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Mr. Walther is a trial lawyer with extensive experience investigating and trying health care fraud, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, securities fraud, and other financial fraud cases. Prior to joining Jones Day, he served as chief of the Health Care Fraud Unit in the Department of Justice and led the DOJ's Medicare Fraud Strike Force. 

 

Jones Day is a global law firm practicing in the major centers of business and finance throughout the world. Ranked among the world's best and most integrated law firms, and perennially ranked among the best in client service, Jones Day acts as principal outside counsel to, or provides significant legal representation for, approximately half of the Fortune 500, the Fortune Global 500, and the FT Global 500.