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Practice/Industry Groups:
White Collar Defense and Investigations, Chair
Litigation
Health Care
Energy, Public Utilities & Environmental
E-Discovery & Compliance
Richard Blake is a partner and chair of the white collar defense and investigations practice group. He is also a member of the health care law group and is located in the Cleveland office. His practice focuses on complex criminal and civil white collar matters, including Qui Tam and civil false claims matters, fraud involving Medicare, Medicaid and other government procurement programs, and public corruption.
Representative Experience
Former Assistant United States Attorney with the Department of Justice; first attorney hired by the DOJ in Cleveland to exclusively handle federal Qui Tam and civil false claims cases in the Northern District of Ohio
As an Assistant U.S. Attorney, investigated and successfully prosecuted a large number of complex criminal and civil cases, including Department of Defense procurement fraud, financial institution and securities fraud, federal Qui Tam and civil false claims, health care and insurance fraud, international and domestic money laundering, domestic terrorism, corporate fraud, government program contract fraud, identity theft, federal tax fraud and environmental crimes
As a member of the Cleveland Organized Crime Strike Force, successfully prosecuted cases involving public corruption and racketeering activities by organized crime enterprises
As an Assistant U.S. Attorney, successfully prosecuted the district’s first jury trial case under the Federal Civil False Claims Act
Former Senior Enforcement Attorney with the U.S. Treasury Department, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency; prosecuted civil and administrative cases throughout the country against nationally chartered banks and their management
Community and Professional Activities
Admitted to practice in the states of Ohio, New York and Connecticut; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio and the Southern District of New York
Federal court-appointed mediator, Northern District of Ohio in alternative dispute resolutions
Volunteer Magistrate, Mayfield Village Juvenile Court Diversion Program
Member: Ohio State, New York State, American and Cuyahoga Metropolitan Bar Associations; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Former Adjunct Law Professor, Cleveland Marshall School of Law
Recent Publications
"Congress Expands Scope of Federal False Claims Act," Fine Print – The Ohio State Bar Association’s Quarterly Newsletter, Summer 2009
Contributor, "Attorneys say changes to False Claims Act will have impact on future litigation," The Columbus Daily Reporter, June 3, 2009
"Federal Prosecutors Target Off-Label Promotion of Prescription Drugs," Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Journal, November 2008
Awards and Recognitions
Listed, Strathmore’s Whos Who, 2010
Received awards and citations from FBI Directors Louis J. Freeh and Robert S. Mueller, United States Secret Service Director Brian L. Stafford, the Department of Defense, IRS Criminal Investigation Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Treasury Department, and Ohio Department of Transportation
2006 President’s Council on Integrity and Efficiency Award for Excellence and Distinguished Performance in Protecting United States Military Personnel and the Nation’s Nuclear Programs
Education
St. John's University (J.D., 1988)
City University of New York, Baruch College (B.B.A., 1984)
United States Army, Army Reserve (1984 - 1990)
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