The pattern of unenforcement [of immigration laws] and the factors supporting it suggest that public officials hold mixed motives that impair [] enforcement. A traditional solution to problems of agency capture, or even agency inefficiency, is to deputize private enforcers. Policymakers can change the unenforcement dynamic if they enable those most harmed by illegal employment to participate in enforcement. Congress has created an opportunity for deputization in recent amendments to [RICO], and courts should develop the doctrine to support its use.

118 Harvard Law Review 2224, 2245 (May 2005)

Howard is clearly doing some of the most cutting-edge RICO work of any lawyer I know in the country, and I know most of them.

Professor G. Robert Blakey, Notre Dame Law School and former Chief Counsel of the Senate Subcommittee on Criminal Laws and Procedure, which drafted the RICO statute in 1969-70

Our History of Success

Howard Foster, a RICO Attorney for most of his career, has achieved extraordinary results for his clients. His appellate victories have created new legal causes of action. He has resolved cases that other lawyers refused to pursue achieving credibility in the Federal Judiciary.   His RICO cases are treated fairly and not with the hostility exhibited by many judges handling civil RICO lawsuits. Here are some of our famous and recent wins.

Individual/Business RICO Cases

Cohen v. Cohen, 2013 WL 1316441 (2nd Cir. 2013), District Court Order granting Motion to Dismiss reversed and remanded.

Matteo Gutter Systems, Inc. v. Millenia Housing Management Ltd., 2009 WL 3245437 (N.D. Ohio 2009). View PDF

Flag Co. v. Maynard, 2006 WL 1030173 (D. Or. 2006)

Commercial Cleaning Services, LLC v. Colin Service Systems, Inc., 271 F.3d 374 (2d Cir. 2001)

RICO Class Actions

Brewer v. Salyer, 1:06-CV-01324 (E.D.Cal. 2006)

Williams v. Mohawk Industries, Inc., 465 F.3d 1277 (11th Cir. 2006); 568 F.3d 1350 (11th Cir. 2009)(reversing denial of class certification) View PDF.

Cunningham v. Offshore Specialty Fabricators, Inc., 543 F. Supp.2d 614 (E.D. Tex. 2008)

Mendoza v. Zirkle Fruit Co., Inc., 301 F.3d 1163 (9th Cir. 2002); 222 F.R.D. 439 (E.D. Wash. 2004)(granting class certification)