Thomas Frongillo

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Professional Experience

: Current; Bob Bettacchi WR Grace United States v. W.R. Grace, Robert J. Bettacchi, et al. Obtained a major victory in the WR Grace criminal prosecution, which is likely to hamstring the government's efforts to prosecute the most serious charges against the firm's client, former Grace officer Bob Bettacchi.

: Current; Owners of Atlanta Hawks basketball team: Bruce Levenson Ed Peskowitz J. Michael Gearon Jr. J. Rutherford Seydel II LPF Atlanta LLc SSG Group LLC Belkin v. Levenson Weil Gotshal defended a group of owners of the Atlanta Hawks basketball team against a suit brought by a co-owner, Steven Belkin. Mr. Belkin sought a preliminary injunction against the other owners, seeking to prevent them from removing him from the NBA Board of Governors. more

: Current; Represents an industry leader in the commercial mortgage-backed securities field in trade secret litigation.

: Current; Represented a leading law firm in a federal criminal investigation of possible violations of the federal anti-kickback laws in connection with advice rendered to client in the pharmaceutical industry.

: Current; Represents a former chief executive officer of a high technology company in a federal criminal investigation involving revenue recognition issues.

: Current; Represents a leading education loan company in parallel federal and state criminal and regulatory investigations.

: Current; Conducted internal investigations for leading corporations in the fields of biotechnology, electronics, financial services, consumer products and pharmaceuticals involving issues ranging from FDA compliance, theft of proprietary and confidential business information, health care fraud, off-label marketing practices, shareholder harassment, false and deceptive marketing practices and embezzlement.

: Current; Represents a former Senior Vice President of W.R. Grace in a federal criminal environmental case on charges of violating the knowing endangerment provision of the Clean Air Act and conspiracy to defraud the United States.

: Current; Represented various health providers in federal criminal investigations of possible violations of the federal anti-kickback laws.

: Current; Represented a leading Rhode Island hospital on federal criminal charges alleging public corruption and fraud violations arising out of a consulting relationship with a state political official.

: Current; Represented an executive of a leading medical device manufacturer in a federal criminal investigation of possible violations of the Economic Espionage Act.

: Current; Represented majority owners of the Atlanta Hawks Basketball team in litigation against the minority owner concerning efforts to remove him from the NBA Board of Governors.

: Current; Represents structural engineers in connection with parallel state and federal criminal, regulatory and civil proceedings concerning the collapse of the I-90 Connector Tunnel of the Big Dig project in Boston.

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