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Bruce J. Casino represents a broad range of clients in civil and white collar criminal litigation in federal courts, both at the trial and appellate levels.
Recent white collar criminal representations include:
- An oil industry company with overseas operations in a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigation.
- A U.S. auto parts manufacturer in a customs fraud investigation.
- A Fortune 500 computer services provider facing a grand jury investigation for theft of intellectual property, and computer and government contract crime.
- The CEO of a large medical institution in a grand jury health care fraud investigation.
- A Fortune 500 corporation facing government contracting fraud charges and related suspension and debarment proceedings, a congressional investigation and civil proceedings.
- The chairperson of a Fortune 500 corporation in a criminal antitrust investigation.
- An executive in a securities fraud investigation of a Fortune 500 media/internet company.
- A senior executive of a leading international medical device manufacturer in a health care fraud grand jury investigation.
- U.S. oil industry subsidiaries of a major British publicly traded corporation which voluntarily disclosed export control issues to the Commerce Department and the State Department. Representation included development of a compliance program.
- Corporations in a New York state grand jury bank fraud investigation.
- An individual in a federal investigation of the alleged bribery of a public official.
- A U.S. corporation in an international tax fraud investigation by a U.S. grand jury.
Recent civil litigation representations include:
- A Fortune 100 auto manufacturer in litigation for reimbursement of an unconstitutional customs tax.
- An auto manufacturer seeking documents through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation, winning release of documents and one of the largest FOIA attorney fee awards.
- A major auto manufacturer in customs valuation and classification litigation.
- A Forbes 400 individual in a bank-related civil asset forfeiture case.
- Two large cities and others in litigation with respect to the U.S. Census.
- A corporation sued by a bankruptcy trustee in a major airline bankruptcy.
- A media company in numerous civil litigation actions related to the purchase of a cable television network.
- A large, not-for-profit entity, providing oversight and coordination of parallel 12-year litigation in Germany, France and the Netherlands.
- A Fortune 500 corporation in a False Claims Act/qui tam case.
- A privately owned U.S. manufacturer and exporter in conducting an internal investigation of tax evasion, FCPA, money laundering, Office of Foreign Asset Controls (OFAC), Patriot Act and Anti-Boycott Act issues.
- A major research university needing advice on export control compliance.
- A media company in an employment dispute with a terminated executive.
- A corporation with diverse holdings including seafood, real estate and media, in numerous litigation matters related to an attempted hostile takeover.
- A media company requiring advice with respect to securities disclosures, Sarbanes/Oxley and related litigation exposure.
- An acquiring corporation in conducting due diligence with respect to FCPA and Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) issues of the target corporation.
- A well-known musician seeking removal from the Transportation Security Administration travel restricted list.
Prior to joining Katten in 2007, Mr. Casino was a partner with Baker Hostetler LLP (1997–2007), and before that, was associated with Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson (1989–1997). He also served as an adjunct professor at The George Washington University Law School, teaching a course on white collar crime (1993–2006). Following law school, Mr. Casino clerked for the Honorable Carol Mansman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Mr. Casino is co-chair of the American Bar Association’s Fraud, Abuse and Qui Tam Subcommittee of the Health Law Committee, Litigation Section (2000–present). He is a board member of the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, has served on the Board of Directors of the Council for Court Excellence and is a member of the Edward Bennett Williams American Inn of Court. Mr. Casino also was elected to membership in the Wong Sun Society of San Francisco, a national association of select criminal defense attorneys. He has earned an AV (preeminent) Peer Review Rating in the Martindale-Hubble practitioner-based ranking for attorneys. Mr. Casino frequently gives presentations, including regularly at the ABA White Collar Crime annual conference, and is a published author on diverse topics including litigation, white collar crime, export controls and international human rights issues. He was thanked by author John Grisham in the afterword to The Street Lawyer.
News & Publications
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September 28, 2007
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Firm News
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Events
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April 14, 2009
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Presented by the ABA Section of International Law
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March 04, 2009
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Presented by the American Bar Association
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Education
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J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1988, cum laude
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B.S., University of Maryland, 1984
Bar Admissions
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District of Columbia,
1989
Court Admissions
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U.S. Supreme Court
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U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit
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U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit
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U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit
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U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
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U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
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U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
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U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
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U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
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U.S. Court of International Trade
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U.S. Tax Court
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