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Graham Cronogue is a litigator who represents companies in their most complex civil and cross-border disputes. He guides clients through high‑stakes disputes from pre‑suit strategy through dispositive motions, hearings, trial, and resolution in the United States and across various international arbitral forums. Graham has won favorable verdicts in contract disputes, fraud and breach of fiduciary duty cases, trust litigation, and agency disputes, including cases under the Administrative Procedure Act, debarment matters, and False Claims Act litigation. He approaches each matter with a practical mindset, focused on aligning legal strategy with the client’s broader business objectives.Graham serves as lead or senior litigation counsel in complex domestic and cross-border disputes.&nbsp;He has prevailed in multiple federal and state trial courts (including the District of Columbia), secured appellate wins in the D.C. Court of Appeals, the D.C. Circuit, the New York Court of Appeals, the Second Circuit, and the Ninth Circuit, and won arbitration hearings before the ICC, ICDR, JAMS, and AAA. Graham also coordinates global litigation strategy and advises clients in connection with parallel litigation in foreign courts, including proceedings in Bermuda, the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, France, the United Kingdom, Spain, and Italy.&nbsp; His recent engagements include defending an international investment firm against a large-scale fraud and bad faith and fair dealing case; representing a global electronics company in a breach of contract claim brought by its joint venture partner; prosecuting counterclaims on behalf of a global construction company in breach of contract arbitration involving a billion-dollar project; representing an ultra-high net worth family in a trust dispute spanning several jurisdictions in the United States and around the world; and defending a foreign technology company against Section 337 exclusion proceedings before the U.S. International Trade Commission.Graham began his career as a law clerk in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and for the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. He received a J.D. from Duke University School of Law, where he graduated magna cum laude. He received a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he graduated with distinction.&nbsp;

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Accomplished Trial Lawyer Graham Cronogue Joins Blank Rome as Partner in Washington, D.C.

Graham R. Cronogue: Noteworthy Publications

International Arbitration and Enforcement

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False Claims Act Investigations & Defense

Arbitration 
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<li>Represented an international investment firm in fraud and breach of contract arbitration hearing; obtained favorable award on all claims and counterclaims, with award of attorneys’ fees.</li>
<li>Represented a global electronics company in breach of contract arbitration hearing; obtained favorable award on all claims, with award of attorneys’ fees.</li>
<li>Represented a global construction company in breach of contract arbitration involving billion-dollar project; obtained favorable award on all claims and counterclaims, with award of attorneys’ fees.</li>
<li>Representing an aerospace company in joint venture dispute.</li>
<li>Represented multiple sovereigns and private companies in enforcement proceedings and litigated complicated Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act issues.</li>
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Federal and State Court 
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<li>Defended an international news company facing breach of contract allegations; obtained full defense ruling on a summary judgment motion.</li>
<li>Defended a global technology company in intellectual property infringement trial; obtained favorable settlement prior to verdict.</li>
<li>Representing an ultra-high-net-worth family in multibillion-dollar international dispute across a number of jurisdictions.</li>
<li>Obtained and executed seizure orders under, among other things, the Defend Trade Secrets Act.</li>
<li>Obtained dismissal of breach of contract and fraud actions against a global bank; dismissal subsequently affirmed by the federal court of appeals.</li>
<li>Obtained court approval to conduct Section 1782 discovery, including document requests, interrogatories, and depositions. </li>
<li>Represented multiple energy companies in Administrative Procedure Act cases at the trial and appeal level.</li>
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Government Contracting and Investigations
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<li>Defended a global engineering company facing criminal and civil allegations regarding one-billion-dollar project and obtained favorable civil, criminal, and agency-level resolution.</li>
<li>Defended a consulting firm facing criminal investigations and suspension and debarment proceedings across a number of jurisdictions. </li>
<li>Guided a software-as-a-service company through full internal audit of government contract capabilities and systems.</li>
<li>Successfully defended a cybersecurity company against suspension and debarment proceeding.</li>
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