Bradley L Williams

Law School:
Indiana University School of Law
Graduated in 1975

Admitted to Practice:
Indiana
The Supreme Court of the United States
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
United States District Court - Northern District of Indiana
United States District Court - Southern District of Indiana
United States District Court - Eastern District of Michigan

Mini Biography:
Mr. Williams concentrates his practice in white collar crime, grand jury proceedings, federal taxation, section 1983 litigation, proceedings before federal and state administrative agencies, legal and regulatory compliance, health care and the False Claims Act (including qui tam litigation).

Full Biography:
Mr. Williams came to Ice Miller in 1988, following a ten year career with the United States Department of Justice. He previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, and as First Assistant. He was named Acting United States Attorney in 1987.

Trial and Appellate Experience-

Mr. Williams has participated in numerous jury and non-jury trials, as well as appeals, in federal and state courts and administrative agencies. Subject areas include qui tam, civil rights/section 1983, quiet title, and patent infringement, as well as white-collar crime including environmental crime, mail fraud, money laundering, currency transactions reporting, income tax evasion, and export control act violations. Mr. Williams has also represented individual and corporate clients in numerous grand jury investigations at the state and federal level.

Examples of Mr. Williams' trial and appellate experience include the following:

-- Mr. Williams led the defense team representing a police officer in a heavily-publicized civil rights case arising out of a police action shooting. The jury returned a defense verdict.

-- Mr. Williams defended two individual clients accused of money laundering and currency structuring violations. One client's conviction was reversed on appeal, with instructions to enter a judgment of acquittal; the other client was found not guilty.

-- Mr. Williams represented a government official in the first qui tam action tried to a jury in the State of Indiana. The jury returned a defense verdict.

-- Mr. Williams successfully defended a business owner accused of violating the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty.

-- Mr. Williams has represented clients in numerous appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth and Seventh Circuits, the Supreme Court of Indiana, and the Indiana Court of Appeals.

-- As a prosecutor, Mr. Williams tried a wide variety of cases, including mail fraud and public corruption, income tax evasion, environmental litigation, employment discrimination, and federal program fraud.

-- Mr. Williams has represented clients before the Provider Reimbursement Review Board.

Recognition-

Mr. Williams is listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the field of White-Collar Criminal Defense.

Mr. Williams is listed in Indiana Super Lawyers.

Mr. Williams was named one of the nation's "Outstanding Healthcare Fraud and Compliance Lawyers" by Nightingales Healthcare News.

Professional Activities-

Mr. Williams is the Immediate Past President of the Seventh Circuit Bar Association, and is the past chair of the subcommittee on Attorney-Client and Constitutional Privileges, American Bar Association Section of Taxation. He is a member of the Advisory Committee on Circuit Rules for the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the Local Rules Committee for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, and is a member of the Attorney Grievance Committee of the Indianapolis Bar Association. He is a past president of the Indianapolis Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.

Mr. Williams is admitted to practice law before the Supreme Court of the United States, the Supreme Court of Indiana, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and Seventh Circuit, and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, Southern District of Indiana, and the Eastern District of Michigan.

Services:
Antitrust Regulation and Investigation
Audits for Environmental Compliance
Compliance and Permits - Air
Compliance and Permits - Water
Compliance Programs
Contaminated Properties - Brownfield Redevelopment
Contaminated Properties - Remediating
Contaminated Properties - Selling and Buying
Contaminated Properties - Superfund/CERCLA
Corporate and Business Services
Dealing with Regulatory Matters
Dispute Resolution/Litigation
Environmental
Environmental Crisis Management
Environmental Litigation
Environmental Mining
Environmental Occupational Health and Safety (OSHA)
Federal Litigation
Government Procurement
Hazardous Materials - Handling and Transportation
Health Care
Health Care Fraud & Abuse
Health Care Litigation
Income Taxation
Infectious Waste
Litigation
Mergers and Acquisitions - Environmental
Personal Services
Professional Representation and Malpractice
White Collar Crime

Industry Experience:
Compliance Programs
  Colleges and Universities
  Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services
  Gaming and Pari-mutuel
  Governments
  Health Care
  Legal Services
  Manufacturing (Automotive)
  Media/Communications
  Museums
  Pharmaceutical
  Telecommunications
Litigation
  Colleges and Universities
  Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services
  Gaming and Pari-mutuel
  Governments
  Health Care
  Legal Services
  Manufacturing (Automotive)
  Media/Communications
  Museums
  Pharmaceutical
  Telecommunications
White Collar Crime
  Colleges and Universities
  Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services
  Gaming and Pari-mutuel
  Governments
  Health Care
  Legal Services
  Manufacturing (Automotive)
  Media/Communications
  Museums
  Pharmaceutical
  Telecommunications

Professional Associations:
Immediate Past President, Seventh Circuit Bar Association

Past Chair, Subcommittee on Attorney-Client and Constitutional Privileges, Committee on Civil and Criminal Tax Penalties, American Bar Association, Section of Taxation

Member, Local Rules Committee for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Member, Attorney Grievance Committee, Indianapolis Bar Association

Past President, Indiana chapter, Federal Bar Association

Member, American Health Lawyers Association

Awards and Recognitions:
Mr. Williams was named to The Best Lawyers In America 2009 list in White-Collar Criminal Defense

Mr. Williams was named one of the nation's "Outstanding Healthcare Fraud and Compliance Lawyers" by Nightingales Healthcare News.

Mr. Williams is listed in "Indiana's Super Lawyers" in the field of white-collar criminal defense.

