Jeffrey Hamlin

COUNSEL

"Whether drafting a gaming application, legal brief, or mediation statement, I strive to tell the client's story so that it compels a favorable outcome."

Overview

Jeffrey Hamlin approaches his clients’ problems personally, as if he were solving them for someone in his own family. He carefully weighs all sides of the issue, assesses all the evidence and considers the consequences of various outcomes. In recommending a course of action, he gives his honest and direct judgment of how to achieve what is best for the client. In carrying out that course of action, he consistently applies the sum of his knowledge and skills.

With a practice focused on white collar criminal defense, major civil litigation and government contracts, Jeff understands the weight of the legal problems his clients face. Often, the wrong outcome can mean prison, financial loss and personal devastation. Knowing that, he invests himself fully in each case, applying the full breadth of his experience acquired in a broad range of practice areas. Jeff dedicates himself to understanding the fine details of each case and the governing legal landscape. In that way, he is able to help his clients identify the most promising way through their legal problem.

A litigator who has handled cases in environmental law, civil rights, and legal ethics, Jeff now focuses his practice on white collar defense, FTC litigation, government contracts, health care litigation and internet gaming. Among his many cases, he has successfully represented the former CEO of an internet company charged with securities fraud, the owner of a pharmaceutical supply company charged with diverting pharmaceuticals, and a kidney dialysis provider seeking to operate in a city that had closed itself to new dialysis stations.

Jeff began his career as an environmental associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Latham & Watkins. In 2007, he joined Jeff Ifrah at Greenberg Traurig, where he began to focus his practice on government contracts, health care and white collar defense. In 2009, Jeff joined Ifrah PLLC as its first associate.

Throughout his legal career, Jeff has been committed to pro bono work. He recently represented two naturalized citizens who were being investigated for mortgage fraud in Northern Virginia. He also worked with Washington’s Whitman-Walker Clinic to prosecute an Americans with Disabilities Act case against D.C. Public Schools and helped obtain immigration relief for a teenage orphan from Guinea, West Africa.

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Awards + Recognitions

Chambers Award Logo for Ifrah Law
  • The Daily Journal (Los Angeles), published an article by Jeffrey Hamlin that argues that a U.S. district judge in New York State was incorrect in permitting a criminal fraud case to go forward based on a novel interpretation of the “intangible property rights” theory.
  • The Daily Journal (Los Angeles), also published another article by Jeffrey Hamlin where he discusses the current recession’s effect on federal prison sentences and “good time credits”.
  • The Houston Chronicle, ran an October op-ed in which Jeffrey Hamlin analyzes the still-pending sentencing of former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling.
  • CALI Award, Sexual Orientation and the Law, Spring 2001

Credentials

Education
  • J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, cum laude, Top 15% (1998-1999), Writing Fellow, (1999-2000), 2001
  • B.M., Southwest Baptist University, magna cum laude, 1987

Admitted to Practice
  • District of Columbia
  • Virginia

Professional Community
  • Member, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  • Member, American Bar Association

Jeff's Insights

Six Ways to Delay a Supplier’s Licensure to Service Gaming Operators
Ifrah on iGaming |
Jul 5, 2024

Six Ways to Delay a Supplier’s Licensure to Service Gaming Operators

By: Jeffrey Hamlin
Ontario Lottery Survives Legal Challenge by the Mohawk Council of the Kahnawà:ke
Ifrah on iGaming |
May 20, 2024

Ontario Lottery Survives Legal Challenge by the Mohawk Council of the Kahnawà:ke

By: Jeffrey Hamlin
Was FTX Collapse as Bad as Enron? In sentencing SBF, Judge Kaplan Says Yes
White-Collar Crimes |
Apr 1, 2024

Was FTX Collapse as Bad as Enron? In sentencing SBF, Judge Kaplan Says Yes

By: Jeffrey Hamlin
For Payment Processors: A Compliance Plan That Even Banks and Credit-Card Networks Will Love
Ifrah on iGaming |
Jul 24, 2020

For Payment Processors: A Compliance Plan That Even Banks and Credit-Card Networks Will Love

By: Jeffrey Hamlin

Case Studies

Defending a Healthcare Provider Against Claims of Fraud

Our client, a prominent anesthesiologist, employed a medical services billing specialist to submit insurance claims for his practice and surgery center. The terms of the specialist’s contract stated that she would receive 18% of each claim she filed using a specific step-by-step submission and follow-up process.

After the billing specialist was terminated for not following the established submission procedures, she sued the doctor to retain her full commission on outstanding claims she had worked on prior to her dismissal, including those that hadn’t yet been paid. In addition to this contract dispute, she also accused our client and his surgery center of fraud, alleging that they funneled money into a “secret account” to avoid paying her commission under the contract.

Although there was very little basis for the fraud claim, the court allowed it to move forward.  Jeff understood the importance of attempting a settlement on the contract claim, so he analyzed the agreement and claims reports and devised a methodology for valuing the claim. When the plaintiff refused to settle, Jeff and the client pursued mediation with confidence, understanding both the fair value of the case and specific details of the parties’ contract. During mediation, the plaintiff’s side raised several arguments that demonstrated their lack of familiarity with the contract.  Jeff’s thorough understanding of certain provisions allowed the defendant to quickly address and dismiss the arguments.  As a result, the plaintiff ended up settling for much less than she originally claimed.

While the settlement terms are confidential, our client was thrilled with the final result, not only with the amount and the dismissal of the fraud claims, but also in terms of how well the matter was handled.

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