John Moustakas’s practice focuses on complex civil and criminal trial litigation and on corporate investigations. Since returning to private practice after serving as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in D.C., Mr. Moustakas has conducted a robust trial practice, securing across-the-board acquittals for clients charged with making false statements.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Mr. Moustakas has served on the Courts, Lawyers, and Administration of Justice Steering Committee of the District of Columbia Bar since June 1998.
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
In law school, Mr. Moustakas served as Note Editor on the Cornell Law Review.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Mr. Moustakas was a partner at Shea & Gardner prior to its combination with Goodwin Procter in 2004. Mr. Moustakas returned to Shea & Gardner in 2000 after serving more than six years as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, where he was responsible for criminal prosecutions in both federal and local District of Columbia courts. During his tenure as a prosecutor, he specialized, among other things, in complex cases involving public corruption and government fraud. While in the government, he argued numerous appeals and handled more than two dozen jury trials. He has structured and overseen long-term investigations leading to successful prosecutions involving mail, wire, and bank fraud, money laundering, tax evasion and fraud, bribery, false statements, obstruction of justice, tampering with evidence, and conspiracy.
Mr. Moustakas has been an adjunct professor at the Washington College of Law at American University, and after law school he clerked for the Honorable Joseph L. Tauro of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts (1989-90) and the Honorable Robert Boochever of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1990-91).
BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS
Mr. Moustakas is admitted to the bars of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the District of Columbia.