Profile

Rick Glaser focuses his practice in the areas of white collar criminal defense and internal investigations. He works with public and private corporations to understand the foundation of the charge, build an investigative strategy, conduct a full inspection and then provide conclusions and recommended actions. Mr. Glaser works on investigations involving grand juries, federal and state courts, regulatory agencies and auditors, congressional inquiries and civil disputes.

Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Glaser served as First Assistant and Executive Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, responsible for oversight and operational review of the Civil, Administrative and Criminal Divisions of the District. Since joining the Firm to help create the White Collar Criminal Defense and Internal Investigation team, Mr. Glaser has been responsible for overseeing antitrust, healthcare, accounting and general fraud internal investigations, as well as representing individuals in major antitrust, accounting, securities, general fraud and healthcare criminal investigations.

As a lead evaluator and former director of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Evaluation and Review Staff, the DOJ’s self-evaluating body, Mr. Glaser gained a deep understanding of how the United States Attorneys Offices operate throughout the nation. He is able to focus on the challenges that businesspeople may face when encountering a federal lawsuit. In addition, Mr. Glaser frequently lectures and makes presentations in both white collar and criminal investigations areas to clients and special outside groups.

Mr. Glaser is a member of the Parker Poe Diversity Committee.

Experience Highlights

Currently, Mr. Glaser’s experience includes:

• More than 20 years of experience in grand jury investigations, including major health care fraud, insurance fraud, public corruption, bankruptcy fraud and Securities and Exchange Commission-related cases
• More than 90 criminal jury trials in federal court and has handled health care qui tam (whistle blower) cases in federal court
• Internal investigations, audits and compliance matters have included healthcare providers ranging from international to regional companies, HHS-OIG defense, import/export control, EAR, and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) matters, addressing specific situations and scenarios for companies to be aware of and to enable companies to evaluate potential risks
• Successfully supervised and coordinated internal investigations of seven independent subsidiaries of an international company being investigated by the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice
• Achieved appropriate outcome in the defense of a shipping lines official in major prosecution by the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice

In addition to successful prosecution of numerous white collar cases, including major health care fraud, he has obtained major verdicts in the following cases over the years:

• United States v. Caldwell – Key-man insurance fraud involving a double homicide
• United States v. Musgrove – Bankruptcy fraud of more than six-million dollars
• United States v. Lanier – Securities and Exchange Commission-related insider trading
• United States v. Wade – The seminal case regarding a prosecutor's sole right to file a substantial assistance motion in a federal case, which was handled by Mr. Glaser at both the district and circuit court levels and affirmed by the United States Supreme Court in a published opinion
• Major medical laboratory – investigation and prosecution

News

• Forty-Four Parker Poe Attorneys Named 2013 NC Super Lawyers
  January 18, 2013
• 74 Parker Poe Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers® for 2013
  August 23, 2012
• Chambers USA 2012 Ranks Parker Poe as Leading Law Firm
  June 7, 2012
• Wal-Mart Reports Highlight Dangers of Payments to Foreign Officials
  Anti-Corruption Alert
  May 23, 2012
• Forty-Two Parker Poe Attorneys Named as 2012 NC Super Lawyers
  January 20, 2012
• Business North Carolina Names 16 Attorneys to 2012 Legal Elite
  January 9, 2012
• Payments Extorted by Foreign Officials
  Anti-Corruption Alert
  December 12, 2011
• Rick Glaser Inducted into American College of Trial Lawyers
  October 25, 2011
• UK Bribery Act Could Have Major Impact on Domestic Companies' Business Overseas
  Anti-Corruption Alert
  September 6, 2011
• 69 Parker Poe Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers® for 2012
  September 6, 2011
• Department of Justice Announces "New Era" of FCPA Enforcement in 2010, Increases Actions by Record 85%
  FCPA Alert
  February 9, 2011
• Thirty-Seven Parker Poe Attorneys Named NC Super Lawyers for 2011
  January 25, 2011
• Pharmaceutical Industry Targeted for Overseas Violations of Anti-Bribery Law
  FCPA Alert
  September 28, 2010
• 61 Parker Poe Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers® for 2011
  August 18, 2010
• Law & Politics Names 36 Parker Poe Attorneys as Super Lawyers
  January 28, 2010
• Twelve Parker Poe Attorneys Among "Legal Elite" for 2010
  January 4, 2010
• 55 Parker Poe Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers®
  July 30, 2009
• Forty-Six Attorneys Named Super Lawyers
  January 26, 2009
• Twenty-One Parker Poe Attorneys Among "Legal Elite" for 2009
  January 1, 2009
• Parker Poe Increases Number of Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers in America
  October 1, 2008
• More than 50 Parker Poe Attorneys among Business Leader's Top Lawyers
  September 24, 2008
• Terror Threat Compels Compliance
  Charlotte Business Journal
  April 1, 2008
• 40 Parker Poe Attorneys Named Among 2008 Best Lawyers in America
  September 14, 2007
• Payment of Legal Fees Emerges as Issue
  Charlotte Business Journal
  October 27, 2006
• Former Federal Prosecutor to Help Build White Collar Criminal Defense Practice at Parker Poe
  January 19, 2006

Events & Speaking Engagements

• Maneuvering in Medicare’s World
  October 25, 2011
  Cornwell Center, Charlotte, NC
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Seminar: Know Your Risks and Limit Your Exposure
  December 2010
  Durham and Charlotte, NC
• White Collar Crime Conference, Facilitator & Organizer
  May 2009
  North Carolina Bar Association
• FCPA Conference, Presenter
  May 2009
  
• Medicare Fraud Seminar, Presenter
  2009
  
• The Criminal Defense Trial from Start to Finish, Presenter
  2008
  NBI
• Healthcare Financial Management Association (Virginia Chapter), Presenter
  August 2006
  Virginia Beach, VA
• Healthcare Financial Strategies Conference, Presenter
  May 2006
  Charleston, SC
• Document Retention and Destruction in North Carolina Post Enron
  August 2003
  Lorman Education Services

Memberships

• American Bar Association
  Co-Chair, Southeast Region White Collar Crime Committee
• Temple Beth El Congregation, Charlotte, NC
  President, 2012-2014