Drew focuses his practice on high-stakes litigation, representing individuals and companies in government-led investigations and enforcement matters, and corporate internal investigations.

Drew brings over a decade of experience from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), where he held multiple senior supervisory roles.  He has tried complex cases to verdict in federal courts across the country.  Most recently, he served for more than three years as Chief of the Financial Crimes and Public Corruption Unit at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Previously, he served as a Trial Attorney in all three of the litigating units in the DOJ Criminal Division’s Fraud Section and as an Assistant Chief responsible for supervising the Health Care Fraud Unit's Florida Strike Force, one of DOJ's most accomplished teams. Drew handled and supervised hundreds of prosecutions involving health care fraud, investment fraud, insider trading, market manipulation, securities fraud, procurement fraud, antitrust violations, money laundering, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations, and fraud involving digital assets.

Drew began his legal career at an international law firm in New York. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School and Georgetown University.

Healthcare Fraud Defense & Anti-Kickback Statute Defense

Drew served as an Assistant Chief at DOJ's Fraud Section, where he supervised the Health Care Fraud Unit's Florida Strike Force, one of DOJ's most accomplished and prolific units. He personally investigated and supervised cases involving more than $1 billion in fraudulent claims to Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, and other federal programs. Drew has extensive experience with investigations and prosecutions brought by DOJ Strike Forces, U.S. Attorneys' Offices nationwide, FBI, HHS-OIG, DEA, FDA-OCI, VA-OIG, CMS, state Medicaid Fraud Control Units, and state licensing boards. He has worked cases in parallel with civil investigative authorities and understands how DOJ approaches enforcement against companies and individuals.  His deep knowledge of healthcare enforcement positions him to effectively defend clients facing government investigations and prosecutions, qui tam lawsuits, and False Claims Act investigations.

Cryptocurrency Fraud, Money Laundering & Cybercrime Defense

As Chief of the Financial Crimes and Public Corruption Unit at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, Drew supervised numerous cryptocurrency fraud investigations, including multi-million-dollar crypto Ponzi schemes, transnational pig butchering schemes, and investment fraud cases. He supervised the prosecution of a sprawling crypto Ponzi scheme with hundreds of millions of dollars in investor losses.  Drew uses this extensive experience to defend clients facing government investigations and prosecutions.

Securities Fraud Defense & Commodities Fraud Defense

As Chief of the Financial Crimes and Public Corruption Unit at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, Drew supervised numerous securities and commodities fraud investigations and regularly partnered with the SEC and CFTC on parallel enforcement matters.  As a Trial Attorney at DOJ's Fraud Section, he prosecuted an insider trading ring involving natural gas futures and investigated a wide range of insider trading, market manipulation, and other securities and commodities related offenses. He is also familiar with emerging DOJ priorities including wash trading and market manipulation on cryptocurrency platforms, predictive markets, and pre-IPO frauds.  His extensive experience enables him to effectively defend individuals and companies facing securities and commodities and related fraud enforcement actions.

Procurement Fraud & False Claims Act Defense

As Chief of the Financial Crimes and Public Corruption Unit at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, Drew led and supervised numerous government contracting and procurement fraud investigations, including kickback and fraud cases involving hundreds of millions of dollars in government contracts. He regularly conducted parallel criminal and civil investigations in partnership with civil enforcement components at DOJ. Drew also has experience with antitrust offenses and the DOJ Antitrust Division’s Procurement Collusion Strike Force. Drew now defends government contractors and executives against False Claims Act investigations, qui tam whistleblower lawsuits, and procurement fraud allegations, challenging the government's liability theories, contesting inflated damages calculations, and protecting clients across parallel civil, criminal, and administrative proceedings.

Corporate Investigations

Drew investigated and resolved cases with multiple corporations while working in DOJ's Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Unit. As Chief of the Financial Crimes and Public Corruption Unit at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, he handled corporate investigations resulting in over $1 billion in penalties and fines, including numerous globe-spanning investigations of corporate misconduct. He has deep experience in conducting sensitive corporate investigations, ranging from foreign bribery, market manipulation, to antitrust cases and is well-suited to advise clients on effective compliance programs.  Through his familiarity with U.S. Attorney’s Offices and Main Justice policies, he assists companies and victims in finding creative solutions to amicably resolve issues.