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Miles L. Galbraith

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    Miles Galbraith is an associate in the firm’s Washington, DC office, where he has experience representing clients in the technology, manufacturing, healthcare, and life sciences sectors in a broad range of high-stakes white collar criminal defense, government and internal investigations, and complex civil litigation matters. Miles also maintains an active pro bono practice with a significant focus on voting rights issues.

    Prior to joining the firm, Miles served as a law clerk to the Honorable Gerald Bruce Lee on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. In 2014-2015, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Chief Judge Eric T. Washington on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Miles received his law degree in 2014 from American University, where he was the editor-in-chief of the American University Law Review. Prior to law school, he served as a Legislative Assistant in the U.S. House of Representatives. Miles received his undergraduate degree in 2007 from the University of California Santa Barbara.


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    • Counsel to leading technology company in criminal and civil regulatory investigations by SEC, DOJ, FTC, state AGs, and other regulators.
    • Counsel to major consumer product company in an investigation by the Department of Justice concerning alleged violations of the FDCA.
    • Counsel to global manufacturing company in internal investigation of quality assurance and compliance functions.
    • Counsel to life sciences company in an investigation by the Department of Justice concerning alleged violations of the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute.
    • Counsel to State of Minnesota in environmental litigation seeking natural resource damages in connection with the contamination of groundwater with perfluorochemicals.
    • Counsel to life sciences company in a series of Hatch-Waxman patent trials.

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  • Credentials
    Education
    • American University, Washington College of Law, J.D., 2014
        • cum laude
        • American University Law Review, Editor-in-Chief
        • Moot Court Honor Society
        • Dean’s Merit Scholar
    • University of California, Santa Barbara, B.A., 2007
    Bar Admissions
    • District of Columbia
    • California
    Government Experience
    • U.S. House of Representatives
    Judicial Clerkship
    • Hon. Gerald Bruce Lee, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, 2015 - 2016
    • Hon. Eric T. Washington, District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 2014 - 2015
    Languages
    • Spanish
    Pro Bono
    • Advised the National Redistricting Foundation and other national non-profit organizations on efforts to challenge racial and partisan gerrymandering.
    • Supported a legal challenge by individual plaintiffs in a case against the U.S. Department of Commerce and Census Bureau for the decision to add a citizenship question on the 2020 Census.
    • Counsel to local and national nonprofit organizations in a challenge to President’s December 4, 2017 Proclamation reducing the size of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, and related Freedom of Information Act litigation.
    • Counsel to low-income Washington, DC tenants facing wrongful eviction and poor housing conditions in DC Superior Court, the DC Office of Administrative Hearings, and the DC Housing Authority Office of Fair Hearings, during a six-month pro bono rotation at the Neighborhood Legal Services Program.
    Previous Experience
    • United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Special Litigation Section, Law Clerk (Fall 2012)
    • United States Department of the Treasury, Summer Honors Program, Law Clerk (Summer 2012)
    • United States House of Representatives, Legislative Assistant (2009-2011)
    • Presidential Campaign, Field Organizer (2008)

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