Overview
Mr. Parker is a highly-regarded white collar criminal
defense lawyer with a wealth of experience representing clients both before and after criminal charges are brought.
Mr. Parker represents businesses and persons under investigation for criminal wrongdoing and has persuaded prosecutors to end investigations at the grand jury stage without bringing criminal
charges. He also represents witnesses subpoenaed to testify before grand juries and has been part
of many joint-defense teams responding in a coordinated manner to government
investigative efforts. Keenly
aware that voluntary cooperation with prosecutors often produces disastrous
results, Mr. Parker aggressively asserts his clients’ constitutional rights not
to incriminate themselves and has been very successful at obtaining
court-ordered immunity for subpoenaed witnesses.
Once criminal charges have been brought, Mr. Parker
takes the same aggressive approach, raising legal issues, filing appropriate
motions, comprehensively investigating the government’s case and fiercely
enforcing his clients’ due process rights. He is adept at negotiating pleas with acceptable
consequences. A skilled trial
lawyer, Mr. Parker is at home in the courtroom and is not afraid to try any
case.
Experience
Fraud and Embezzlement
Mr. Parker represents persons and businesses accused of government program fraud. He has represented clients under investigation for or accused of fraud in connection with major public construction projects, including the Big Dig, the multi-billion dollar relocation of an existing interstate highway into new tunnels underneath downtown Boston and the waters of Boston Harbor. He is involved in the defense of criminal charges of fraud by a large concrete supplier, an investigation into allegations of fraud by a minority and disadvantaged enterprise contractor involved in site demolition work, the investigation of a road paving company for antitrust violations and the prosecution of another road paving company accused of submitting false invoices for payment on public projects.
Mr. Parker represents persons
accused of Medicare and other health care fraud. He has defended individuals charged with making inflated or
otherwise fraudulent claims for insurance payments, illegal diversion of
prescription drugs, false claims to health insurance carriers for prescription
medication obtained by fraud and workers’ compensation fraud.
Mr. Parker also defends persons
charged with a variety of embezzlement crimes, such as bank fraud, check
cashing schemes and thefts from a wide variety of businesses, including a car
dealership, a major hospital and a major charitable organization.
Criminal Immigration Defense
Mr. Parker represents persons charged with immigration offenses such as passport fraud. He represents persons who face immigration consequences if convicted of other crimes. He defended a former Deacon in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church accused of smuggling gold jewelry into the country and obtained dismissal of charges that would have resulted in deportation. He also obtained dismissal of criminal charges brought against a scientist charged with assault and battery, a deportable offense.
Notable Cases
Environmental Crime, Oil Spill
No Criminal Charges Filed
Mr. Parker represented the owner of a tug boat
company in a federal criminal investigation arising out of the largest oil spill in
Boston history. Almost 60,000
gallons of fuel oil spilled from a Russian tanker into Boston waters. Mr. Parker put
together a team of lawyers to respond to an intense criminal investigation and
ultimately succeeded in persuading the United States Attorney’s Office not to
bring criminal charges.
Insider Trading, SEC Investigation
No Action
Mr. Parker represented an
employee of a major national corporation suspected of leaking inside
information to an analyst at a major brokerage house. The SEC closed its investigation without bringing any type
of disciplinary or enforcement action and did not refer the matter for
criminal prosecution.
Bankruptcy Fraud
Jury Acquittal
Mr. Parker persuaded a federal jury to acquit a
principal in a construction company charged with bankruptcy fraud. The government had charged that the
defendant had set up another person as a straw owner and illegally excluded the
company as an asset subject to bankruptcy court jurisdiction.