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- FraudEnlisted to help prepare aspiring lawyers for the courtroom, Mike accepted an appointment from the University of Maine School of Law as a member of its adjunct faculty. At the Law School, he taught courses in trial practice, as well as sentencing law and strategy. He is a frequent lecturer and speaker on topics that are related to his law practice, including constitutional criminal procedure, investigative strategy and tactics, police liability, health care fraud and regulatory compliance. Mike also regularly supports efforts to provide continuing legal education to the law enforcement community; he makes presentations to law enforcement audiences on topics ranging from constitutional criminal procedure to case preparation to situational uses of force and related police liability issues.
- White Collar CrimesIn 1993, President Bill Clinton nominated Jay P. McCloskey to be the United States Attorney for the District of Maine, and the United States Senate confirmed him. Jay held that post for eight years. Prior to becoming Maine's chief federal prosecutor, Jay served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Maine from 1980 until 1993. During his tenure as United States Attorney, Jay served as a member of the United States Attorney General's Advisory Committee from 1993 through 1995, where he played an integral role in the formulation of Department of Justice policies. Jay also served as the Chair for the U.S. Attorney General's Subcommittee on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines from 1993 through 2001 and as a member of the Attorney General's select committee on the criminal status of crack cocaine cases. He is recognized for his expertise in the field of white collar crime and federal regulatory compliance. By the time he retired from federal service, Jay had litigated dozens of federal cases before the United States District Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
- MisdemeanorsKosovo was not Mike’s only international experience as a lawyer. In March 2011, he was a pro bono legal advisor to a team of court administrators engaged by the U.S. Agency for International Development and the European Union to design a project that would implement judicial administration reforms in Serbia as part of that country’s application for admission to the European Union. It was delicate subject matter, and his work in Serbia involved liaison with judges and staff members of the Serbian High Court Council, the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court of Cassation, the Courts of Appeal, the Commercial Court, the High Court, the Misdemeanor Court and the Municipal Court, as well as the Serbian Ministry of Justice and other interested parties. He also participated in international and multicultural programs under the auspices of Project Harmony, which was funded by the United States Agency for International Development and Southern Maine Community College’s Center for Global Opportunities. Mike’s participation included hosting individuals from Ukraine, Russia, Georgia and Moldova in his home, as well as the facilitation of cultural education programs. He also assisted in developing internships for international students from Turkmenistan and Ukraine, and a presentation on legal issues to students from Russia, Spain, Somalia and the Netherlands.
- MurderMike was a founding partner of what is known today as McCloskey, Mina, Cunniff & Frawley, LLC, in 2002, and he has been Of Counsel to the firm since 2012. Previously, Mike was associate counsel in the litigation department of a large first-tier Portland law firm, where he became co-chair of the Technology, Security & Investigations Practice Group, as well as the coordinator of the firm's criminal defense practice. He has handled complex civil matters litigated in federal and state courts as counsel for plaintiffs and defendants, and he has acted as defense counsel in complicated federal and state criminal matters, ranging from allegations of attempted murder and manslaughter to fraud, criminal conspiracies, and regulatory offenses. In addition to having extensive experience in pretrial litigation, hearings and trials, Mike has briefed and argued cases before the Maine Supreme Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit; he was also lead counsel in a petition for certiorari considered by the United States Supreme Court. Moreover, he has managed and conducted internal investigations for government and corporate clients. He frequently provides legal counsel to professional and corporate clients that are susceptible to administrative, civil, or criminal sanctions because of the heavily regulated nature of their activities.
- Money LaunderingIn 1989, Thimi returned to Maine as an Assistant United States Attorney in Portland. During his tenure as a federal prosecutor in Maine, he was responsible for the prosecution of major crimes, including complex financial crimes such as bank and securities frauds, tax offenses, asset forfeitures, racketeering and money laundering cases. Thimi also tried numerous high visibility criminal cases and exercised senior prosecutorial authority in a number of sensitive public corruption cases.
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- Employment LitigationHeadquartered in Portland, Maine, McCloskey, Mina, Cunniff & Frawley, LLC is a law firm with a practice focused on complex civil litigation and white collar defense. The firm has broad experience representing individual and institutional clients in matters involving alleged violations of federal and state laws pertaining to health care, taxation, whistleblower and false claims, customs, imports and exports, the environment, banking, securities, commercial fraud and high technology. In addition, we are regularly called upon to represent parties involved in general commercial disputes, employment claims, matters of undue influence and elder abuse, environmental accidents, constitutional litigation and serious injury and death cases.
- Personal InjuryCharlie King brings more than 6 years of expertise as a litigation attorney to McCloskey, Mina, Cunniff & Frawley. Hailing from New Orleans, Charlie has experience litigating all stages of personal injury cases, product liability actions, business and contract disputes, intellectual property disputes, and unfair trade practices litigation, both in state and federal court. He has participated in some of the largest Multi-District Litigations in the country, including the BP Oil Spill disaster, the Chinese Drywall litigation, and various national pharmaceutical and product liability cases.
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