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Maria Durant is a partner at Dwyer & Collora concentrating her practice on white collar criminal defense, governmental investigations and complex civil litigation.
Individuals and companies seek Ms. Durant’s counsel in a wide variety of criminal matters including fraud, securities, health care, public corruption and other investigations by federal, state and local law enforcement and government regulators. Ms. Durant also successfully represents companies and individuals in a broad range of civil litigation, especially complex business disputes.
Ms. Durant has been associated with Dwyer & Collora, LLP for nearly 20 years. In 1998, she served as a Special Assistant District Attorney in Suffolk County, Massachusetts. She is active in bar-related activities, including serving a Trustee and Officer of the Board of the Women’s Bar Foundation, Hearing Officer of the Board of Bar Overseers and Member of the Criminal Law Section Steering Committee of the Boston Bar Association.
Areas of Representation:
Ms. Durant concentrates her practice on white collar criminal defense, governmental investigations work and complex civil litigation. Her practice involves representing individuals and companies in a wide variety of fraud, securities, health care, public corruption and other investigations by federal, state and local law enforcement and government regulators as well as representing companies and individuals in civil litigation, especially complex business disputes.
Recent Cases:
Grand Jury Investigation (D. Mass. 2006) (represent major pharmaceutical manufacturer in grand jury investigation concerning alleged pricing, kickback and off-label marketing violations)
United States v. Albert Innarelli et al, No. 04-30046-MAP (D. Mass. 2006) (represented only defendant to receive non-incarceration sentence in 13-defendant, complex money laundering and wire fraud case)
Professional Services Group, Inc. v. Town of Rockland, No. 04-11131-PBS (D. Mass. 2006) (successfully represented subsidiary of international water company in multi-count civil fraud case raising issues of first impression in Massachusetts; lead trial attorney in three-week federal jury trial resulting in multi-million dollar victory on behalf of client)
Grand Jury Investigation (D. Mass. 2005) (successfully defeated indictment of well-established construction company in false claims grand jury investigation)
United States v. K. Glenn Shaw, No. 99-10044-REK (D. Mass. 2001) (defended President of medical products division of national dialysis company against multi-count felony indictment alleging healthcare fraud; successfully resolved case through dismissal of all felony counts and plea to misdemeanor violation)
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