Mr. Williams was named one of "Indiana's Best Lawyers" in the January 2009 issue of Indiana Business Magazine.

Mr. Williams was named one of the top area criminal defense attorneys by Indianapolis Monthly magazine.

Published In:
"Survey of Recent Developments in Health Law -- Fraud and Abuse," 40 Indiana Law Review 931 (2007)

"Survey of Recent Developments in Health Law -- Fraud and Abuse," 39 Indiana Law Review 1063(2006)

Monograph, "A Primer on Privileges in Tax Controversies," 55th Annual Tennessee Federal Tax Institute, November 10, 2004

Monograph, "The Tax Adviser Privilege Under Code Section 7525," American Bar Association Section of Taxation National Teleconference, January 28, 2004

Monograph, "Understanding Civil, Criminal and Administrative Sanctions Against Return Preparers," American Bar Association Section of Taxation, Committee on Civil and Criminal Tax Penalties, April 24, 2002

Monograph, "Confidentiality in Tax Practice," American Bar Association Section of Taxation, Committee on Standards of Tax Practice, April 24, 2002

Mr. Williams authored numerous other published and unpublished papers on the subjects of environmental crime, currency reporting requirements, tax controversies, and privileges.

Speaking Engagements:
Mr. Williams moderated a nationwide teleconference on IRS return preparer penalties sponsored by the American Bar Association and American Law Institute.

Mr. Williams participated in a nationwide teleconference on Privileges in Tax Controversies sponsored by the American Bar Association

Mr. Williams presented the Topic "Privileges in Tax Controversies" to the Tennessee Federal Tax Institute.

Mr. Williams is a regular speaker at programs sponsored by the American Bar Association Section of Taxation, Committee on Civil and Criminal Tax Penalties and Committee on Standards of Tax Practice, and other organizations.

Community Involvement:
Mr. Williams is a past president of Castleton East Civic Association, a homeowners' organization serving in northeast Marion County, Indiana.

Mr. Williams was the founding member of the board of directors of the Indianapolis Neighborhood Resource Center.

Mr. Williams serves as secretary to the parish council, St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, in downtown Indianapolis.

Reported and Representative Cases:
McKinney v. Duplain, 2007 WL 1128852 (S.D. Ind. 2007) (defense jury verdict)

McKinney v. Duplain, 463 F.3d 679 (7th Cir. 2006)

Nauyokas v. Harvey, No. 05-1448 (6th Cir. 2005)

McKinney v. Duplain, 2005 WL 2044862 (S.D. Ind. 2005)

McKinney v. Duplain, 2005 WL 2077488 (S.D. Ind. 2005)

Banco Del Atlantico, S.A. v. Stauder, 2005 WL 1925830 (S.D. Ind. 2005)

Turner v. City of Evansville, 740 N.E.2d 860 (Ind. 2001)

Snodderly v. R.U.F.F. Drug Enforcement Task Force, 239 F.3d 892 (7th Cir. 2001)

Turner v. City of Evansville, 729 N.E.2d 149 (Ind. App. 2000)

Sullivan v. City of Evansville, 728 N.E.2d 182 (Ind. App. 2000)

Hoosier Environmental Council, Inc. v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 2000 WL 1428664 (S.D. Ind. 2000)

Hoosier Environmental Council, Inc. v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 105 F.Supp.2d 953 (S.D. Ind. 2000)

U.S. ex rel. Durcholz v. FKW Inc., 189 F.3d 542 (7th Cir. 1999)

Schneider & Co., Inc. v. U.S., 1999 WL 550307 (S.D. Ind. 1999)

U.S. ex rel. Durcholz v. FKW Inc., 997 F. Supp. 1143 (S.D. Ind. 1998)

U.S. ex rel. Durcholz v. FKW Inc., 997 F. Supp. 1159 (S.D. Ind. 1998)

U.S. v. Trigg, 119 F.3d 493 (7th Cir. 1997)

Gigax v. Boone Village Ltd. Partnership, 656 N.E.2d 854 (Ind. App. 1995)

U.S. v. Hollingsworth, 27 F.3d 1196 (7th Cir. 1994)

Wisconsin Power and Light Co. v. Public Service Com'n511 N.W.2d 291, WL 39455 (1994)

Jacobs v. State, 640 N.E.2d 61 (Ind. App. 1994)

U.S. v. Hollingsworth, 9 F.3d 593, (7th Cir. 1993)

U.S. v. Williams, 792 F. Supp. 1120 (S.D. Ind. 1992)

U.S. v. Shetterly, 971 F.2d 67 (7th Cir. 1992)

U.S. v. Pickard, 787 F.Supp.155 (S.D. Ind. 1992)

Flick v. Blevins, 887 F.2d 778 (7th Cir. 1989)

Pollution Control Industries of America, Inc v. Reilly, 715 F. Supp.219 (N.D.Ill. 1989)

Bar Committees:
Mr. Williams is the immediate past president of the Seventh Circuit Bar Association, and has been an officer of the organization for the past fifteen years.

Mr. Williams has served as chair of the Subcommittee on Attorney-Client and Constitutional Privileges, American Bar Association, Section of Taxation, Committee on Civil and Criminal Tax Penalties, for the past twelve years.

Mr. Williams has served as a member of the Indianapolis Bar Association Attorney Grievance Committee, for the past fifteen years.

Mr. Williams has served as a member of the United States District Court, Southern District Court of Indiana, Local Rules Committee, for the past fourteen years.

Mr. Williams serves as a member of the Advisory Committee on Circuit Rules, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.