Adrian F. Snead,
Partner

Key Matters

Litigation

  • Represented a plaintiff government contractor in Wye Oak Technology, Inc. v. Republic of Iraq and Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Iraq, a breach of contract case against the post-Saddam Iraqi government; client received an approximate $89 million award after a bench trial
  • Represented more than two dozen members of the U.S. House and U.S. Senate in an amicus brief in Hemp Industry Association, et al. v. Drug Enforcement Administration, et al., a Ninth Circuit appeal of U.S. Drug and Enforcement Administration rulemaking related to hemp
  • Represented approximately 600 plaintiffs in a Louisiana environmental tort mass action against a landfill and the local parish
  • Represented a plaintiff illegally imprisoned for nearly three years in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights case against the District of Columbia
  • Represented a plaintiff in a medical malpractice case where a hospital stereotyped a young African American male and provided substandard treatments, resulting in lifelong paralysis
  • Represented a defendant in a federal white collar criminal matter
  • Represented a billion-dollar government contractor in a multimillion-dollar business conspiracy case, which ended with a favorable settlement for the client
  • Represented a plaintiff in a business dispute among partners, which resulted in a successful mediation
  • Represented a New York real estate investor in an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitration related to a faulty HVAC system, which ended with a favorable settlement for the client
  • Represented three senior ex-CIA officers as plaintiffs in an arbitration against a billionaire involving breach of contract related to Iraqi oil, which resulted in a favorable award for the clients
  • Represented a plaintiff in Railroad Development Corporation v. Republic of Guatemala, the first investor-state arbitration brought pursuant to the Central American Free Trade Agreement and heard at the World Bank's International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), which ended with favorable award for the client