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Richard L. Cys

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rickcys@dwt.com
(202) 973-4217

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Richard L. Cys
Partner in Charge- Washington, D.C. Office

Representative Experience
Complex commercial litigation

Qui tam cases

Labor and civil rights casesGrand jury investigations

Litigation against the government

Customs enforcement matters and investigations of alleged export law violations by major foreign and domestic corporations

Response to fraud and abuse investigations initiated both by administrative agencies and federal grand juries

Defamation cases

Administrative proceedings before the Federal

Communications Commission

Prior Experience
Law clerk for the United States District Judge John H. Pratt in Washington, D.C.

Assistant United States Attorney in Washington, D.C. - tried over 50 jury cases, the majority of which involved serious felony charges, argued over 20 appeals and supervised the training and trial work of more than 100 attorneys

Memberships and Activities
Selected to "Top Business Litigation Super Lawyers," Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers®, 2008

Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers

District of Columbia Bar Association

U.S. Court of Federal Claims

U.S. Court of International Trade

Judicial conferences of both the D.C. Circuit and the D.C. Court of Appeals

Served as a faculty member at various litigation training seminars sponsored by the National Institute for Trial Advocacy

Education
J.D., Georgetown University School of Law

B.S. in Chemical Engineering, with honors, University of Colorado






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