Nichols Law

White Collar: Criminal Defense

Rick Beizer is a trial lawyer with years of experience first gained in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, where he served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, and then at Crowell & Moring before joining Nichols Law.

Rick devotes most of his time to the defense of companies and individuals involved in a broad array of white collar criminal grand jury investigations and trials. Rick also defends companies and individuals accused of civil violations of the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq., litigates complex commercial disputes, and conducts internal investigations.

With respect to his criminal practice, Rick has undertaken representation in a number of substantive areas. These have included government contract labor mischarging, product substitution, and violations of the Truth in Negotiations Act; Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; financial reporting; environmental laws, including the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Oil Pollution Act, and RCRA; Medicare and Medicaid; export control; antitrust; mortgage fraud; and bribery, public corruption, “revolving door,” and conflict of interest.

Rick is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He has been recognized by clients and peers as a top lawyer in Chambers USA The Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers, Euromoney’s World’s Leading White Collar Crime Lawyers, Corporate Counsel magazine’s Best Lawyers in Criminal Defense, and Washingtonian magazine’s Top Lawyers in the area of White Collar Criminal Defense.

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Bar and Court Admissions

District of Columbia Commonwealth of Virginia U.S. Supreme Court District of Columbia Court of Appeals Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania U.S. Court of Federal Claims D.C. Circuit Second Circuit Fourth Circuit

Education

Harvard University, B.A., cum laude University of Virginia School of Law, J.D.