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Bill Cowden, the former Chief of Asset Forfeiture at the United States
Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, and a Senior Trial
Attorney with the United States Department of Justice, joins Mallon
& McCool, LLC as partner.
• Joe Mallon negotiates a large, confidential settlement for a corporate executive who was denied a promotion based on race.
• Following three-weeks of testimony at a hearing before the Honorable Ricardo M. Urbina in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Steven McCool obtained a dismissal of all charges against his client, Donald Ball, a former Blackwater security contractor. In a sweeping 90-page opinion, Judge Urbina found that Federal prosecutors and agents violated Mr. Ball’s Fifth Amendment rights and engaged in other misconduct.
Media Coverage:
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_14102874
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-12-31-Blackwater_N.htm
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2010/01/04/general-us-blackwater-prosecution_7248115.html
• Joe Mallon negotiates a substantial confidential settlement for executive of a leading industry association who was falsely charged with sexual harassment.
• Steven McCool is recognized by Washingtonian Magazine as an elite criminal defense lawyer in the Washington, D.C. area.
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Following substantial pretrial discovery, Marshall Perkins successfully settles Baltimore City medical malpractice and wrongful death action involving state-law medical negligence and EMTALA claims.
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Steven McCool is named a “rising star” in the area of corporate
compliance by The Ethisphere Institute on its
Attorneys Who Matter list,
which recognizes leading legal professionals that have excelled in
and made a significant contribution to the corporate compliance
arena. The
research-based Ethisphere Institute is a leading international
think-tank dedicated to the creation, advancement and sharing of
best practices in business ethics, corporate social responsibility,
anti-corruption and sustainability.
• Joe Mallon is selected to appear in the 2010 edition of Super Lawyers in the area of general litigation. Super Lawyers recognizes outstanding lawyers in more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.
• Steven McCool is selected to appear in the 2010 edition of Super Lawyers in the area of white collar criminal litigation.
• Joe Mallon wins wrongful termination trial, and his client is reinstated and awarded back pay and benefits.
• Joe Mallon convinces a Maryland medical institution to issue a written admission that it failed to follow administrative guidelines, and his physician client is awarded additional remedies following extensive appeals.
• Team of attorneys including Marshall Perkins secures preliminary settlement of shareholder class action arising out of Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.’s proposed acquisition of Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc., in the case Ascot Associates v. James F. Roberts, et al., Case No. 02-C-09-142316 (Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County).
• Joe Mallon convinces Louisiana Civil District Court to deny lead paint defendants’ efforts to compel production of documents protected by Louisiana medical peer review statutes, from third-party client, after motions practice and a contested hearing in New Orleans, Louisiana, in In re BHP Patriots Ltd., Partnership’s Request For Discovery, Civil Action No. 09-4257, E-7 (Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans, Louisiana).
• Joe Mallon wins disability discrimination trial, and his client is awarded $120,516.00.
• Joe Mallon settles sex discrimination case against a governmental agency for a significant monetary sum.
• Steven McCool secures complete acquittal following the trial in D.C. Superior Court of a Georgetown University student charged with multiple counts of assault.
• Joe Mallon obtains sizeable confidential settlement for client who alleged sexual harassment against a large, private corporation.
• Representing a Baltimore County volunteer fire department, Marshall Perkins wins a partial motion to dismiss in Purkey v. Violetville Volunteer Fire Dep’t, Case No. 03-C-08-005728 (Circuit Court for Baltimore County), terminating the case in the client’s favor.
• Steven McCool is voted a Washington, D.C. Super Lawyer for White Collar –
Criminal Defense.
• Steven McCool obtains dismissal for U.S. Naval officer charged with aggravated assault. Following a preliminary hearing, a D.C. Superior Court magistrate judge agreed with Mr. McCool that there was no probable cause to arrest his client.
• Steven McCool secures a sentence significantly below the mandatory-minimum term of imprisonment for client charged with possession of prohibited images.
• Steven McCool negotiates a sentence of probation in D.C. Superior Court for a client facing a mandatory-minimum term of imprisonment for driving while intoxicated.
• Steven McCool obtains dismissal in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County Maryland for Towson State University student charged with burglary and other felonies.
• Steven McCool secures a sentence significantly below the Sentencing Guidelines range for former KPMG attorney charged with enticement in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
• Steven McCool secures a sentence of probation for client charged with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
• Steven McCool named to the Editorial Advisory Board of Federal
Criminal Practice (Boss, Barry & Marek, Edward; James Publishing).
• Steven McCool represents clients before the Grand Jury in the District
Columbia investigating violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
in Afghanistan.
• Steven McCool wins jury trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for a Vice President of a transportation consulting firm who was charged with honest services fraud by the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice.
• Steven McCool secures sentence of probation in the Circuit Court for Prince Georges County Maryland for University of Maryland student charges with possessing with the intent to distribute large amounts of marijuana and LSD.
• Steven McCool negotiates a non-fraud plea for attorney charged in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia with immigration fraud and conspiracy and facing several years in prison and disbarment. This results in a 30-day jail sentence and a suspension of attorney’s law license rather than disbarment.
• Steven McCool successfully moves for attorneys’ fees under the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000 (“CAFRA”), after prevailing on a third-party petition, ancillary to a criminal forfeiture matter in the United States District Court for the Eastern Virginia. The district court’s decision in United States v. D’Esclavelles, 541 F. Supp.2d 794 (E.D. Va 2008) is the first reported decision awarding attorneys’ fees under CAFRA in a proceeding ancillary to a criminal forfeiture matter.
• Steven McCool negotiates a highly favorable settlement for Canadian company under investigation by the U.S. Postal Services for allegedly using promotional activities and representations for obtaining money or property through the mails in violation of federal law.
• Steven McCool voted a Washington, D.C. Super Lawyer for White Collar –
Criminal Defense.
• Steven McCool represents former lobbyist before the Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform.
• Steven McCool prevails in asset forfeiture case in the US District
Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and the United States is
ordered to pay $125,000.
• Steven McCool obtains dismissal of credit card fraud charges in
Montgomery County, Maryland Circuit Court.
• DC Superior Court judge orders arrest records sealed following
acquittal obtained by Steven McCool at trial in assault case.
• Mallon & McCool settles tort case against the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
• Steven McCool recognized as one of the Legal Elite in the Baltimore by
Smart CEO Magazine.
• Steven McCool defends the first international parental kidnapping case at trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
• Joe Mallon settles automobile injury case for $1.4 Million in
Baltimore, Maryland.
• Steven McCool testifies as an expert on sections of the United States Sentencing Guidelines at death penalty trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
• Steven McCool successfully moves for the return of his client’s
firearms on Second Amendment grounds in the Circuit Court for Montgomery
County.
• Joe Mallon secures $1.3 Million severance award for business
executive.
• Steven McCool wins acquittal in assault case involving George
Washington University student in D.C. Superior Court.
• Steven McCool convinces D.C. Superior Court judge to set aside
conviction in Duke University Lacrosse case.
• Steven McCool settles civil rights claims against D.C. Metropolitan
Police Department on behalf of Catholic University student for $175,000.