Riley H. Floyd

Biography

Riley Floyd helps clients navigate their most difficult and sensitive problems. A skilled litigator, Riley is often engaged after a dispute has already arisen. He has tried multiple cases, including two highly publicized Indiana attorney discipline proceedings and, most recently, a multi-week arbitration. At times Riley has been engaged to assist a client in avoiding a public dispute, where the representation itself may remain publicly unknown. His clients include Am Law 100 and 150 law firms, Fortune 500 companies, executives, and prominent individuals.

Riley also represents businesses and individuals in so-called “white collar” matters, including in investigations and, if necessary, in criminal proceedings involving federal charges for alleged crimes such as wire fraud, mail fraud, securities fraud, and false statements to federal agents.

Education & Clerkships

• Law Clerk, Hon. David F. Hamilton, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• J.D., magna cum laude, Indiana University Maurer School of Law; Order of the Coif; Editor-in-Chief, Indiana Law Journal, Volume 91; Sherman Minton Moot Court Competition, Finalist, Brief Writing & Oral Advocacy Honors
• Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford, Visiting Student
• A.B., summa cum laude, English Literature, Wabash College; Phi Beta Kappa

Recognition

Indiana Rising Stars ® (since 2020)

Civic & Professional Involvement

• The Penrod Society, Member
• Meridian-Kessler Neighborhood Association, Secretary
• Seventh Circuit Bar Association, Board of Governors

Experience

Though all cases vary and none is predictive, Riley’s experience includes:

Business Litigation

• Trial counsel to registered representatives adverse to publicly traded financial services firm in multi-week FINRA arbitration involving allegations of corporate “raiding” and other related business torts
• Counsel to financial advisory firm in federal proceedings adverse to publicly traded company alleging various business torts
• Represented global pharmaceutical company in various supplier disputes
• Represented global convenience store brand in multiple real estate disputes
• Represented publicly traded company in contract dispute adverse to subcontractors
• Represented professional motorsport driver in dispute adverse to racing team
• Represented hospital system in dispute concerning physician compensation metrics
• SG Equipment Finance USA Corp., v. Kimball Electronics, Inc. v. Ariba, Inc., United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Case No. 2:20-cv-06005-JCJ. Represented electronics manufacturing contractor in dispute related to complex cloud services for component procurement.
• Represented supplier in federal lawsuit alleging nearly $300 million of liability stemming from alleged product diversion and arbitrage
• Represented publicly traded company in defense of claim brought by then-Fortune 150 company
• Represented real estate developers in defense of alleged business torts and litigation of accompanying counter- and cross-claims arising out of $30+ million construction project
• Represented international trade organization in commerce clause litigation adverse to State of Indiana, including on appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• Represented stakeholder and defended against state and federal suits alleging securities fraud in connection with restructuring and sale of business
• Represented LLC member in arbitration proceedings relating to member buy-out
• Represented former president of closely-held corporation in dispute following corporate sale, including in parallel, federal declaratory judgment action concerning D&O insurance coverage

Lawyer Liability and Licensing

• Counsel to Am Law 100 and 150 firms in connection with professional liability issues and claims
• Represented attorney in nationally reported disciplinary action involving Rule 1.7 charge arising from relationship with client’s spouse; hearing officer’s report of no misconduct affirmed by unanimous Indiana Supreme Court
• Represented attorney in highly publicized disciplinary action involving the reporting of suspected child abuse in a school setting, handling of contraband as evidence, the tension between Rule 1.6 confidentiality duties and providing information to law enforcement, as well as public policy concerning the use of confidentiality agreements
• Represented former federal official in response to disciplinary referral; no disciplinary proceeding initiated

White Collar Investigations and Defense

• Represented subject of federal investigation throughout federal grand jury proceedings; no charges filed
• Represented multiple entities responding to federal civil investigative demands; no further action taken
• Represented multiple companies and individuals responding to federal grand jury subpoenas
• Represented business owner during state tax audit during pendency of criminal tax prosecution in neighboring state; no further action taken and no further criminal charges filed
• Represented executive in federal criminal proceedings arising out of corporate sale; client’s sentencing exposure reduced from life imprisonment to 24 months
• Represented executive in SEC enforcement action parallel to federal criminal proceedings

Individual Representations and Crisis Management

• Represented corporate director in proceedings to quash improper non-party subpoena
• Represented owners of prominent local business in connection with internal ownership dispute
• Represented homeowners in residential boundary dispute in prominent, historical subdivision
• Represented national figure in media and legal crisis
• Advised closely held business and its owners adverse to public accounting firm in post-closing dispute over net working capital calculations pursuant to asset purchase agreement
• Advised owners of closely held business in evaluation of potential breach of fiduciary duty claims against co-owners
• Represented owner of closely-held business during business break up crisis
• Represented business owner during contract negotiation crisis
• Represented former property owner in connection with insurer’s indemnification demand

Presentations & Publications

Presentations

• Moderator, Dos and Don’ts of Federal Practice: A Judicial Panel Discussion, Seventh Circuit Bar Association, September 2024
• Co-Presenter, Discovery-on-Discovery, Strafford CLE, March 2024
• Co-Presenter, 2021 Hoover Hull Turner LLP Law Firm Symposium, June 2021
• Co-Presenter, Where Law Meets Technology: What Every Litigator Needs to Know About Form of Production, Indianapolis Bar Association, March 2021

Publication

Note, “I Must Tell the Whole World”: Septimus Smith as Virginia Woolf’s Legal Messenger, 91 Ind. L.J. 1473 (2016).