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Schertler Onorato Mead & Sears is very pleased to announce that on August 1, 2024, Henry (“Hank”) Asbill joined the firm as a partner. Mr. Asbill is a highly accomplished trial and appellate litigator who has successfully defended corporate and individual clients in a wide range of criminal and civil matters in more than 100 trials and 30 appeals in federal and state courts across the country. As just one example of his exemplary high-profile representations, Mr. Asbill defended former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell, whose public corruption convictions were unanimously overturned by the United States Supreme Court, which ruled that the government overreached in defining when a public servant’s actions are “official acts.” This and other notable matters have earned Mr. Asbill praise from Chambers USA as “[o]ne of the best, if not the best criminal defense attorney in the country” as well as the 2015 White Collar Defense Lawyer of the Year Award from the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Mr. Asbill’s broad expertise in white collar defense, securities litigation, complex civil litigation,and antitrust and corporate investigations adds further depth to the firm’s strong bench of criminal and civil litigators.
Immediately before joining SOMS, Mr. Asbill was a partner at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP. Mr. Asbill is a master of the Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court, Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, past president and Fellow of the American Board of Criminal Lawyers, Senior Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, member of the New York Council of Defense Lawyers, past president of the D.C. Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and former two-term director of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He has been recognized for his exceptional legal talent and accomplishments in numerous publications, including Benchmark Litigation, The Legal 500, Best Lawyers in America, and The National Law Journal.
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