• Independent Investigation — Morningstar Conducted an independent investigation into whether the human-rights-focused ESG ratings products at Morningstar Sustainalytics were biased against Israel or violative of U.S. anti-BDS legislation. Tara led White & Case's investigation team in this significant inquiry, which culminated in a 130-page, groundbreaking report. The company published the report in full and pledged to adopt all of the report's recommendations.
• In rel USC Health Center, (C.D. CA) Defended the class action and individual racial harassment, sexual harassment, sexual assault, and sex discrimination claims of 10,000+ former students against the University of Southern California, which concluded with a US$215 million settlement of claims at different tiers of victim engagement in the claim resolution process.
• Hawkins v. DIGI Communications / RCS-RDS, (E.D. VA) (4th Cir.) Successfully defended largest cable operator in Eastern Europe obtaining total dismissal of US$80 million default enforcement claims. Obtained interlocutory appeal to Fourth Circuit on personal jurisdiction/extraterritorial jurisdiction grounds, ultimately obtained dismissal at trial court on subject matter jurisdiction, personal jurisdiction dismissal grounds affirmed by Fourth Circuit, and trial court ultimately dismissed remaining defendant on laches.
• CapForum v. Bloomberg News, (D. DC) Defended Bloomberg on First Amendment and copyright litigation challenging Bloomberg defending "hot news misappropriation" claims against Bloomberg on First Amendment grounds; the case was named one of the top ten copyright litigation matters of 2019.
• WTA v. Super Slam, Ion Tiriac (S.D.N.Y.) Represented Romanian billionaire Ion Tiriac, and his company, Super Slam, owner of Madrid Open, successfully defended anti suit injunction brought in S.D.N.Y. by Women's Tennis Association as to three international defamation cases.
• Cabrera et al. v. Black & Veatch Special Projects Corp., Centerra Group LLC, et al. (D. DC). Defending one of eight defense contractor defendants in a case brought by 150+ wrongful death plaintiffs asserting the theory that defendants' alleged payments made in Afghanistan while working in support of Department of Defense (DOD) operations qualify as support to terrorists under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA).
• Risinger v. SOC/SMG, Day & Zimmerman, (D. NV, 9th Cir.) Successively obtained reversal of class certification by trial court where certification had already been upheld by Ninth Circuit on 23(f), in a case where defense contractor's entire overseas workforce had been certified as a class. Had the class certification opinion survived it would have opened potential wage-and-hour class-action litigation to tens of thousands of former defense contractor employees, industry-wide.
• Brown v. Constellis (E.D. VA) Represented a stability operations company in internal investigation to defend a False Claims Act case based on alleged frauds in Kuwait, resulting in a nonintervention decision by the US government and voluntary dismissal by plaintiffs.
• PGI v. Janus, (E.D. Va.) Successfully obtained immediate dismissal of TRO and complaint filed in E.D. Va. on behalf of subcontractor on defense contract.
• U.S. ex rel. Moldex-Metric Inc. v. 3M Co., (D. SC). Represented earplug manufacturer and plaintiff whistleblower relator in a False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuit resulting in a US$9 million recovery for the US government and fees award in favor of our client.
• United States ex rel. Beauchamp v. ACADEMI LLC, (E.D. Va.) (Fourth Circuit) Represented a defense contractor in False Claims Act case based on alleged frauds in Iraq and Afghanistan, in a case where plaintiffs demanded over US$100 million, case settled on the eve of trial for nuisance value.
• United States ex rel. Kamal Mustafa Al-Sultan, (N.D. Ga.) Represented a logistics contractor in a False Claims Act case based on alleged frauds in contracts associated with food services in Iraq and Afghanistan.
• United States ex rel. Badr v. Triple Canopy (E.D. Va.) (4th Circuit) (US Supreme Court) Represented a defense contractor in an action alleging violations of the False Claims Act, breach of contract and fraud. Successfully obtained dismissal of all claims, including government-intervened FCA allegations.
• Dolarian Capital, Inc. v. SOC, LLC (E.D. Cal.). Represented defense contractor defending against a lawsuit filed by a military products broker regarding the sale and export of firearms and ammunition to Iraq and Afghanistan, case settled with plaintiff paying our client fees and withdrawing claims.
• Wagner v. Samaritan's Purse and Clayton Consultants, Inc. (S.D.N.Y.) Represented Clayton Consultants, an international security and crisis management firm, defending against plaintiff's allegations that defendant Clayton negligently managed negotiations with her Sudanese kidnappers. Case dismissed with prejudice after successful settlement conference.
• Alsaydi v. Four Horsemen International, et al. (S.D.N.Y.) Represented a government contractor in a lawsuit alleging wrongful death claims arising from an IED explosion in Afghanistan. Successfully advocated regarding applicability of the Defense Base Act as a complete bar to the plaintiff's claims.
• Mohammed v. Erinys International, Ltd., et al. (S.D. Texas) Represented a UK defense contractor sued regarding an incident involving injury to civilians in Kirkuk, Iraq. Successfully obtained dismissal of all claims at motion to dismiss.
• Vance v. CHF International (D. MD) Represented an international contractor sued for wrongful death after an employee's death in Pakistan. Successfully obtained dismissal of all claims at motion to dismiss.
• Thompson, et al. v. MEP (E.D. NC) Defended a government contractor in a wrongful death action arising from a shooting involving multiple fatalities. Successfully raised derivative immunity defenses.
• Brink, et al. v. Continental, et al. (D.D.C.) Represented multiple defense contractors (Northrop, Aegis) sued for US$2 billion in class-action claiming damages based on allegations of injuries suffered while serving overseas in support of US operations. Obtained complete dismissal at MTD stage.

Includes matters handled at Dechert or prior to joining the firm.

• Chambers USA, Leading Lawyer in Litigation (consistent ranking) 
• National Law Journal, Pioneer and Trailblazer in Litigation
• Financial Times, Ten Most Innovative Lawyers in the U.S.
• Benchmark Litigation, Top Trial Lawyer in the U.S. (consistent listing)
• Global Investigations Review (GIR), Top Investigations Lawyer in the World (consistent listing)
• U.S. Trial Lawyer of the Year (2017)
• Center for Justice and Accountability, Partner in Justice Award (career recognition for pro bono work in international human rights law)
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA) Outstanding Military Trial Lawyer (active duty, U.S. Navy JAG Corps)