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Phone: (202) 289-1800

Address: 1717 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 650 Washington, DC 20006, Washington, DC 20006

Ludwig & Robinson PLLC

Family Law

Adoption

Criminal Law

DUI/DWI
Knab v. Republic of Georgia, et al., 1998 U.S. Dist. Lexis 8820 (D.D.C. 1998): represented estate of Brazilian teenager killed in drunk-driving crash of diplomat in world-publicized wrongful death/product liability case, brought under Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
Wrongful Death
Fowler v. Suburban Hospital (Md. 2001): settled $2 million wrongful death suit on eve of retrial against hospital/ER doctors for negligent care and failure to transfer patient to coronary care unit
Fraud
Uniform Commercial Code The firm serves as regional, national and international counsel on behalf of financial institutions, insurers and other clients in claims between and against domestic and foreign banks under UCC Articles 3, 4, 4A, 5, 8 and 9 and other federal and state laws involving commercial paper, electronic funds transfers (EFT), including wire transfers and automated clearing house (ACH) transactions, and letters of credit. L&R has broad experience in evaluating, defending and litigating cases involving check fraud, wire transfers, EFTs and ACH transactions throughout the U.S. and abroad, in claims from $25,000 to $25 million. Representative cases where we have effectively represented our clients include...
Theft
Embezzlement
Hartz & Co., Inc. v. Travelers Property Casualty Ins. Co. (D. Md. 2001): defended Travelers in $1.3 million coverage suit by clothing manufacturer for claimed embezzlement by corporate officer, and counterclaim to recover amounts paid to insured
Identity Theft
Representing banks, insurers, and corporate clients in matters involving check fraud, credit and debit card fraud, wire transfers, ACH transactions, EFTs, identity theft, check kiting, fraudulent account opening, deposit account fraud, loan and mortgage fraud, bank insider fraud, embezzlement, and other bank fraud and corporate fraud schemes
Forgery
In Midlothian Enter., Inc. v. Owners Ins. Co., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 30237 (E.D. Va. Feb. 5, 2020), hackers obtained access to a business owner’s email and directed a fraudulent email to an employee to send a $42,000 wire. The insured sought coverage under policy endorsements for “money and securities” and “forgery or alteration.” The court held the first “does not cover a loss caused by an employee... voluntarily wiring money to another account due to a fraudulent email,” finding its “voluntary parting exclusion” applicable. Id. at *9-10. As to the latter, the court found “an email from a business owner telling an employee to wire money to a bank account does not have the same form or legal effect as a check, draft, or promissory note” and “does not constitute a ‘covered instrument’ under the explicit terms of the endorsement.” Id. at *11.
Money Laundering
L&R’s attorneys include a former in-house counsel for a large regional commercial bank, and an adjunct professor at the George Washington University Law School, who teaches courses in international banking and money laundering, for which he also serves as an expert witness.
Extortion
The Advisory highlights how the COVID-19 pandemic is being exploited in “cyber-enabled crime through malware and phishing schemes, extortion, business email compromise (BEC) fraud, and exploitation of remote applications.” FinCEN identifies numerous “red flag indicators of COVID-19 cyber-enabled crimes to assist financial institutions in detecting, preventing, and reporting suspicious transactions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.”

Business and Corporate Law

Corporate Law
Phillip Lysle Robinson was a founding partner and later senior counsel at Ludwig & Robinson from 1999 until his passing in 2022. He practiced in the areas of corporate, banking, and international law, advising companies and financial institutions on corporate formation, acquisitions, financing, and restructuring transactions, and on the legality and structuring of offshore currency, tax, and banking transactions. He served as regulatory counsel for commercial, savings and investment banks before the Office of Comptroller of the Currency, FDIC, and Federal Reserve, and as legislative counsel before members and committees of both houses of Congress, and as an expert witness on money laundering.
Mergers and Acquisitions
German Affiliate Ludwig & Robinson is affiliated with Kümmerlein, Simon & Partner, a highly regarded mid-sized law firm in Essen, Germany. Kümmerlein possesses recognized experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate, banking, tax, antitrust, nuclear energy, administrative and international law, as well as in commercial, insurance, intellectual property, labor law products liability and telecommunications. Kümmerlein has long-established relationships with several large German multinationals, and assists clients doing business throughout the European Union, the Americas, the Pacific Rim and elsewhere.
Business Disputes
International Counseling and Litigation The firm has extensive experience assisting clients with business disputes and matters in the United States that arise in established and emerging markets in all major regions of the world.
Business Transactions
● The ACH credit identified Doe’s personal account number, but it was commercially coded as “CCD,” i.e., “Corporate Credit or Debit,” for business transactions under Rules of the National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA)
Trade Secrets
Intellectual Property
Advised e-commerce companies on start-up issues, including intellectual property protection, domain name and disputes, web sites, and employee e-mail and Internet use
Antitrust

Employment Law

Employment Contract
Non-compete Agreement
MK TechnologyTrade Consulting Services, LLC v. Prior (D.C. 2005): represented export consulting firm in suit enforcing non-compete agreement against former manager and protecting customer list and proprietary information

Property Law

Construction Litigation
Real Estate Transactions

Health Law

Personal Injury
Defended Air Afrique, Alitalia and other foreign air carriers in personal injury, baggage and cargo claims under the Warsaw Convention and Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
Medical Malpractice
Ludwig & Robinson represents insurers, corporations and other clients in claims against Big-4 accounting firms and other accounting professionals for failure to exercise due professional care in the performance of audits and professional services. L&R has also represented clients in other professional liability claims, including engineering and medical malpractice. Representative cases where we have successfully represented our clients include...

Finance Law

Bankruptcy
Foreclosure
James E. Tompert was of counsel at Ludwig & Robinson from 2010 until his sudden passing in 2019. His practice focused on complex commercial litigation and arbitration in federal and state trial and appellate courts across the country. He represented banks and other financial institutions, businesses, insurers, and individuals in the areas of business disputes and torts, insurance defense, directors’ and officers’ liability, shareholder derivative actions, securities fraud, civil RICO, bankruptcy, foreclosure, real estate, professional negligence, and personal injury.
Debt Collection
The firm’s banking practice focuses on matters involving the Uniform Commercial Code, check and wire fraud, electronic funds transfers, malware, financial institution bonds, loan and guarantee defaults, lender liability, money laundering, directors and officers liability, investment management disputes, mortgage lending, truth-in-lending, fair credit reporting, fair debt collection practices, RESPA, state usury laws, privacy, and consumer litigation.

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