David Schindler is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Latham & Watkins and is a member and Co-Chair of the firm's White Collar and Government Investigations Practice Group. His practice focuses on the defense of white collar and government investigations, health care fraud and abuse, intellectual property, e-commerce, business litigation and civil litigation.
Mr. Schindler has conducted internal investigations and represented companies, Boards of Directors and individuals in connection with trials, ancillary proceedings and government investigations involving a wide array of criminal, quasi-criminal and regulatory matters including: securities fraud, accounting fraud, computer fraud and abuse, foreign corrupt practices, health care fraud and abuse, taxation, industrial espionage and extortion.
Mr. Schindler's representative experience includes:
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Lead counsel in the successful defense of Tenet Healthcare subsidiary in connection with two federal criminal trials alleging violations of the anti-kickback statute. Both cases ended in hung juries and the government ultimately dismissed the criminal cases.
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Lead counsel representing Tenet Healthcare in connection with government investigations nationwide.
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Represented a Fortune 500 company in connection with alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. No charges filed.
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Represented a Fortune 500 company in connection with alleged violations of campaign finance laws. No charges filed.
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Represented major accounting firm in connection with a criminal investigation by a state entity. No charges filed.
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Represented a pharmaceutical manufacturer in connection with a criminal investigation into alleged off-label promotion. No charges filed.
Prior to joining Latham, Mr. Schindler was senior litigation counsel and the computer fraud and telecommunications coordinator for the Los Angeles United States Attorneys Office. He served on the Attorney General's Advisory Committee Working Group on Computer Crime and he handled numerous high-profile prosecutions, including the following:
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Fraud conviction of the then-sitting Governor of Arizona in United States v. John Symington, III;
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False statement conviction of the former chief of American Savings in United States v. Charles Knapp, et al; and
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Securities fraud and racketeering conviction in the largest bogus municipal bond scheme in United States v. John Anthony Genetti, et al.
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Conviction of a notorious computer hacker for theft of proprietary software in United States v. Kevin David Mitnick;
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Conviction of computer hackers for rigging radio contests and accessing law enforcement wiretaps in United States v. Kevin Lee Poulsen, et al.;
Mr. Schindler is an experienced and well-respected speaker and has delivered lectures and instruction throughout the world on conducting internal investigations, financial statement fraud, health care fraud and abuse, computer law, cybercrime, computer intrusions and corporate compliance.
Mr. Schindler has been recognized as a leading white-collar crime and government investigations litigation attorney in numerous publications including, the 2010 Euromoney Benchmark Litigation Guide as a white-collar "Star," a leading white collar attorney by the Los Angeles Business Journal in its 2009 "Who's Who in Law" feature, the 2009-2007 issues of Chambers and Partners USA legal guide and the 2009 and 2008 editions of Legal 500 US guide, where he was recognized for his trade secrets and US-domestic patent litigation work. He was also named "2007 Outstanding Healthcare Fraud and Compliance Lawyer" by Nightingale's Healthcare News and was cited as a leading white collar lawyer by the Los Angeles Business Journal in their 2007 "Who's Who in LA Law." Mr. Schindler has been named among the "Fab Fifty" US litigators under age 45 by The American Lawyer and has received the "Attorney General's Award For Distinguished Service," the "Director's Award For Superior Performance" and multiple special achievement awards from the Department of Justice. He was also named as one of the top lawyers in 1997 by California Lawyer and named in the "Top 40 Attorneys Under 40" by the Daily Journal.
Mr. Schindler served as law clerk for the Honorable Pamela Ann Rymer, on both the United States District Court for the Central District of California and the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.