Introduction
Nicole Moen is a shareholder at Fredrikson & Byron. She practices in the firm’s Litigation Group and focuses on health law, antitrust, and multidistrict litigation and class action defense. Nicole represents individuals and businesses in commercial, regulatory, and white collar criminal matters.
Education
- Harvard Law School, J.D., 2003
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.A., with Honors, French and Political Science, 2000
Bar Admissions
- United States Supreme Court, 2009
Practice Areas
- Litigation
- Health Care Fraud & Compliance
- Aging & Disability Providers
- Shareholder Disputes
- White Collar & Regulatory Defense
- Family Law
- False Claims Act Defense
Languages
- French
Representative Experience
- Antitrust: Represented businesses in private civil antitrust litigation. Defended businesses in State and Federal civil and criminal antitrust matters.
- Health Litigation: Represented physicians, clinics, and hospitals in the full range of matters facing health law clients, including State and Federal government investigations, Medicare and Medicaid compliance issues, False Claims Act allegations, and licensing and credentialing matters. Nicole has also represented health law clients in business litigation, including contract, employment, and shareholder disputes.
- Multidistrict Litigation and Class Action Defense: Defended businesses in multidistrict litigation and class action cases.
- White Collar and Regulatory Defense: Represented individuals and businesses in State and Federal matters involving alleged antitrust violations, fraud, bid rigging and conspiracy, and securities and consumer fraud.
- Business Litigation: Assisted businesses in many areas in contract disputes, shareholder disputes, and employment disputes.
- Constitutional Law: Nicole has represented individuals and nonprofit institutions in matters involving Constitutional law, including First Amendment and election issues. She was lead counsel in the firm’s representation of a Guantànamo detainee in habeas litigation, which resulted in the detainee’s repatriation to his home country.
- Pro Bono: Nicole is a volunteer attorney with the Volunteer Lawyers Network and assists low-income individuals in many other areas, including consumer debt, family law, and the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. Nicole is also a member of the firm’s pro bono committee.
Selected Publications & Presentations
- Habeas Revisited: An Associate’s View of Guantánamo Bay, 1 Northeastern University Law Journal, 1, 131 (Spring 2009)
- Presenter, Clarion Legal CLE, U.S. Supreme Court Update 2008 Constitutional Law Cases: Detainees, Guns and Pornography, August 2008
- Presenter, Northeastern University Law Journal Symposium, To Gitmo or Bust: Practical Challenges to Representing Guantanamo Detainees, April 2008
- “Current Issues Facing CACM,” Bar Talk, Minnesota Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, January 2008
- Presenter, Minnesota State Bar Association Civil Litigation Section Annual CLE: Balancing National Security and Due Process – The Guantanamo Bay Challenge, April 2006
- “Qui Tam Is More Than Just a Funny Latin Phrase: The Basics of Qui Tam Litigation,” Fredrikson & Byron’s White Collar & Regulatory Defense Focus Newsletter, January 2005
Professional Activities
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Board Member, American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota
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Adjunct Professor of International Human Rights Law, co-teaching with Professor David Weissbrodt and Professor Barbara A. Frey, University of Minnesota Law School, 2011-12
Judicial Clerkship
- Honorable John R. Tunheim, for the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, 2005-06
Honors & Distinctions
- Received the Hennepin County Bar Association’s 2010 Pro Bono Publico Award for an Attorney in the Private Sector
- Named a Minnesota Rising Star by Minnesota Super Lawyers magazine and Minnesota Journal of Law & Politics magazine
- 2009 Up and Coming Attorney, selected by Minnesota Lawyer
- Fredrikson & Byron Pro Bono Associate Volunteer of the Year Award, 2009
- Phi Beta Kappa