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Carl Nichols

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

Carl J. Nichols is a litigator who represents corporations and individuals in sensitive, high-profile, and high-stakes matters. He presently serves as lead counsel in a broad range of complex matters pending in different courts and before various government agencies.

Mr. Nichols has tried several cases and arbitrations and has argued appeals in the US Courts of Appeals for the DC, Second, Seventh, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits. Mr. Nichols joined the firm in 2010, after having served from 2005 until 2009 in the United States Department of Justice, first as Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Federal Programs Branch of the Civil Division, and later as the Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General.

Mr. Nichols focuses his practice on advising and representing clients before federal agencies and in state and federal courts, including in actions brought by governments, lawsuits against governments, and in congressional investigations.

He has handled complex, high-stakes litigation in areas including the False Claims Act, government and commercial contracts, international tax, trade secrets, administrative law, constitutional law, antitrust, and international law and arbitration, on behalf of clients in a wide range of industries. Mr. Nichols also has an active pro bono practice.

Mr. Nichols joined the firm after having served from 2005 until 2009 in the United States Department of Justice, first as Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Federal Programs Branch of the Civil Division, and later as the Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General.

In those positions, Mr. Nichols served as the government’s lead counsel in a number of landmark suits, including the House Judiciary Committee’s lawsuit seeking to enforce subpoenas issued to senior White House officials, several suits filed by the federal government to enjoin state investigations into alleged activities of the National Security Agency, and various lawsuits filed against telecommunications companies alleging their participation in national security programs.

Mr. Nichols also personally handled matters arising out of the Fannie Mae securities litigation; cases involving challenges to the constitutionality of federal statutes and Department of Justice regulations; and cases challenging the recommendations of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.

As Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General, Mr. Nichols advised the Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, and Associate Attorney General on a wide range of legislative, regulatory, policy and litigation matters.

He was also responsible for overseeing thirteen components of the Department of Justice, including the Tax Division, Antitrust Division, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Civil Rights Division, and Civil Division.

As Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Mr. Nichols supervised the trial-court litigation of the government’s most sensitive civil cases. Mr. Nichols testified several times on various matters before Congressional Committees.

Prior to joining the Department of Justice, Mr. Nichols was a partner in a major national law firm, where he litigated complex commercial cases at the trial and appellate levels on behalf of clients in various industries. Mr. Nichols is a frequent speaker on topics relating to the False Claims Act, national security and separation of powers.

Experience :

  • Lead counsel for global aerospace company in government contracts dispute pending in the Court of Federal Claims.
  • Lead counsel for major financial institution in False Claims Act litigation pending in the Southern District of California.
  • Lead counsel for global aerospace company in government contracts dispute pending in the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals.
  • Lead counsel for major strategy and technology consulting firm in trade secrets litigation in the Eastern District of Virginia.
  • Lead counsel for major technology company in investigation conducted by the Consumer Protection Section of the Office of the Attorney General of Virginia.
  • Lead counsel for telecommunications company in investigation by Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS).
  • Mr. Nichols regularly provides companies and individuals with pre-litigation advice in a broad range of areas.

EDUCATION :

  • JD, University of Chicago Law School, 1996
  • BA, High Honors in Philosophy, Dartmouth College, 1992

ADMISSIONS : District of Columbia, Virginia

CLERKSHIPS :

  • The Hon. Laurence H. Silberman, US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1996 – 1997
  • The Hon. Clarence Thomas, US Supreme Court, 1997 – 1998

GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE :

  • Department of Justice, Office of the Associate Attorney General, Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General
  • Department of Justice, Civil Division, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Federal Programs Branch.

Cost

Rate : $$$

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