Qualifications

  • Yale College, B.A. 1995

  • Columbia Law School, J.D. 2000

  • Newspaper reporter, Chicago Tribune (1995-1997)

  • Litigation associate, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP (2001-2007)

  • Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois (2008-2019)

  • Senior counsel, Health Care Fraud Unit, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois (2017-2019)

  • Litigation partner, Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP (2019-2022)

  • Board member, Federal Bar Association Chicago Chapter (2021-current)

  • Board member and officer, Asian American Bar Association of Greater Chicago (2022-current)

  • I am admitted to the bar in New York, Illinois and California.

Government Service

  • Assistant U.S. Attorney (2008-2019)

  • Senior Counsel to Chicago Office’s Health Care Fraud Unit (2017-2019)

  • Won convictions in all 17 trials

  • Appeared once before the U.S. Supreme Court

While a federal prosecutor, I was first or second chair on 17 trials, winning convictions in every trial. I also argued more than 20 cases before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and appeared once before the United States Supreme Court.

From 2009 to 2012, I primarily handled drug cases, including one case that involved an informant, a car chase, and a defense witness who committed perjury - this was the case that ultimately went to the Supreme Court. I did not argue the case before the Supreme Court, but I worked on the brief and got to appear at counsel table, a rare opportunity for a line prosecutor such as myself.

From 2012 to 2019, I primarily handled health care fraud cases involving doctors, business people, nurses, and marketers. In one single year, I was lead prosecutor on five separate health care fraud trials. One of my cases was featured on CNBC’s American Greed.

Beginning in 2017, I served as the senior counsel to my office’s health care fraud unit, in which I consulted on criminal and civil cases in my office as well as elsewhere around the country. I also worked with Medicare’s Center for Program Integrity on ways to deter fraud, waste, and abuse more effectively. I am one of the few prosecutors, if not the only prosecutor, to lead a Special Medicare Open Door Forum.

Private Practice

  • White-collar criminal defense

  • Investigations

Early in my career, I worked at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP from 2001 through 2007. During that time, I worked on several high-profile investigations and white-collar criminal matters, including an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct against a Catholic bishop and one of the largest Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigations.

From February 2019 to May 2022, I was a litigation partner at Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP in Chicago.

In my first year at Benesch, I was co-counsel for the lead defendant in one of the Department of Justice’s biggest cases against a doctor. In the end, three of the four defendants were completely cleared of all charges - the judge dismissed some charges, and the jury acquitted on others. In this case, I conducted extensive data analysis that was used in the trial and in the ongoing sentencing phase.

As of the summer of 2023, I am planning to represent defendants in three trials that are scheduled for August 2023, October 2023, and January 2024 as well as defendants in other matters that are pending or that have not yet been scheduled for trial.