Ricardo Solano, Jr.

Mr. Solano, a well-known, highly regarded leader in the white collar defense space and federal practitioner in New Jersey, co-chairs the firm’s White Collar & Investigations Group, currently one of the firm’s most vibrant practices.

Mr. Solano represents companies and individuals in the healthcare, financial services, and other industries in both criminal and civil matters. These matters often concern allegations of securities fraud, healthcare fraud, bribery, False Claims Act, RICO, tax evasion, and money laundering. They commonly involve federal, state, and local law enforcement authorities, as well as civil and regulatory proceedings.

An experienced trial and appellate lawyer in white collar criminal and complex commercial matters, Mr. Solano has acted as lead counsel in several significant jury trials. He has also represented clients in a number of sensitive and high-profile investigations, and regularly conducts internal investigations for corporations and other institutions. In addition, Mr. Solano has represented a number of attorneys as well as physicians and other medical professionals in disciplinary proceedings.

Before returning to Gibbons, Mr. Solano was most recently General Counsel for The Straus Group, a private investment family firm in Fort Lee, New Jersey, and Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer for CareOne, a nationwide healthcare continuum with annual revenues in excess of $1 billion that operates more than 60 post-acute nursing and assisted living facilities, long-term acute care hospitals, hospice providers, and a long-term care pharmacy company. Prior to joining CareOne, Mr. Solano was a partner in a well-regarded, boutique litigation firm in New York and New Jersey.

Mr. Solano is also a former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, serving in both the Criminal and Appeals Divisions. In 2008, Mr. Solano was appointed as New Jersey’s First Assistant Attorney General under then-Attorney General Anne Milgram, who is now Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. In that role, he oversaw the Divisions of Criminal Justice, Law, Consumer Affairs, and Gaming Enforcement, participating in case reviews, developing litigation strategy for criminal investigations, affirmative civil litigation, and civil defense matters, and handling various administrative and management responsibilities for the office.