Jody Erdfarb is a partner in Wiggin and Dana LLP‘s healthcare department. Erfarb has focused her practice on a range of compliance, fraud and abuse, and corporate matters. Her practice has advised clients on False Claims Act, HIPAA, patient care, regulatory, and corporate matters. She has worked alongside a plethora of health care organisations such as hospitals, long-term-care providers, dental practices, individual practitioners, and behavioural clinics.
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Accountant and Auditor Liability Defense, Blockchain and Digital Assets, Class Actions, Commercial Litigation, Litigation and Regulatory Compliance, Securities Litigation, White Collar Crime Defense, Investigations, and Corporate Compliance
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Known for practical, cost-effective advice—whether it’s to fight for a trial victory or seize an early, advantageous resolution—Robert is dedicated to aggressively representing companies and individuals in complex government investigations and commercial litigations. A Partner in the firm’s Litigation Department and White Collar Defense, Investigations and Corporate Compliance Practice Group, Robert also co-chairs the Auditor and Accountant Liability Defense Practice Group and leads the firm’s eDiscovery and Electronic Data Practice Group.

Robert represents companies and individuals in civil and criminal matters before entities such as the U.S. Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), state Boards of Accountancy, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Internal Revenue Service, and state Attorneys General. In addition to his white collar work, Robert represents companies and individuals in diverse civil litigations in federal and state courts across the country.

Client matters have involved the manufacturing, marketing, and sale of opioids, auditor malpractice, insider trading, subprime mortgages and mortgage-backed securities, antitrust, stock options backdating, bribery, securities fraud, and high-stakes commercial disputes, among others. Robert has also conducted numerous internal investigations. Robert’s eDiscovery work focuses on providing clients with comprehensive, defensible eDiscovery services at reasonable cost.

Education
  • Brooklyn Law School (J.D.)
    • magna cum laude
  • Binghamton University, State University of New York (B.A.)

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