Anthony Navid Moshirnia

Anthony Moshirnia is an associate in the firm's Government Contracts, Investigations & International Trade Practice Group.  He has significant experience in complex litigation, including drafting and opposing pleadings and motions, propounding and responding to discovery, fact gathering and analysis, and witness consultation.  Mr. Moshirnia has also assisted clients with internal and external investigations and due diligence to assess their exposure under the False Claims Act, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and other state and federal laws.  Mr. Moshirnia's practice has included:

• Aggressively defending a lawsuit brought under the federal False Claims Act and several state equivalents against one of the world's largest manufacturers of infrastructure products
• Conducting due diligence under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act for a multinational technology company regarding a potential product demonstration for a delegation of Middle Eastern officials
• Performing on-location records audits and witness interviews for a government contractor to assess potential False Claims Act liability
• Investigating and assisting to bring about a non-litigious resolution to an intellectual property dispute between two companies in the aerospace industry
• Successfully defending a class action lawsuit levying allegations of fraud against a telecommunications company and its directors
• Obtaining judgment for damages and a permanent injunction against a minority partner who attempted to wrongfully usurp the ownership and development rights to a lucrative green energy wind-farm project
• Assisting with the successful prosecution of a civil RICO action brought on behalf of a prominent real estate developer against one of the largest mortgage-lenders in the West

Education

• J.D., Boston University School of Law, 2007, cum laude, Notes Editor, Boston University Public Interest Law Journal
• B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 2001, magna cum laude

Admissions

• California
• Central District of California
• Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Articles

• "Siemens Whistleblower Complaint Underscores Need for "Top-Down" Anti-Corruption Compliance," Government Contracts Law Blog, January 28, 2013
• "DOJ and SEC Release New FCPA Resource Guide," Government Contracts Law Blog, December 17, 2012  
• "The Sisyphean Task Of Dodd-Frank Rulemaking," Government Contracts Blog, May 14, 2012
• "In Ninth Circuit, Whistleblowers Not Exempt From Confidentiality Agreements," Government Contracts Blog, November 16, 2011
• "Anti-Corruption Update: Change on the Horizon," Los Angeles Daily Journal, March 3, 2011
• "Tracking Changes in FCPA," The Recorder, March 1, 2011
• "2010 FCPA Year In Review," Government Contracts Blog, February 22, 2011
• "Amendments To New York State False Claims Act Encourage Qui Tam Actions," Government Contracts Blog, September 13, 2010
• "Emerging FCPA Enforcement Strategy," Law360, February 16, 2010
• "Arrests Signal New Era In Enforcement," Los Angeles Daily Journal, February 4, 2010
• "The Pickering Paper Shield: The Erosion of Public School Teachers’ First Amendment Rights Jeopardizes the Quality of Public Education," 16 B.U. Pub. Int. L.J. 313, Spring 2007