Stephen G. Sozio (Steve)

Partner

Steve Sozio's practice involves the representation of businesses, health care organizations, and their employees during investigations by federal and local governmental authorities for potential criminal charges; prosecuting and defending civil actions on behalf of clients involved with allegations of fraud, false claims, and other business-related wrongdoing; and advising health care and corporate clients regarding compliance issues to avoid governmental sanctions.

Since joining Jones Day, Steve has represented corporations, hospitals, and executives that were the subjects of investigations by federal and local grand juries and/or regulatory agencies involving alleged health care fraud, defense contractor fraud, FCPA violations, SEC and securities fraud, HUD fraud, FDA actions, prevailing wage violations, import/export issues, federal campaign contribution violations, and economic espionage. He also has conducted many internal and external investigations on behalf of boards of directors and senior management.

Prior to joining Jones Day, Steve was an investigating prosecutor for the Organized Crime Strike Force Unit of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Ohio for 10 years. In that capacity, he worked with teams of agents from federal and local investigative agencies in the investigation and prosecution of organized and economic crime matters. Steve has tried cases in federal court under the federal racketeering, criminal tax, money laundering, customs, fraud, public corruption, drug, forfeiture, and conspiracy laws.

He is an adjunct professor at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law of Cleveland State University where he has taught criminal procedure and white-collar crime.