Jessiah S. Hulle

Experience

White Collar Experience

• Assisted with obtaining a Non-Prosecution Agreement without admissions for a large behavioral health company in a joint federal and state criminal investigation into alleged misbilling and overbilling.
• Assisted with defending clients in the pharmaceutical industry against federal criminal and civil investigations and prosecutions involving allegations of Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act (FDCA) and Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) violations.
• Assisted with defending individual clients against federal criminal investigations and prosecutions involving obstruction of justice, federal programs bribery, wire fraud, healthcare fraud, and conspiracy.
• Assisted with representing employees of a large scientific research company during federal grand jury investigation into alleged Animal Welfare Act violations.

Business and Civil Defense Litigation

• Won dismissal, with prejudice, of federal civil RICO claims against medical practice management consulting business and its executive.
• Assisted with obtaining a favorable settlement for a large insurance company in a $100 million lawsuit stemming from an apartment complex fire.

Employment Litigation

• 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 and distributor.
• 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.

Student Conduct Defense

• Won dismissal and appeal of Title IX investigation of Virginia Military Institute cadet.
• Negotiated dismissal of hazing complaint brought by the University of Virginia Judiciary Committee against a student.

Civil Rights Litigation

• 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.

Compliance

• Created Virginia Public Procurement Act (VPPA) compliance materials for public entity hosting a conference.
• Drafted artificial intelligence use policy for architecture company.

Appeals

• 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.