David W. Ogden

Mr. Ogden was nominated by President Obama and confirmed by the United States Senate to serve as the Deputy Attorney General of the United States, and he did so from 2009 to 2010. In that position, he was the second ranking official of the United States Department of Justice and its chief operating officer, supervising the Justice Department’s 110,000 employees, almost $30 billion budget, and all of its components and operations. Among the components reporting to Mr. Ogden were the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other law enforcement agencies, the 93 United States Attorneys Offices, and all of the Justice Department’s national litigating divisions including the Criminal Division, National Security Division, Civil Division, Civil Rights Division, Antitrust Division, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and Tax Division. He served as a member of the Deputies Committee of the National Security Council, and led major Justice Department and Executive Branch initiatives addressing health care fraud, financial fraud, international organized crime, Mexican drug cartels, immigration, international tax enforcement, and law enforcement in Indian Country. He also worked regularly with the leaders of foreign justice and interior ministries on international disputes and national security and law enforcement matters

Earlier, Mr. Ogden served as the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division (1999-2001), where he directed the Justice Department's largest litigating unit representing federal agencies and officials in major civil litigation, including the government's largest regulatory, constitutional, international, national security, administrative, government contract, commercial, tort, fraud and false claims, immigration, and consumer matters. He also served as Chief of Staff and Counselor to former Attorney General Janet Reno (1997-1999), Associate Deputy Attorney General (1995-1997), and Deputy General Counsel and Legal Counsel at the United States Department of Defense (1994-1995).

• The 2012 Distinguished Brief Award, given by The Thomas M. Cooley Law Review for briefs filed before the Michigan Supreme Court, for the amicus brief of the American Psychological Association in Michigan v. Kowalski.
• Selected as a leading lawyer for his work in the litigation field in the 2013 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business
• Recommended as a litigation star in Washington DC in Benchmark Litigation's The Guide to America's Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys (2008, 2012 and 2013).
• Consistently selected by peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of commercial and mass tort litigation, and business litigation.
• Edward H. Levi Award for Outstanding Professionalism and Exemplary Integrity, US Department of Justice (2010) 
• Named a 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2013 Washington DC Super Lawyer for business litigation
• One of Washington Business Journal's "Top Washington Lawyers" in the area of corporate litigation (2006)
• National Law Journal Pro Bono Award (2006)
• Edmund J. Randolph Award for Outstanding Service, US Department of Justice (2001)
• Attorney General's Medallion, US Department of Justice (1999)
• Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service (1995)

International Disputes  

• Obtaining for a US petrochemical company judicial declarations that foreign judgments totaling more than $500 million are unenforceable in the United States
• Successfully managing for US pharmaceutical and international petro-chemical companies high-stakes litigations in foreign courts raising issues of judicial corruption and investor-state protections
• Representing an American company in litigation against a foreign state under the expropriation and commercial activities exceptions to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
• Successfully defending foreign airlines in US antitrust litigations seeking more than $50 billion in damages, and managing related litigation worldwide
• Representing corporate clients in investor-state arbitration under ICSID and UNCITRAL Rules
• Successfully representing an international law firm in a civil racketeering suit brought by a former adversary in international arbitration
• Representing a former US Secretary of State in Alien Tort Statute litigation

Government and Public Policy Litigation  

• Representing defense, retail and entertainment industry clients in qui tam actions brought under the False Claims Act
• Representing insurance, pharmaceutical, technology and, government service companies in Justice Department False Claims investigations
• Representing a manufacturing entity in an SEC investigation
• Obtaining on behalf of a major national mortgage lender dismissal with prejudice of a putative nationwide discrimination class action and representing an investment bank in similar litigation
• Obtaining for a trade association summary judgment striking down on Commerce Clause and preemption grounds a state price control statute
• Obtaining for a trade association summary judgment striking down on preemption grounds a state statute that invalidated arbitration clauses in certain agreements
• Defending a national professional association in a consumer class action suit filed by its members
• Advising and representing a major federally-chartered private corporation in a range of litigation and corporate matters
• Submitting amicus briefs for a major professional and scientific association and a major industry association in the US Supreme Court and other appellate courts