Clients concerned about civil and criminal congressional and federal investigations and enforcement actions turn to Mark to set things right. Mark has proven himself a zealous and successful advocate of his clients’ interests.
As a litigator and investigator, Mark draws on trial experience and years of government service to represent clients in: civil and criminal government investigations, cybersecurity, global anti-corruption (FCPA), and regulatory enforcement actions. He helps clients navigate matters involving government departments and agencies such as the DOJ, SEC, FDA, DOL, HHS, Treasury, Inspectors General, and state attorney generals and deals with complex and sensitive topics including corporate crisis management, government scrutiny, substantial media attention, congressional investigations, and government contract investigations. He has litigated civil and criminal cases in state and federal courts and before administrative agencies, and has argued appeals before the Fourth Circuit.
Mark also advises clients on cutting edge compliance strategies and development of corporate compliance programs to help them avoid enforcement actions. When unavoidable, he helps clients involved in government investigations efficiently conduct internal audits, respond to government subpoenas, and navigate congressional inquiries and allegations of misconduct.
Mark handled a number of high-profile matters during his 16 years in the federal government in Washington, D.C., having served in the U.S. Department of Justice as a Senior Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General during the George W. Bush administration, and as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. Mark also gained congressional insights as Deputy General Counsel to a U.S. House of Representatives’ Select Committee under Chairman Trey Gowdy and as a legislative staffer to Sen. John Ashcroft, who sat on both the Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees.
Before moving to private practice, Mark worked as a deputy compliance officer to a Fortune 500 healthcare company that was under a HHS-OIG Corporate Integrity Agreement. This experience has enabled him to also counsel companies on effective detection of fraud, waste and abuse and how best to refer or disclose possible fraud matters to government agencies. In addition Mark managed False Claims Act and bribery investigations for the DOJ’s Civil and Criminal Fraud Sections, was a member of DOJ’s Medicare Fraud Strike Force, and also served as Deputy General Counsel for the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction. As the executive director of the Justice Department’s Task Force on Intellectual Property, Mark spoke internationally on government enforcement strategies for corporate and small-business trade secret and intellectual property protection.
Mark’s background has given him a roadmap to represents clients facing congressional investigations or regulatory enforcement before virtually any federal agency.