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Joan McPhee
Partner
Ropes & Gray
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Boston, MA 02110-2624
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Practice
Joan McPhee is a partner in Ropes & Gray’s Litigation Department and a member of the Firm’s Policy Committee. She focuses her practice on white collar criminal defense and complex civil litigation. Prior to joining the Policy Committee in 2008, Joan served for many years as Chair of the firm’s Government Enforcement Practice Group.
Professional Experience
Joan has over two decades of experience representing multi-national and domestic corporations, financial institutions and hospitals, as well as officers, directors and other clients in criminal and civil litigation, enforcement actions, and federal and state grand jury investigations. Joan has defended clients in matters involving alleged health care fraud, securities fraud, public corruption, bank fraud, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations, money laundering, and export control violations.
Prior to joining Ropes & Gray, Joan served as an Assistant United States Attorney and Deputy Chief of the Appeals Unit in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. As a federal prosecutor, she investigated and tried cases involving fraud, narcotics, bank robbery, obstruction of justice, labor racketeering, and organized crime.
Joan’s experience includes: defense of a major pharmaceutical company in a wide-ranging criminal investigation into fraudulent marketing and pricing practices; defense of a health care insurer in a high-profile public corruption investigation; representation of a major defense contractor in a grand jury investigation involving the alleged illegal export of military equipment; representation of the United States on appeal in a criminal contempt case; defense of a senior executive in a USAO/SEC accounting fraud investigation; and representation of a technology company before the DOJ Antitrust Division in connection with an alleged bid rigging conspiracy.
Honors & Awards
- Massachusetts Super Lawyers 2009
- Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2005-2009)
- Benchmark: Litigation, Massachusetts Litigation Star (2007, 2008, 2010)
- Recognized in 2006 by Lawdragon, as one of "the freshest faces in American law" and named to Lawdragon's list of "500 New Stars, New Worlds" based upon excellence in a sophisticated practice
- Nightingale’s Healthcare News “Outstanding Healthcare Litigators” (2006)
Publications
- "Corporate Prosecutions: The Survival Dilemma," The National Law Journal, January 21, 2008
- "The Criminalization of Truthful, Non-Misleading Off-Label Promotion: Constitutional, Legal and Policy Concerns," ABA Health Care Fraud Conference, May 2006
- "Deferred Prosecution Agreements: Ray of Hope or Guilty Plea By Another Name," Inside Litigation, Winter 2006
- "Corporate Criminal Liability and Punishment in the 21st Century: Departures from Constitutional and Criminal Norms and Anomalies in Practice," White Collar Crime, 2005
- “Willfulness Under the Federal Securities Laws and Intent-Based Defenses to Federal Securities Prosecutions,” White Collar Crime, 2001
Bar Admissions
- New York, 1986
- Massachusetts, 1986
- Rhode Island, 1991
Courts
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island
Clerkships
- Honorable Abraham D. Sofaer, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Education
- 1984,
J.D., magna cum laude, Harvard Law School; Articles Editor, Harvard Law Review
- 1980,
B.A., Princeton University; Phi Beta Kappa
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