From key court decisions in the United States and Europe to positive policy developments, write Joseph Casino, Benjamin Diessel and Michael Kasdan of Wiggin and Dana, the global SEP community has had much to celebrate this year. Goddard Systems, Inc., (a Wind River Franchising company) the nationwide franchise with over 240 franchised Goddard Schools® announced that Joe Schumacher, formerly a partner with Wiggin and Dana, LLP, will join the company as Chief Operating Officer, effective May 1, 2007. Joe has represented GSI as its lawyer since its inception in 1988 and has. Wiggin and Dana is pleased to announce four new Partners and two new Counsel effective Jan. Kevin Budge is a member of the firm's Litigation Department.
ABOUT THE FIRM
Wiggin And Dana Llp Law Firm
Wiggin and Dana is a full-service law firm with more than 140 attorneys. We are a true partnership of highly talented, creative and experienced lawyers dedicated to exceeding our clients' expectations every day.
With offices in Connecticut, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, DC, and Palm Beach, we represent clients throughout the United States and globally on a wide range of sophisticated and complex matters. From defending a Fortune 500 institution in 'bet-the-company' litigation, to helping the next generation of inventors bring a new technology to market, to preserving the wealth that a family business has worked so hard to create, we pride ourselves in offering value driven solutions and results.
Joseph Casino Wiggin And Dana Llp Law Firm
Unparalleled excellence.
ABOUT THE FIRM
Wiggin And Dana Llp Law Firm
Wiggin and Dana is a full-service law firm with more than 140 attorneys. We are a true partnership of highly talented, creative and experienced lawyers dedicated to exceeding our clients' expectations every day.
With offices in Connecticut, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, DC, and Palm Beach, we represent clients throughout the United States and globally on a wide range of sophisticated and complex matters. From defending a Fortune 500 institution in 'bet-the-company' litigation, to helping the next generation of inventors bring a new technology to market, to preserving the wealth that a family business has worked so hard to create, we pride ourselves in offering value driven solutions and results.
Joseph Casino Wiggin And Dana Llp Law Firm
Unparalleled excellence.
Wiggin And Dana
Joseph W. Martini is a partner in Wiggin and Dana's White-Collar Defense, Investigations and Corporate Compliance Practice Group. He concentrates his practice in criminal matters and complex commercial litigation, with a particular emphasis counseling clients in prosecutions and investigations involving a broad range of federal criminal laws, involving tax fraud, bankruptcy fraud, bank fraud, mail and wire fraud, securities fraud, money laundering, the environment, theft of trade secrets, health care fraud, municipal corruption, and occupational safety and health (OSHA).
An accomplished trial and appellate lawyer, Mr. Martini has tried numerous jury cases to verdict and has briefed and argued over 20 cases before federal and state appellate courts. On behalf of a diverse group of clients – individuals, government officials and public and privately held companies – he regularly litigates sophisticated criminal and commercial disputes in federal and state courts, and before arbitration panels. Most recently, Mr. Martini represented a former Connecticut State Senator on appeal from bribery, mail fraud and tax convictions. He also successfully defended an international construction firm against allegations of criminal OSHA violations and violation of the Seaman's Manslaughter Statute, an officer of a Fortune 150 corporation in a securities fraud investigation and an international franchisor in a criminal investigation of franchisee criminal activity. Joe is included in The Best Lawyers in America in the category of White-Collar Criminal Defense (for more about the standards for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America, please see http://www.bestlawyers.com/news/default.aspx).
Mr. Martini served for nine years as an Assistant United States Attorney, investigating and prosecuting a broad range of federal crimes. He was awarded the Department of Justice's Director's Award for Superior Performance as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, and was also an instructor at the FBI Sensitive Operations and Undercover School at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia.
Mr. Martini is on the Editorial Board of the American Bar Association, Section on Litigation, Committee on Criminal Litigation Newsletter, and is an active member of the Connecticut Bar Association, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Federal Bar Council, and the CJA panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
He graduated cum laude with a B.A. from Gettysburg College in 1982, and in 1985 received his J.D. cum laude from Brooklyn Law School.
Education
J.D., Brooklyn Law School 1985 cum laude
B.A., Gettysburg College 1982 cum laude
Admissions
Connecticut
New York
Memberships
American Bar Association
Connecticut Bar Association
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Federal Bar Council
