, and a suit by a consortium of lenders and a suit by the committee of unsecured creditors.
  • Represented a national emergency department staffing company (that is a subsidiary of a multi-national health care and transportation company) in defending a Federal False Claims Act suit that was filed in Chicago and a commercial dispute filed in New Jersey.
  • Represented a stockbroker accused of participating in a "pump and dump" scheme to market worthless securities.
  • Represented a former CFO of a publicly traded company in an investigation conducted by the SEC.
  • Represented a chiropractor under investigation by the United States Attorney's Office.
  • Represented an osteopathic pain management specialist whose narcotic prescribing habits are under investigation by the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office.

Admission

Verified New Jersey

1991

Verified Pennsylvania

1991

Verified District 1

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