 Adam B. Ziegler
Adam B. Ziegler concentrates his practice in the areas of white collar defense and business litigation.
Mr. Ziegler’s white collar defense practice focuses on representing individuals in government investigations and enforcement actions involving alleged violations of the federal securities and healthcare laws.
In recent years, he has defended witnesses, subjects, and targets before the Department of Justice and the SEC in a variety of securities matters, including ones involving mutual fund market timing, stock option backdating, and allegations of improper revenue recognition. In the healthcare area, he has defended individuals in Department of Justice investigations involving pharmaceutical sales, marketing, and manufacturing practices and alleged Medicare fraud. Mr. Ziegler also has experience with corporate internal investigations and compliance reviews in these fields.
Mr. Ziegler’s business litigation practice focuses on representing businesses in the technology, financial services, manufacturing, and media sectors. He handles cases in state and federal courts involving complex contractual and fiduciary relationships, intellectual property rights, business torts, and environmental insurance coverage.
Representative matters include:
- Represented former mutual fund executives in SEC enforcement action and private class action and derivative litigation concerning mutual fund market timing.
- Represented former executives of public companies in parallel DOJ and SEC investigations concerning allegations of improper revenue recognition.
- Represented former executive of a public company in SEC investigation concerning allegations of stock option backdating and related accounting fraud.
- Represented special committee of the board of a public company conducting an internal investigation into allegations of stock option backdating and related accounting fraud.
- Represented owners of private company in DOJ investigation of fraud allegations relating to business valuation.
- Represented individual employees of medical device company and long-term care company involved in DOJ investigations concerning sales, marketing, and billing practices.
- Represented major mutual fund advisers in litigation involving allegations of breach of fiduciary duty arising from the payment of mutual fund advisory fees.
- Represented wireless paging company in bankruptcy appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
- Represented biotechnology company in patent infringement litigation.
- Represented film media company in defense of allegations of defamation and trademark infringement.
- Represented print and electronic publishing company in defense of allegations of breach of contract and unfair business practices.
- Represented plastics manufacturer in litigation involving breach of non-competition agreement.
- Represented State of Minnesota in litigation seeking recovery of millions of dollars in insurance proceeds in connection with the state’s landfill cleanup efforts.
Prior to joining DCG, Mr. Ziegler worked as an associate in the litigation and white collar defense practice areas at Covington & Burling in Washington, DC and Goodwin Procter LLP in Boston. He also served as a law clerk to Judge James L. Ryan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and as an intern with the Appellate Staff, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice.
Mr. Ziegler holds a B.A. in English from Davidson College and a J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School, where he was elected Order of the Coif and served as Note Editor of the Michigan Law Review.
Mr. Ziegler is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and the District of Columbia, and he has appeared pro hac vice in state or federal courts in Colorado, Indiana, Maryland, Minnesota, and New York.
Outside of the office, Mr. Ziegler is a sports fanatic and loves all things Cajun. |
