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Neely Griffith is a partner in the Business & Commercial Litigation Practice Group and is a member of the firm's Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense practice. She regularly represents clients before government regulatory and enforcement agencies, as well as the courts. Ms. Griffith actively represents corporations and their officers, directors, and employees in internal investigations, administrative enforcement proceedings, including U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proceedings, and other government investigations. In her practice, she advises corporate audit committees, general counsel, and compliance officers in responding to government subpoenas and internal complaints, and in instituting preventative policies, internal controls, and training measures necessary to remain in compliance with relevant laws and regulations.

In addition to her compliance and government enforcement work, Ms. Griffith has represented clients in multi-district litigation, as well as Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and securities lawsuits. Her recent significant engagements include: 

• Conducting an internal investigation regarding the Medicare billing practices of a large health care system and assisting and advising the client in connection with self-disclosure to the government;
• Defending a major offshore oil industry service provider in connection with RICO allegations related to hiring practices;
• Defending a publicly traded company against allegations by the SEC arising from corporate revenue recognition policies;
• Assisting a large health care system in the development and implementation of a comprehensive compliance program, including the establishment of training measures, policies, and internal and external controls;
• Defending a publicly traded company against allegations by the SEC arising from corporate accounting for long-lived assets;  
• Defending a securities broker-dealer against allegations brought by the National Association Of Securities Dealers (NASD) related to employee supervision; and 
• Defending multi-million-dollar welding industry clients in connection with multi-district litigation centered in the Northern District of Ohio.

Noteworthy

Clerkships

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, The Honorable Jacques L. Wiener, Jr. (2003–2004)
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, The Honorable Ivan L.R. Lemelle (2002–2003)

Law Review

• Senior Notes and Comments Editor, Tulane Law Review (2002)
• Associate Editor, Tulane Law Review (2001)
• Rufus C. Harris Law Review Award

News

• Jones Walker Presents Health Care Seminar
• Griffith Appointed to Louisiana Advisory Committee to U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
• Griffith Published in ABA Health eSource
• Jones Walker Presents Health Care Seminars and Webinar Series
• Griffith Presents "Health Care Fraud and Abuse in an Era of Reform"
• Jones Walker Presents Health Care Seminar

Presentations

• "Health Care Fraud & Compliance: Updates, Trends, and Where To Go From Here" (Fort Lauderdale), November 10, 2010
• "Health Care Fraud & Compliance: Updates, Trends, and Where To Go From Here" (Baton Rouge), September 14, 2010
• "Key Issues and Updates from the Health Care Reform Legislation", August 5, 2010, Health Care Webinar Series
• "Health Care Fraud and Abuse in an Era of Reform", April 19, 2010

Publications

• "'Entwinement' and NASD Enforcement Proceedings: Reexamining NASD's State-Actor Status in the Post-Brentwood Era"
  Securities Regulation & Law Report. Vol. 39, No. 28, July 16, 2007
• "When Civilian Principles Clash with the Federal Law: An Examination of the Interplay Between Louisiana's Family Law and Federal Statutory and Constitutional Law"
  76 Tulane Law Review 519, 2001

Memberships

• American Bar Association (Member, White Collar Crime Committee, Section of Criminal Justice)
• American Health Lawyers Association (Member, Fraud and Abuse Practice Group)
• Federal Bar Association
• Louisiana Bar Foundation
• Louisiana State Bar Association
• New Orleans Bar Association
• New Orleans Pro Bono Project
• New Orleans Opera Association
• The Thomas More-Loyola Law School American Inn of Court