Matthew E. Miller

Representative Experience

• Obtained dismissal of aiding and abetting fraud claim on behalf of Big Four audit firm in the Commercial Division of the New York Supreme Court.
• Representing Big Four audit firm in connection with SEC investigation concerning global pharmaceutical company.
• Representing national accounting firm in connection with joint DOJ and SEC investigation concerning healthcare service company. 
• Represented business consultant in a breach of contract case. Obtained jury verdict following a week-long trial in the Business Litigation Session of Massachusetts Superior Court awarding full breach of contract damages plus treble damages and attorneys’ fees under M.G.L. c. 93A.
• Represented owner of Massachusetts Power Plant in responding to a federal grand jury investigation regarding alleged violations of the Clean Air Act.
• Represented consulting firm in connection with a False Claims Act investigation brought by the Office of the Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• Co-authored amicus brief submitted to the United States Supreme Court on behalf of the Product Liability Advisory Council in support of the petition for writ of certiorari filed in Exxon Mobil Corp. v. State of New Hampshire, No. 15-933.
• Represented Big Four accounting firm in SEC civil enforcement action, federal securities fraud class action and related ERISA and state court litigation, and oversaw various aspects of the firm’s identification, collection and production of electronically stored information.
• Obtained dismissal of all claims against former CFO of the country's largest mortgage lender in mortgage backed securities litigation.
• Represented audit committee of public company in conducting an investigation regarding revenue recognition issues.
• Obtained affirmance of dismissal of securities fraud claims against Big Four accounting firm before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
• Represented auditing firms in numerous state court professional malpractice cases.
• Obtained an arbitration award in favor of publicly traded company client in connection with a complex purchase price dispute.
• Represented former CEO of public company in SEC investigation and civil enforcement action, and successfully defended client at trial in related private civil litigation.