BRADY TOENSING, Partner

Brady@digtoe.com

Brady Toensing obtained his undergraduate and law degrees from Georgetown University.  He is admitted to practice in Maryland, Vermont, and Washington, DC.

Prior to law school, he served as a Legislative and Special Assistant to United States Senator Warren B. Rudman.  He has been an attorney for more than twenty years and has represented companies, individuals and other entities in a wide range of complex civil and criminal matters, including administrative, judicial, and federal agency proceedings.  

Most recently, he served as a Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Policy.  In that role, Mr. Toensing helped lead and coordinate the Department’s Section 230 reform efforts, including co-leading the Department’s 2020 Section 230 Workshop, which framed the debate over this important law and led to the development of the Department of Justice’s Section 230 legislative package.  He also assisted with the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, acting as a member of the Rapid Response Team.  

His practice, with some samples, is summarized below. 

International:  Mr. Toensing has handled Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) cases involving countries all over the world, including representing one of the longest-serving, white-collar, undercover cooperators in FBI history.  He has represented clients in MLAT inquiries and in OFAC matters.  For more than ten years, he represented the former President of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) through liquidation and multiple lawsuits involving allegations of international money laundering and bank fraud.  He has also conducted overseas investigations and helped design international compliance programs. 

Congress:  Mr. Toensing has represented clients in a number of Congressional investigations, including Clinton White House Pardon issues, Ruby Ridge/Waco, and during the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations inquiry into tax shelters.  He also helped to develop and implement a successful Legislative and Executive Branch strategy regarding healthcare issues for a major trade organization.

Grand Jury Investigations:  Mr. Toensing has represented clients in grand jury investigations involving numerous allegations, including FCPA, money-laundering, government procurement fraud, union fraud, healthcare fraud, witness tampering, campaign finance fraud, false statements, wire and mail fraud, and obstruction of justice.

First Amendment and Political:  Mr. Toensing litigated and won a landmark First Amendment case in the Vermont Supreme Court that expanded access to government records stored in private accounts under the state’s open records law.  He was thrice elected Vice Chairman of the Vermont Republican Party.  He served as General Counsel to Vermont Lieutenant Governor Brian Dubie’s reelection campaign and as litigation counsel to his campaign for Governor.  He was also lead election-day counsel for the Vermont Republican Party through numerous election cycles and lead election-day counsel in Vermont for the Trump Campaign in 2016. 

Government Clients:  Mr. Toensing represented the government of the District of Columbia and the Director of its prison system in Section 1983 cases in Superior and Federal Courts involving the deaths of two prisoners sent to a private prison.  He won dismissal of the Firm’s client from the federal case based on qualified immunity and, in the appellate court, won a stay of proceedings in D.C. Superior Court.  (The case settled prior to the appellate hearing).

He represented an FBI Hostage Rescue Team member during all manner of inquiries concerning Ruby Ridge and Waco.  These included a federal grand jury investigation, state criminal proceedings, and Congressional investigations.

He represented a federal government employee in a whistleblowing case against the U.S. Department of State.  He has also represented CIA, FBI, and Secret Service employees in internal hearings and investigations, and a Member of Congress during the Campaign Finance Task Force inquiry.

Discrimination Cases:  Mr. Toensing has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in gender discrimination cases.  As plaintiff’s counsel, he successfully fought a major United States company that was systematically discriminating against its female employees.

False Claims Act Cases:  Mr. Toensing has defended a Union, individuals, and companies against claims of violations of the Federal False Claims Act.

Investigations and Compliance Programs:  Mr. Toensing has conducted internal investigations and prepared reports and compliance programs for national and international corporations and labor unions.  In carrying out these tasks, he has coordinated the activities of other attorneys, former-FBI agents, and forensic auditors.

 

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