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WASHINGTON,
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20036-5807
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Drawing on his experiences as a civil litigator and former federal prosecutor, Dwight P. Bostwick provides clients with sound judgment and effective advocacy in civil and white-collar matters. Among the many clients he has represented are international, national, and local corporations in the technology, pharmaceutical, and professional services industries as well as associations and executives from corporations and nonprofits.
In the civil arena, Mr. Bostwick has a long track record representing clients in complex fraud and commercial matters. Over the past several years, Mr. Bostwick has represented an international pharmaceutical company in multimillion dollar commercial and antitrust disputes; a professional association in a breach of contract and fraud action; and a telecommunications entrepreneur in an international commercial dispute. Mr. Bostwick has also represented one of the nation’s largest labor unions in a series of trials conducted to purge its ranks of organized crime influence. At the request of this client, and with the approval of the Department of Justice (DOJ), Mr. Bostwick additionally served as the financial compliance officer for national union elections in 2001 and 2006.
Mr. Bostwick’s white collar experience includes representing clients in federal grand jury investigations involving mail, wire, securities, and accounting fraud. His clients have included a national accounting firm, numerous corporate executives, and officials in governmental and non-governmental organizations.
As a trial attorney in the DOJ’s Fraud Section, Mr. Bostwick conducted grand jury investigations and prosecuted criminal fraud cases in a number of states. In this position he was one of three prosecutors responsible for the original Whitewater grand jury investigation prior to the appointment of the independent counsel. He later served as deputy special counsel for financial institution fraud in the Deputy Attorney General’s Office at DOJ. Following law school, Mr. Bostwick served as a clerk to Chief Judge Manuel L. Real of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
Experience
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Currently representing an international pharmaceutical company in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit alleging antitrust violations in restraint of trade in a billion-dollar heart medication market.
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Represented a national association, a state association, individual psychologists, and mental health patients in a test case asserting breach of contract and fraud claims in connection with the marketing and implementation of a managed care plan.
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Represented a national accounting firm and numerous partners in a grand jury investigation relating to alleged accounting improprieties.
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Represented a senior executive in criminal proceedings involving inflation of revenue between a large technology corporation and one of its business partners.
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Represented a telecommunication entrepreneur in a suit for recovery of a multimillion-dollar investment in an internet technology platform based on claims of fraud and breach of contract.
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Represented an international pharmaceutical company in multimillion-dollar litigation alleging breach of contract, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and misuse of trade secrets.
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Represented an official of the Department of the Interior in civil and criminal contempt proceedings.
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Represented a subject in the Abramoff grand jury investigation.
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Represented a subject in the Sandy Berger grand jury investigation.
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Represented the executive board of one of the nation’s largest labor unions in a series of emergency trusteeships, union hearings, hearings in federal district court, and hearings before the 7th Circuit to help rid the labor union of organized crime influence and financial misconduct.
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Appointed in 2001 and 2006 by the Department of Justice and one of the nation’s largest labor unions to serve as the financial compliance officer for the union’s national elections.
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Represented a communications company in litigation alleging claims of civil RICO, antitrust, and tortuous interference.
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Represented a company founded by former military officers doing business in Iraq in a grand jury investigation into allegations of illegal billing of the government and ethical issues relating to the procurement of government contracts.
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Represented the former medical director of a large chemical company in a grand jury investigation into alleged violations of the Toxic Substance Control Act.
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Represented a senior executive of a computer company in a grand jury investigation alleging inflation of revenue.
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Represented a life settlement company in various matters, including an investigation, before the Securities Commissioner of Maryland.
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Represented an international pharmaceutical company in numerous multimillion-dollar license disputes.
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Represented a Scottish engineering firm in an action against a contractor for the U.S. Navy in a breach of contract matter.
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Represented a publicly traded pharmaceutical company in a dispute involving one-third of the company’s stock.
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Represented a target in a U.S. AID investigation of alleged misuse of federal proceeds by a non-governmental organization.
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Represented a government contractor in criminal proceedings relating to allegations of tax evasion and false statements.
EDUCATION
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Georgetown University Law Center,
J.D.,
1988
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Stanford University,
B.A.,
1983
COURT ADMISSIONS
- U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
- D.C. Superior Court
- District of Columbia Court of Appeals
BAR ADMISSIONS
- District of Columbia
- Michigan (inactive)
- Pennsylvania (inactive)
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