Civil Conspiracy Actions: International Law

Torture Victims Protection Act, Alien Tort Statute, Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act, Tort Claims Under the Law of Nations

As part of a four-attorney team, Jeff represented five former military service members against several members of a Narco-Terrorist conspiracy in an action to recover damages for torture, unlawful detention, and other cruel inhuman and degrading treatment under the law of nations. Jeff performed the factual investigation and legal research, prepared the draft complaint initiating the action, and assisted the victims in presenting their powerful stories of heroism to the Court. In a case of first impression in the United States, this four attorney team was able to overcome novel and complex legal hurdles to obtain an eight hundred million dollar judgment for their clients against some of the world’s most notorious atrocity criminals.