Jessiah S. Hulle

Experience

White Collar Defense & Investigations

• Represented businessman in high-profile investigation and prosecution of public-corruption conspiracy; secured favorable plea deal and sentence of probation.
• Represented business consultant in high-profile sentencing for obstruction of justice.
• Assisted with securing Non-Prosecution Agreement without admissions for large healthcare company in joint federal-state criminal investigation into alleged Medicaid fraud and abuse.
• Assisted with representing employees of large research company during federal grand jury investigation into alleged Animal Welfare Act violations.
• Assisted with defending individual and corporate clients in the pharmaceutical industry against federal criminal and civil investigations involving alleged violations of the Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act (FDCA) and Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS).
• Assisted with representing individual and corporate clients in the zoo industry against criminal and civil enforcement actions brought by a state Attorney General.
• Briefed motion securing new trial for public official in politically-charged criminal prosecution; charge later dismissed with prejudice.
• Obtained dismissal of student misconduct charges against students at Virginia Military Institute and the University of Virginia.

Commercial Litigation

• Won dismissal, with prejudice, of federal civil conspiracy claims brought under Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) against medical practice management consulting business and its executive.
• Won summary judgment on federal sex discrimination claims brought under Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 1981, and the Virginia Human Rights Act against national food producer.
• Won summary judgment, on sovereign immunity grounds, on whistleblower retaliation claims brought under the Virginia Human Rights Act and Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act against a city.
• Assisted with litigating complex business disputes involving breach of contract, civil RICO, breach of fiduciary duty, statutory business conspiracy, common law conspiracy, and fraud.
• Assisted with defending national real estate development and management firms against federal class action involving alleged violations of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act (VCPA) and Virginia Fair Housing Law; case settled favorably.
• Successfully opposed motions to dismiss and/or demurrers in business disputes involving breach of contract, detinue, and unlawful detainer of commercial property.

Pro Bono & Court-Appointed Work

• Represented ex-inmate in Bivens lawsuit against Bureau of Prisons employees, alleging violations of the Fourth, Fifth, and Eighth Amendments for excessive use of force, denial of due process, and denial of medical care.
• Represented defendants convicted of violent crimes in appeals to the Court of Appeals of Virginia and in petitions for appeal to the Supreme Court of Virginia.