Edward J. Loya, Jr.

Highlights of Mr. Loya's previous work in the private sector:

• Successfully defended a leading Texas engineering and energy construction company against all claims in a construction arbitration hearing and secured an award on behalf of his client, as well as attorneys’ fees, in connection with his client’s counterclaim.
• Successfully represented a Dallas company in what has been called the largest False Claims Act customs case in which the federal government intervened arising from tariffs on China during President Trump’s first administration.
• Represented the lead defendant in the “Forest Park” case in his appeal before the Fifth Circuit.
• Successfully settled an alleged whistleblower allegation on behalf of a large Dallas-based social media company.
• Successfully represented a leading Wall Street bank and its executives in multiple high-profile FINRA arbitration hearings in Los Angeles and New York.
• Successfully resolved multiple threatened employment discrimination cases on behalf of a New York-based software and services company.
• Obtained a declination letter from the DOJ’s Fraud Section, following a multi-year representation of an executive in connection with a high-profile insider trading investigation in Northern Virginia.
• Represented the father of a sitting U.S. Congressman in a high-profile criminal campaign finance prosecution by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Sacramento, California.
• Successfully referred a matter for criminal prosecution to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas involving a client’s former office manager who defrauded and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the client.
• Represented clients in connection with Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement matters in Los Angeles and Washington, DC.
• Represented a Hollywood production company in connection with a criminal antitrust investigation conducted by the DOJ’s Antitrust Division in New York, resulting in no charges being filed against the client.
• Represented the former chief operating officer at a high-profile Bay Area start-up company in connection with government civil and criminal proceedings concerning allegations of consumer fraud and false advertising, resulting in no charges being filed against the client.
• Represented the board of directors of an elite Bay Area private school in connection with a criminal investigation and prosecution of the former head of the school on charges of fraud and embezzlement.
• Led an internal investigation on behalf of the largest community foundation in the Washington, DC, area concerning a former employee’s alleged whistleblower allegations.
• Led an internal investigation (in English and Spanish) on behalf of a multinational corporation concerning the operations of the company’s Mexican business unit.
• Led an internal investigation on behalf of a large health care organization concerning allegations of misconduct by the organization’s Human Resources Director.

Highlights of Edward’s previous work as a federal prosecutor:

• Participated as a key member in a high-profile DOJ investigation focused on corruption in the award of lucrative defense contracts at Camp Arifjan, a U.S. military base in Kuwait, in connection with Operation Iraqi Freedom. As part of this investigation, 19 individuals, including a colonel, three lieutenant colonels, four majors, and other public officials, were convicted by guilty plea or trial, and Edward handled cases in Texas, Alabama, and Indiana.
• Served as co-counsel in the final trial in San Juan, Puerto Rico, arising from the FBI’s historic police corruption investigation, Operation Guard Shack. All three defendants, including two former Puerto Rican police officers, were convicted at trial.
• Served as co-counsel in a successful trial in Boston, Massachusetts, against a scientist and businessman who defrauded the U.S. Department of Transportation out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. As part of the government's proof, Mr. Loya and his colleague summoned a U.S. Congressman to testify against the defendant regarding earmarked funds and the defendant’s fraudulent representations to the Congressman.
• Led a successful prosecution in McAllen, Texas, against a U.S. Border Protection Officer, his girlfriend, and three associates for receiving bribes from dozens of undocumented aliens in exchange for transporting them illegally across the U.S./Mexico border.
• Led successful prosecutions in St. Louis, Missouri, and Oakland, California, of a director of legal services in American Samoa and others for defrauding the federal government and embezzling government funds intended to benefit victims of domestic violence and other underserved individuals in American Samoa.
• Led a wide-ranging, nationwide investigation with the U.S. Army Criminal Investigative Division, Major Procurement Fraud Unit, based in San Antonio, Texas, focused on U.S. military recruiters and soldiers who defrauded the military of funds intended to serve as military recruitment bonus payments. His work in this investigation was instrumental in a larger military effort that has been called the largest criminal investigation in the history of the U.S. Army.