Augustus practices in the areas of complex civil and criminal litigation as a member of the firm’s Litigation Group.  Augustus specializes in pursuing and defending claims for business torts, breach of contract, and fraud.  His practice focuses on legal matters that arise in the intersection of civil and white collar criminal litigation.

In the civil litigation context, Augustus’s representative matters include pursuing claims for over $5 million dollars in fraud, litigating disputes over shareholder agreements and corporate valuations, and pursuing breach of contract claims over multi-million dollar corporate acquisition agreements.  He also has experience representing defendants in some of the region’s most high-profile federal criminal jury trials on charges for white collar crimes such as wire fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering.  Additionally, Augustus has represented physicians charged with prescribing controlled substances outside the normal course of medical practice and defendants accused of orchestrating major narcotics trafficking operations.  And, as a member of the Southern District of Ohio’s Criminal Justice Advocate program, Augustus accepts appointments from federal judges to represent indigent criminal defendants in federal court against charges for various crimes.

Augustus is a Cincinnati native. He is a graduate of St. Xavier high school, and enjoys living in the downtown area.

Education

University of Colorado at Boulder, B.A., History, cum laude, 2012

Salmon P. Chase College of Law, 2016

Professional Activities

Federal Bar Association

Potter Stewart Inn of Court

Editor in Chief

“For the Record ”–The Official Newsletter of the John W. Peck Chapter of the Federal Bar Association