News
10/13/20 – Media Mention
Luke Cass, Scott McIntosh, Pilar Thomas and Nicole Simmons featured in article “Feds Shorted Shawnee Tribe On Virus Funds, DC Circ. Told”
The Shawnee Tribe has encouraged the D.C. Circuit to overturn a lower court ruling that will dismiss the tribe's bid for more coronavirus relief funding under the CARES Act. The tribe states that the Treasury Department didn't have the discretion to...
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Law360
10/07/20 – Media Mention
Luke Cass quoted in “DOJ lets prosecutors announce voter fraud investigations close to Election Day”
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Luke Cass, a former senior trial attorney in DOJ's Public integrity Section, said that highlighting postal workers and military officials could be intended as a temporary message given the expectation that a lot of voters will vote...
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CNN Politics
09/01/20 – Media Mention
Luke Cass featured in the article “Legal insiders brace for a world where Trump loses in November and the ex-president faces down a slew of reinvigorated court fights”
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Moreover, if members of a political candidate's campaign staff are engaged in criminal wrongdoing, tying such activity directly to the candidate is "tough to pursue because they require knowledge and willfulness," said Luke Cass, a former senior...
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Business Insider
08/31/20 – Media Mention
Luke Cass quoted in the article “Bill Barr’s Hidden Truths About Justice Department’s Rule of Forbearance in an Election”
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Notably, with a differing view, Luke V. Cass, former a Senior Trial Attorney with the Public Integrity Section of the Criminal Division:
“Consistent with the DOJ’s “Election Year Sensitivities” memo, law enforcement officers and prosecutors should never select...
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Just Security
05/01/20 – Video
Luke Cass featured in Prison Professors Podcast: “How to Hire a White Collar Criminal Defense Lawyer”
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03/18/20 – Media Mention
Luke Cass and E. King Poor featured in article “Split panel rules GPS software supports vehicle search”
Officer Travis Ellefritz received alerts from a GPA-enabled surveillance system that gunshots have been fired in the area and that resulted in his decision to stop and search Terrill A. Rickmon Sr.'s vehicle.
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The 7th U.S. Circuit Court...
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Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
03/12/20 – Media Mention
Quarles & Brady mentioned in article “Gunfire-Locating Tech Not Enough for Police to Stop Vehicle”
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"A gunfire-locating technology called ShotSpotter can’t be the sole basis for police to stop a car, the Seventh Circuit said in a matter of first impression.
But the panel split on whether enough other articulable facts supported Peoria,...
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Bloomberg Law
11/09/19 – Media Mention
Luke Cass featured in “Trump Impeachment Inquiry Delves into Idea of Quid Pro Quo”
Luke Cass weighs in on the House impeachment inquiry into President Trump's Ukraine dealings.
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“Existing corruption statutes are ill-equipped to address the type of conduct the president was alleged to have committed,” said Luke Cass, a white-collar defense...
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The Wall Street Journal
10/03/19 – Media Mention
Luke Cass featured in “The Justice Department Has Argued Sex, Information, And Worthless Stock Were “Things Of Value.” But It Said Trump’s Request For Dirt Wasn’t.”
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Luke Cass, a former federal prosecutor with the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section, said the Justice Department had taken a broad view of “things of value” in other types of criminal cases, such as bribery prosecutions, but...
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BuzzFeed News
10/02/19 – Media Mention
Luke Cass quoted in “8 Lawyers You Should Know In the Impeachment Probe”
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Luke Cass, a former federal prosecutor who is now a white collar defense partner for Quarles & Brady LLP in Washington, said that Atkinson was known for his skillful prosecutions in high-profile and complicated corruption cases.
“He’s a...
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Law 360
04/29/19
Former Federal Prosecutor Luke Cass Joins Quarles & Brady in Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON — The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP today announced that Luke Cass has joined the firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Group as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office.
Cass focuses his practice on white collar...
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