Partner

Barry Gross, a former federal prosecutor, is a partner in the firm's White Collar Crime and Corporate Investigations Practice Group. His practice focuses on the defense of white collar criminal investigations and prosecutions, internal corporate investigations, and the defense of alleged violations of: the False Claim Act, health care statutes, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), as well as, complex civil litigation including civil RICO and qui tam matters.

Barry has more than 30 years of experience conducting and handling investigations and high profile cases. Barry has participated in the defense of mail, wire, bank, securities, health care and tax fraud, and allegations of violations of the False Claim Act, and the FCPA. In addition, he has handled environmental matters, civil RICO matters, patent litigation, and bankruptcy litigation. Barry has tried over two hundred Federal and State jury trials to verdict and has handled numerous appeals, including arguments in the U.S. Court of Appeals and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

Recent engagements:

• represented pharmaceutical companies, medical device companies and their executives in grand jury and civil proceedings;
• represented a company based in China and its CEO in federal court in a case involving import/export violations;
• represented the General Counsel of a firm in a FCPA prosecution in Washington, D.C.
• represented the former Chairman of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission in a federal investigation;
• represented a company in a Federal False Claims Act involving alleged environmental violations;
• conducted internal investigations involving alleged environmental violations and embezzlement;
• represented a large mechanical contractor in a federal civil RICO action; and
• represented a national insurance company in a civil RICO action in federal court in Massachusetts.

Prior to joining the firm, Barry served as an Assistant United States Attorney with the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 1983-2007; and as an Assistant District Attorney in Delaware County, Pennsylvania from 1976-1983.

While an Assistant United States Attorney, Barry:

• acted as lead counsel and co-counsel in the investigations and racketeering trials of the Philadelphia La Cosa Nostra family;
• led an extensive investigation of a public agency resulting in the conviction of former high-ranking officials on charges of extortion, bid-rigging and related charges;
• handled one of the largest federal criminal trademark cases;
• handled numerous racketeering investigations and criminal tax investigations and trials;
• was the first to have criminal depositions taken in Belgium admitted as evidence in a U.S. court;
• tried the first Chinese human trafficking case in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; and
• served as an instructor in Serbia for the U.S. Justice Department and U.S. State Department.

Barry was recognized by the U.S. Department of Justice numerous times for his work. He received the Director's Award for Superior Performance and two Special Achievement Awards.

Barry served as an adjunct professor in the Integrated Trial Advocacy Program at Temple University - Beasley School of Law for ten (10) years, as an adjunct professor at Widener University School of Law for 10 years, and serves as a faculty member for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA). He is also a Master in the University of Pennsylvania American Inn of Court

Barry is frequently asked to provide legal commentary to the news media. His analysis has appeared in Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, on NPR, FOX News, CBS, NBC, ABC and other national and local outlets.