GlobalAutoIndustry.com’s latest Audio Interview “Importers in the U.S. Beware: DOJ Escalates Customs Fraud Enforcement Under FCA – the False Claims Act” Interview with Ron Hesse features Jennifer Beidel. She is a former SDNY federal prosecutor turned white collar criminal defense lawyer at Dykema Gossett in Detroit. She regularly leads global investigative and litigation teams in matters raising white collar criminal issues across a variety of heavily-regulated industries. She understands how the government is thinking because she has been on that side of the table, and she thrives when applying that knowledge to assist individuals and companies who find themselves in the government’s crosshairs.
About Interview Guest
Jennifer L. Beidel
Member | Attorney
Dykema
Visit her LinkedIn profile here.
In the 8-minute Audio Interview, Ms. Beidel discusses these questions:
• Can you give our listeners a brief background on the False Claims Act and how it has been used in the past?
• What makes you predict a trend in FCA use in the customs and tariff space?
• What can companies do to be prepared for that increased use of the False Claims Act?
About Jennifer Beidel:
Jennifer L. Beidel, Member | Attorney with Dykema
As befits someone who grew up on a livestock farm, Jennifer Beidel serves as a clear-eyed shepherd and steadfast guardian for her clients. As befits a former federal prosecutor, she is also a highly effective advocate who uses the insights, investigative experience, and courtroom acumen she gained in that role to guide and protect organizations and individuals in internal investigations, corporate compliance matters, and white-collar criminal defense cases.
Persuasive and personable, a steady hand, and a strategic thinker, Jennifer is an invaluable ally for those anticipating or facing governmental and regulatory scrutiny. While she eschews a one-size-fits-all approach to her work, Jennifer’s goal is always the same: avoiding or minimizing risk, disruption, and costs. In civil and criminal matters involving a broad range of regulatory regimes, she protects the interests of a diverse cross-section of clients in heavily regulated industries, including healthcare, life sciences, food and agriculture, cannabis, and financial services. In Chambers USA 2022-23, clients note that Jen is “great on her feet, terrific with witnesses, efficient and organized. She’s a smart and savvy lawyer who is highly experienced when it comes to the courtroom.”
Leveraging her extensive investigative background and ease of interacting with individuals at all levels of an organization, Jennifer conducts thorough internal investigations that can expose and neutralize red flags before they draw the government’s attention. Her objective is to understand what happened and why, identify and remediate vulnerabilities, and produce actionable results that can minimize the chances of similar problems in the future.
Jennifer’s compliance consulting helps her clients understand their regulatory obligations and how they intersect with their business and operational realities. She develops workable, tailored programs, policies, and protocols to keep her clients on the right side of the compliance fence.
When investigators or prosecutors come calling, Jennifer brings her extensive public and private sector trial experience to bear, combining forceful advocacy and a practical, problem-solving approach. While never hesitant to go toe-to-toe with the government, she also recognizes that the best results often come well before a matter reaches the courthouse steps. Her litigation experience includes federal and state jury trials, sentencings, plea and bail hearings, FINRA arbitrations, mediations, and multiple appellate arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit.
To learn more, visit her Dykema Profile here.