Boersch, Martha

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Martha Boersch is a trial lawyer and former federal prosecutor whose practice focuses on federal criminal defense and complex civil litigation in matters involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the False Claims Act, RICO, the Alien Tort Statute, and the antitrust, wire and mail fraud, and money laundering laws. She represents individuals and companies under grand jury investigation and in federal criminal and civil litigation. During her career, Martha has successfully served as lead or co-lead counsel in more than a dozen federal jury trials and has argued more than 20 cases before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Martha successfully argued for summary judgment in favor of the County of Los Angeles in a False Claims Act case involving the potential for billions of dollars of damages. She and her co-counsel achieved a complete defense jury verdict following a trial on civil antitrust claims on behalf of Macy's. As a prosecutor, Martha convicted the former Prime Minister of Ukraine of money laundering after a 10-week trial.

Martha is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a member of the American Bar Association, and the Federal Bar Association and has served as one of the lawyer representatives to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. She was selected to Northern California Super Lawyers for 2006 through 2009 and California's "Top 75 Women Litigators" for 2005 and 2006. In 2004 she was one of 41 lawyers selected by California Lawyer magazine as "Lawyer of the Year" in her field.

Areas of Practice

• Corporate Criminal Investigations
• Trial Practice
• International Litigation & Arbitration
• Securities Litigation & SEC Enforcement
• Corporate Compliance Programs
• Criminal Antitrust Investigations & Litigation
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and International Trade
• Fraud & Other Business Crimes
• Government Contracts Investigations
• Health Care & Other Regulated Industries
• Internal Investigations
• Public Officials
• Securities & Accounting Fraud
• State Attorneys General Investigations & Litigation
• SEC Investigations & Proceedings
• Alternative Dispute Resolution & Mediation

Representative Cases

• Chevron obtains defense victory in highly publicized Nigerian human rights case , (2009)
• Company defends SEC investigation , (2009)
• Company testifies in grand jury investigation , (2009)
• Daimler Chrysler defends against human rights litigation arising out of Argentina operations , (2009)
• Expedia defends against appeal in case involving Class Action Fairness Act
• Individuals defend SEC and DOJ investigations , (2009)
• Jones Day represents DOJ appointed monitor pursuant to FCPA deferred prosecution agreement , (2009)
• LA County wins summary judgment in multi-billion dollar False Claims Act case involving Medicaid funds , (2009)
• Los Angeles County obtains summary judgment in federal False Claims Act action , (2009)
• Macy's wins jury verdict in antitrust group boycott litigation involving fine china tableware
• Multinational companies defend civil lawsuits alleging Alien Tort Statute and RICO violations , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Trade, Business Organizations, Capital Markets, Class Actions, Commodities, Complex Litigation, Criminal Fraud, Criminal Law, Debarment, Defense Contracts, Ethics, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Federal, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Contracts, Federal Trial Practice, Felonies, Foreign Investment, Government Construction Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Procurement, Grand Jury Proceedings, Health & Health Care Law, International Law, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, Private Placements, Professional Responsibility, Public Offerings, Securities Fraud & Insider Trading, Securities Law, Securities Regulation, State & Municipal Contracts, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court, Victims' Rights, White Collar Crimes

Bar Admissions

• California

Education

• U of California - Berkeley
• U of Oregon

Published Works

• Guilt by Association?, Los Angeles Daily Journal, 2009
• A Smear by Any Other Name, Legal Times, Vol. 30, No. 47, 2007
• Supreme Court’s Decision in Rockwell May Resolve False Claims Act Circuit Split on Meaning of "Original Source" for Purposes of Public Disclosure Bar, 2006
• The Criminal Implications of Backdating Stock Options, The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, 2006

Address

555 California Street
26th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104

Phones

1.415.875.5811 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.415.875.5700 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com