Overview
Greer Griffith represents clients in civil and criminal government enforcement matters, restructuring litigation and complex commercial litigation. She has extensive experience in the FinTech & Blockchain, healthcare and academic industries.
Greer advises on some of the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry’s most complex and novel matters, including representing Prime Trust, a leader in the cryptocurrency space which held more than $3.8 billion in cryptocurrency and fiat currency at its peak, in connection with its Chapter 11 cases.
Greer regularly represents clients accused of healthcare fraud and abuse, including violations of the False Claims Act (FCA), the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and the Physician Self-Referral Law (Stark Law). She also counsels clients on compliance issues and works with them to develop and implement compliance programs.
Greer co-leads the Firm’s Institutional Sexual Misconduct Response Team (SMRT) and handles all aspects of sexual misconduct investigations, litigation, and Title IX matters. She is certified to conduct Title IX investigations.
Greer is a leader of the New York Summer Associate Program and the New York Gender Diversity Subcommittee. She maintains an active pro bono practice, which includes being part of a team appointed by the Massachusetts Governor to conduct an independent investigation of a deadly COVID-19 outbreak at a veterans’ home. Greer also is accredited by the US Department of Veterans Affairs and represents military veterans in connection with VA disability claims and appeals.
Prior to joining McDermott, Greer clerked for the Honorable Norma Levy Shapiro in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Results
- Represented Prime Trust, a leader in the cryptocurrency space which held more than $3.8 billion in cryptocurrency and fiat currency at its peak, in connection with its Chapter 11 cases
- Represented the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Compute North restructuring matter, the first crypto mining Chapter 11 case
- Obtained dismissals of clients sued in connection with the New York Child Victims Act and New York Adult Survivors Act in pre-discovery stages of litigation and favorable findings in investigations involving allegations of sexual assault, abuse and misconduct
- Successfully represented and defended individuals and institutions in healthcare fraud, FCA violations, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations and insider trading matters in connection with federal and state government investigations
- Conducted internal investigations on behalf of clients in response to healthcare fraud, compliance, abuse and sexual misconduct allegations
- Obtained complete dismissal of a criminal indictment against a healthcare company
- Conducted an independent investigation of a state-run long-term care facility as a member of the McDermott team retained by the Governor of Massachusetts, which resulted in a public report and substantial policy changes
- Represented the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in litigation in connection with the Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings of Centric Brands, Inc., a publicly traded international lifestyle brand collective, including negotiating a material recovery for general unsecured creditors
- Represented a major accounting firm in tax services agreement negotiations with federally recognized Indian tribes
- Secured a multimillion-dollar global settlement resolving a lengthy cross-border inheritance dispute
Community
- Association of Title IX Administrators (ATIXA), member
- Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics, member
- New York City Bar Association, member
- Women’s White Collar Defense Association, member
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, member
Credentials
Education
University of Pennsylvania Law School, JD, 2014
University of Pennsylvania, Fels Institute of Government, MPA, 2014
Pennsylvania State University, BS, BA and BA, summa cum laude, 2011
Admissions
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Courts / Agencies
US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
US District Court for the District of New Jersey
US District Court for the Eastern District of New York
US District Court for the Southern District of New York
US District Court for the Western District of New York
US District Court for the Eastern District Court of Pennsylvania
