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Donald S. Scherzer

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Cleveland
1375 East Ninth Street
One Cleveland Center, 10th Floor
Cleveland, OH 44114
P: 216.615.7418 216.615.7418
F: 216.623.0134
E: [email protected] | vCard

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Donald’s practice focuses on representative matters that involve: complex business and commercial litigation; civil and criminal antitrust enforcement, both nationally and internationally; trade regulation and distribution issues; civil and criminal Medicare and Medicaid fraud; civil and criminal securities fraud; civil and criminal bank fraud; Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) civil and criminal matters; civil and criminal tax fraud; and civil and criminal environmental litigation.

He has represented plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of civil and criminal matters internationally and throughout the U.S. in state and federal courts. Donald also has experience with The False Claims Act.

Experience
  • Served as a Prosecutor with the United States Department of Justice, Antitrust Division for seven years;  lead counsel on several major criminal and civil cases.
  • Represented several health care providers, or individuals, in numerous Medicare and Medicaid criminal investigations.
  • Represented senior officers of Fortune 250 corporations in SEC investigations.
  • Represented senior officers of Fortune 250 corporations in FCPA investigations.
  • Represented senior bank officers in Office of the Comptroller of Currency and Federal Reserve Bank investigations.
  • Represented major dairy company in a grand jury investigation and accompanying class action. No criminal charges were filed and the class action was settled for nuisance value.
  • Represented large manufacturer in a criminal case and accompanying class action. Manufacturer paid a minimal fine and settled class action for minimal amount.
  • Represented former CEO of a major foreign agricultural producer in a grand jury investigation which resulted in no criminal charges being filed against him.
  • Represented numerous other senior executives in a variety of international and domestic grand jury investigations, none of which resulted in the senior executives being indicted.
  • Served as Pool Counsel for managerial employees in several grand jury & SEC investigations, none of which resulted in charges against these employees.
  • Represented supermarket chain in a pre-merger investigation by the FTC in connection with its acquisition by a large regional supermarket chain.
  • Conducted numerous Antitrust Compliance Programs throughout the United States for Fortune 500 corporations, large manufactures and other companies.
  • Represented a chain of newspapers in a pre-merger investigation by the United States Department of Justice in connection with its acquisition by a larger newspaper chain.