VIRGINIA chairs the firm’s White Collar Defense and Investigations practice. A former Assistant United States Attorney, Virginia advises and defends individuals, publicly and privately held corporations, boards, committees and governmental bodies in enforcement actions, internal and external investigations and related civil and administrative actions and compliance reviews. Her practice emphasizes securities, health care, accounting, tax, bankruptcy, trade secret, FCPA and ERISA issues, as well as litigation under the False Claims Act and the FTC Act.
In her role with the DOJ, Virginia prosecuted white collar crimes and served as the district’s health care fraud coordinator. Virginia pioneered the use of statistical sampling in criminal cases. In the district’s Affirmative Civil Enforcement (ACE) unit, she litigated civil qui tam actions under the False Claims Act. She received awards and citations from the DOJ, FBI, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) and the National Health Care Anti-fraud Association (NHCAA), including the NHCAA’s Investigation of the Year Award in 2006 for the country’s first conviction and life sentence for health care fraud resulting in death.
Virginia is President-Elect of the Federal Bar Association's Northern District of Ohio Chapter. She serves on the Board of Trustees of the Shaker Heights Historical Society. She is a member of the American Bar Association and its Criminal Justice section, the Ohio State Bar Association, the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Virginia has been named an Ohio Super Lawyer in 2010, 2011 and 2012. She is a member of the Leadership Cleveland Class of 2011.
Before working for the DOJ, Virginia spent five years with the Federal Trade Commission in Cleveland, where she litigated consumer protection and antitrust violations. The first eight years of her legal career were spent in private practice. Before becoming an attorney she worked as a newspaper reporter.
Virginia joined Calfee as a partner in 2006. She serves on the firm’s Executive Committee.