Counsel
Representative Matters
- Representing a physician-owned joint venture during a federal qui tam investigation that resulted in declination by the government and dismissal by the relator following a presentation made to the government. Neither a settlement nor a Corporate Integrity Agreement was required.
- Representing an airplane parts manufacturer during a federal qui tam investigation that resulted in declination by the government and dismissal by the relators. Neither a settlement nor a Corporate Integrity Agreement was required.
- Representing a federal government contractor by successfully resolving a relator’s False Claims Act complaint that the company paid gratuities to influence award of a government contract.
- Representing the Audit Committee of a China-based US public company and performing an independent investigation concerning the FCPA and financial disclosures to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
- Representing a manufacturing company by successfully resolving qui tam litigation alleging that the company falsely certified parts complied with NAVAIR standards.
- Representing a health care provider during a criminal investigation for false billing. The matter was closed with neither criminal charges nor a civil settlement.
- Representing government employees by securing dismissal of the complaint suing them in their individual capacity under the Bivens doctrine for alleged violations of constitutional rights.
- Representing a former employee during parallel criminal and civil investigations following a federal qui tam complaint alleging that the former employer, a government contractor, submitted claims for work that was not performed.
- Representing individuals by securing dismissal of more than 40 felony charges and return of all personal funds that had been seized in the largest case of its kind in Florida, involving the arrest of more than 50 people affiliated with a veteran support group who were accused of RICO violations, money laundering and illegal possession of slot machines.
- Representing a former manager during questioning about billing practices by federal and state healthcare investigators under a common interest agreement with the former employer, a healthcare provider.
- Representing an individual who received a substantial downward variance after pleading guilty to healthcare fraud.
