Don has been involved in a wide variety of civil litigation in state and federal courts across the country and in matters decided by arbitration, including the following:

• In an extended trial involving a multi-million dollar antitrust class action filed against Don’s client and other companies in the pharmaceutical industry, he obtained a directed verdict for his client; that verdict was upheld by a federal appellate court.
• Don has represented chemical manufacturers in data compensation disputes arising under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
• Don has represented building owners and several major manufacturers of vehicle parts in actions involving claims of personal injury from exposure to asbestos and has served as national counsel for two of these manufacturers in asbestos-related cases filed in numerous state and federal courts; Don has obtained the dismissal of his clients from thousands of these lawsuits, including the recent dismissal of multimillion dollar claims against the owners of a high-rise office building in New York City.
• Don defended a major cosmetics and fragrance manufacturer against claims that it had breached a distribution contract with a group of retailers; the case settled on terms very favorable to his client.
• During a four-month trial, Don defended multimillion dollar claims that his client, a major supplier to the defense industry, had caused emotional distress and other psychological injury to the members of a community whose groundwater had been contaminated by various chemicals.
• Don has represented companies and individuals in disputes with insurance companies regarding the scope of insurance coverage.

Don also regularly counsels clients on regulatory compliance and other issues involving antitrust, environmental, and asbestos-related matters.

Don joined Arent Fox in 1987 after serving for six years as a federal prosecutor in the Criminal Section of the Tax Division of the United States Department of Justice.

While working at the Department of Justice, Don received two Department of Justice Outstanding Attorney Awards for his work in prosecuting cases involving criminal tax and other white collar offenses.