Habib F. Ilahi joined Schertler & Onorato, L.L.P. as Counsel in March 2005. His practice focuses on white collar defense, Government investigations, and securities litigation. He has represented individuals in criminal, civil, and administrative cases in both federal and state matters. His clients have included officers and directors of health care, energy, internet, and telecommunications companies. Mr. Ilahi has handled a variety of matters ranging from representing corporate officers in large-scale securities fraud investigations to representing health care providers under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice. Additionally, he has represented clients in investigations involving energy market manipulation, accounting irregularities, environmental reporting violations, money laundering, false statements, and mail and wire fraud. He frequently counsels clients on business and regulatory compliance issues.
Prior to joining Schertler & Onorato, Mr. Ilahi was an associate at a white collar boutique in Houston, Texas, where his practice focused on health care fraud and abuse matters. He represented corporate health care providers in Government and internal investigations, pharmacists in Drug Enforcement Administration proceedings, and physicians appearing before the Texas Board of Medical Examiners.
Mr. Ilahi is a founding member of the North American South Asian Bar Association's ("NASABA") Criminal Justice Committee, where he advocated on behalf of South Asian-Americans who had been the target of hate crimes and bias-related incidents, as well as victims of overzealous law enforcement agencies. In his leadership role, Mr. Ilahi liaised with the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and other governmental and non-governmental organizations to coordinate NASABA's advocacy efforts in the areas of civil rights, hate crimes enforcement, and legal education. While on the Criminal Justice Committee, Mr. Ilahi and others spearheaded and designed the first ever Convenience Store Outreach Project, a nationwide legal education and compliance program designed to educate and inform South Asian convenience storeowners and operators on the laws surrounding the sale of over-the-counter cold medications, as well as some of the illegal tactics previously used by law enforcement.
Education and Background
Mr. Ilahi was born in Galveston, Texas and grew up outside of Houston, Texas. He is a graduate of the University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2000) and the University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 1997).
Bar Memberships
District of Columbia and Texas
United States District Courts for the District of Columbia, Southern District of Texas, and Eastern District of Texas
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