Representative Appellate Cases

Superior Construction Co., Inc. v. Brock, 445 F.3d 1334 (11^th Cir. 2006)

($3.4 million award upheld for private client in a maritime collision case)

United States v. Edgar, 304 F.3d 1320 (11^th Cir. 2002)

(Represented the United States; convictions affirmed in complex multimillion dollar Medicare fraud case)

United States v. Yeager, 210 F.3d 1315 (11^th Cir. 2000)

(Represented the United States; sentence affirmed on RICO and methamphetamine conspiracy conviction)

United States v. Barnette, 129 F.3d 1179 (11^th Cir. 1997)

(Represented the United States; opposing parties' appeals dismissed)

United States v. Moghadam, 175 F.3d 1269 (11^th Cir. 1999)

(Represented the United States; convictions for bootlegging sound recordings affirmed; anti-bootlegging statute deemed constitutional)

United States v. Willis, 759 F.2d 1486 (11^th Cir. 1985)

(Represented the United States; convictions affirmed for conspiracies to import and distribute over 700 pounds of cocaine)

United States v. Acosta, 287 F.3d 1034 (11^th Cir. 2002)

(Represented the United States; federal drug conspiracy sentence affirmed)

United States v. Beckley, 97 F.3d 507 (11^th Cir. 1996)

(Represented the United States; convictions affirmed for equity skimming in mortgage loan scheme)

United States v. Cooper, 132 F.3d 1400 (11^th Cir. 1998)

(Represented the United States; mail fraud and money laundering convictions affirmed for multi-million dollar insurance fraud scheme)

United States v. Gonzalez, 70 F.3d 1236 (11^th Cir. 1995)

(Represented the United States; upheld trial court's denial of motion to suppress evidence; counterfeit money conviction affirmed)

United States v. Grimes, 142 F.3d 1342 (11^th Cir. 1998)

(Represented the United States; conviction affirmed for damaging building with explosives)

United States v. Harmas, 974 F.2d 1262 (11^th Cir. 1992)

(Represented the United States; convictions affirmed for conspiracy to defraud the United States and making false statements in nation's largest student loan fraud case involving over $19 million fraud)

United States v. Hofierka, 83 F.3d 357 (11^th Cir. 1996)

Modified on rehearing, 92 F.3d 1108 (11^th Cir. 1996)

(Represented the United States; sentences affirmed for revocation of supervised release)

United States v. Jones, 289 F.3d 1260 (11^th Cir. 2002)

(Represented the United States; sentence affirmed in bank fraud case)

United States v. MacAllister, 160 F.3d 1304 (11^th Cir. 1998)

(Represented the United States; affirming conviction of Canadian citizen for conspiracy to export cocaine to United States; federal drug conspiracy statute held to be constitutional in its application beyond US borders)

United States v. Neder, 136 F.3d 1459 (11^th Cir. 1998)

(Represented the United States; convictions affirmed for bank, wire, and mail fraud in multi-million dollar real estate fraud scheme)

United States v. Nyhuis, 211 F.3d 1340 (11^th Cir. 2000)

(Represented the United States; affirmed trial court's denial of motion for post-conviction relief from drug conviction and sentence for continuing criminal enterprise)

United States v. Rosario-Delgado, 198 F.3d 1354 (11^th Cir. 1999)

(Represented the United States; armed robbery conviction and sentence under "three strikes law" affirmed)

United States v. Ruwe, 790 F.2d 845 (11^th Cir. 1986)

(Represented the United States; federal bribery conviction affirmed)

United States v. Stinson, 97 F.3d 466 (11^th Cir. 1996)

(Represented the United States; sentence affirmed with upward departure after remand from US Supreme Court)

United States v. Cancelliere, 69 F.3d 1116 (11^th Cir. 1995)

(Represented the United States; convictions affirmed for bank fraud and false statements; convictions for money laundering reversed)

United States v. Fossett, 881 F.2d 976 (11^th Cir. 1989)

(Represented the United States; federal guideline sentence affirmed)

United States v. Ruwe, 790 F.2d 845 (11^th Cir. 1986)

(Represented the United States; order denying release pending appeal)