Since 2010, I have represented whistleblowers in federal and state False Claims Act cases, including a ten-year effort that led to the largest ever award in the history of the False Claims Act, $264 million in 2022.
Among the types of cases I have handled:
* customs duties cases, in which obligations to pay duties have been avoided or reduced due to false statements about cost of goods, tariff codes, or country of origin
* health care cases, including Medicare or Medicaid claims for medically unnecessary goods or services, and false billing
* pharmaceutical cases, including claims caused by improper off-label promotion of drugs, and claims caused by kickbacks
* procurement cases, including false reporting under "cost plus" contracts with government agencies
* Small Business Administration-related cases, in which false statements about ownership, control or status have led to the award of small business set aside contracts or subcontracts
* escheatment cases, in which a company has failed to escheat unclaimed property to states.
- Boston College Law School
- J.D. (2010)
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- Loyola University Chicago
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- Honors: magna cum laude
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Contingent Fees
I represent whistleblowers on a contingency fee basis.
- Gov & Administrative Law
- Administrative Law, Election Law, Government Contracts, Government Finance, Legislative & Government Affairs
- Health Care Law
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- False Claims Act
- Whistleblower Law
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- Q. Does the Health Care Fraud Act fall under the umbrella of the False Claims Act or are they two completely separate laws?
- A: My expertise is in the False Claims Act, but as I understand it, the Health Care Fraud Act is a criminal statute, calling for criminal fines and/or prison sentences for certain conduct that defrauds government health care programs. Think about it this way: the Health Care Fraud Act is when the government is acting like the police, or like a regulator -- there just happens to be specific penalties when you commit crimes against health care programs.
In contrast, the False Claims Act is a civil statute -- it's the government acting like a consumer. When the government suffers some form of financial harm, like if a doctor submitted a claim for payment to Medicare for services he or she didn't ... Read More