This marks David’s second consecutive year receiving this recognition.
David represents individuals, executives, professionals, licensed providers, and businesses in serious federal criminal defense and white collar matters, including federal investigations, health care fraud, money laundering, cryptocurrency-related investigations, sentencing proceedings, and complex trial matters.
Tarras Defense founding attorney David Tarras has published a new article in Law360 examining a significant shift in federal fraud enforcement and sentencing policy.
In Fraud Enforcement, Sentencing Face Unusual Convergence, Tarras analyzes how the federal government’s expansion of fraud investigations is unfolding alongside proposed changes to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines that may reduce sentencing exposure in many white collar cases.
Stablecoin Oversight and the Limits of Regulatory Clarity
Stablecoins have rapidly moved from a niche digital asset into a central component of the global cryptocurrency ecosystem. Their growing role in payments, liquidity management, and cross-border transactions has drawn increasing attention from lawmakers and enforcement authorities.
In a recent article for Bloomberg Law, Tarras Defense founder David Tarras examines how the emerging regulatory framework for stablecoins may shape future investigations involving fraud, sanctions evasion, and large-scale cryptocurrency laundering.
While new legislation provides structure for the market, Tarras explains that statutory clarity does not eliminate enforcement risk.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent unanimous decision in Barrett v. United States has important implications for federal criminal prosecutions and the limits of charge stacking.
In a new Law360 article, David Tarras examines how the Court reaffirmed core double jeopardy principles and rejected the practice of layering overlapping firearm charges arising from a single act. While the ruling focused on specific federal statutes, its reasoning reaches much further, reinforcing constitutional limits on cumulative convictions and prosecutorial leverage.
The decision arrives at a time of renewed emphasis on aggressive federal charging practices. As the Court made clear, overlapping statutes present prosecutors with a choice, not an invitation to stack charges.
Read article here.
Law360 published a new article by founding attorney, David Tarras, examining where crypto mixing enforcement is headed and what the Tornado Cash verdict reveals about the DOJ’s evolving priorities.
The piece outlines the shift away from charging technical violations and toward cases that turn on intent, knowledge, and post knowledge conduct. It also highlights the government’s continued focus on national security, large scale fraud, and the aggressive use of forfeiture in digital asset cases.
For lawyers, compliance officers, and anyone advising clients in the crypto space, this analysis offers a clear look at the enforcement trends that will shape the next chapter of digital asset prosecutions.
Read the full article here.
Law360 Article published in collaboration with Jay McCormack, Partner at Verrill Dana LLP on October 29, 2025
Federal enforcement agencies are intensifying their focus on Medicare and Medicaid billing for skin substitutes and amniotic wound care grafts — a sector that has seen explosive growth and mounting abuse. In 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the largest healthcare fraud takedown in history, charging more than 300 defendants in schemes involving more than $14 billion in intended losses.