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Anthony M. Ruiz

Associate

Office: Washington, DC

Tel.: +1 202.778.1823

Fax.: 202.822.8106

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Anthony M. Ruiz represents individuals and corporations in government investigations and complex civil litigation.

His practice covers criminal and civil actions involving allegations of securities fraud, foreign corrupt practices, and other allegations of misconduct made by the Department of Justice, the SEC, and other government and regulatory agencies.

Anthony also represents individuals and companies involved in business-related disputes, and he advises lawyers, law firms, and other organizations on professional ethics and disciplinary investigations.

Anthony is a member of the Planning Committee for the National Institute on White Collar Crime, which organizes the ABA’s annual white collar criminal defense conference.

Prior to joining the firm, Anthony served as a clerk in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

He also worked as an associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, representing corporate clients in internal and government investigations, as well as debtors and creditors in bankruptcy proceedings.

As a law student, Anthony worked as an extern in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York on a range of criminal matters.

Practice focus

Education

New York University School of Law, J.D., 2014
- Managing Editor of Administration, New York University Law Review
University of Maryland at College Park, B.S., 2009

Bar admissions

District of Columbia
New York

Court admissions

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

Clerkships

Hon. Cecilia M. Altonaga, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida

Representative matters

Represents a national pharmacy chain in defense of thousands of suits by state and local governments to recover costs alleged to have been caused by the shipment and dispensing of prescription opioids.
Represented six families and their nine minor children in litigation against religious institution who alleged that they were sexually abused by a serial predator whom the church enabled and promoted as a babysitter. The case settled after ten weeks of trial.
Obtained judgment against a financial predator who fraudulently obtained nearly $25,000 from a developmentally disabled individual over the course of a year.