Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr

Tell us about your biggest trial win from January 2018 through June 2019 and how you achieved the result for your client.

In a stunning victory in federal district court in New York after about three weeks of trial and five hours of jury deliberation, [we] methodically chipped away at the government's case and obtained an acquittal for Rohan Ramchandani, a foreign exchange trader who faced a sentence of up to 10 years in prison for price-fixing charges. In what the [U.S. Department of Justice] described as a historical international case, the not-guilty verdict won on Oct. 26, 2018, followed years of representation. It was a remarkable result as acquittal verdicts for white-collar defendants are extremely rare and the defendants were at the center of a global price-fixing investigation.

Share two trial tips that have been key to your success.

1) Whether you represent an individual or a corporation, it is important to relate to the human element by making a connection between your client and the jury.

2) Use simple, everyday analogies so that you can describe your defense strategy as comporting with the jury's common sense.