• United States ex rel. Holmes v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated and Northrop Grumman Corporation. Secured a significant victory for Huntington Ingalls Industries and Northrop Grumman Corporation when a Mississippi federal judge dismissed a $2.5 billion False Claims Act suit against our clients and disqualified the relator for breaching his ethical obligations as an attorney.
• United States ex rel. Berglund v. Boeing Company. After relator amended his complaint three times and after nearly a decade of litigation, he voluntarily dismissed his civil fraud claims. His retaliation claim was then dismissed by the court, and relator was fined nearly $80,000 as a sanction for spoliation of evidence.
• United States ex rel. DeKort v. Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc. Successfully defended Northrop Grumman against claims that it violated the False Claims Act case in connection with the U.S. Coast Guard's Deepwater Program. The court granted Northrop Grumman's motion for summary judgment and dismissed relator's claim seeking $720 million in damages in connection with eight 123-foot patrol vessels delivered to the Coast Guard.
• United States ex rel. Erickson v. University of Washington Physicians. Defended a high-publicity Medicare fraud case involving teaching physician services provided to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries.
• United States ex rel. Grayson v. Genoa Healthcare. Defeated Medicare fraud and kickback allegations against a national chain of specialty pharmacies through waiver of co-payments and related allegations.
• United States ex rel. Kerr & Wynalda v. Boeing Company. Represented Boeing in a pair of consolidated qui tam lawsuits alleging that Boeing committed fraud in the sale of aircraft to the U.S. Air Force and Navy, and that Boeing retaliated against relators in violation of the FCA. We obtained summary judgment on the civil fraud claims, and a jury verdict in favor of Boeing on the retaliation claims.
• United States ex rel. Prather v. AT&T Inc. Represented Sprint Nextel Corporation and Qwest Communications International in a qui tam lawsuit related to charges for wiretaps and other surveillance services.
• United States ex rel. Prewitt v. Boeing Company. Relators' claims of civil fraud in connection with Boeing's sale of commercial derivative aircraft to the government has received substantial media attention, including a front-page Washington Post article, a three-part series in Mother Jones magazine, and broadcast features on SkyNews, Dan Rather Reports, and Al Jazeera.
• United States ex rel. Rille v. Microsoft Corp. Successfully defended Microsoft Corp. in a qui tam lawsuit related to the sale of software to federal agencies.
• United States v. MD Spine Solutions LLC, D/B/A MD Labs Inc. et al. Successfully resolved an investigation led by the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts in parallel with numerous state attorneys general for alleged violations of the False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback Statute based on a novel theory involving the reporting of test results for drug tests. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services were also involved, as was a qui tam
• United States ex rel. Johnson et al. v. Therakos, Inc. et al. Successfully represented the client, the private equity owners of a medical device company, in a False Claims Act investigation involving the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and numerous state attorneys general alleging off-label promotion. The matter settled favorably at a small fraction of the amount initially demanded by the government.
• United States ex rel. Zemplenyi v. Group Health Cooperative. Successfully defended Medicare fraud and whistleblower retaliation claims brought by a staff ophthalmologist against a leading health maintenance organization related to allegedly unnecessary cataract surgeries.
• Successfully represented the family trusts that held the value of one of the world’s largest privately held medical device manufacturers in the settlement of an investigation led by the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts that involved allegations of false claims based on kickbacks and improper marketing.
• Successfully represented a prime contractor in an investigation led by the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia relating to false claims by a subcontractor. There was no liability found against our client.
• Represented a government contractor in an investigation conducted by an agency office of inspector general.

• Representation including five-day bench trial involving False Claims Act and other fraud-related claims against a government contractor related to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contract.*

• Represented a defense contractor in an internal investigation regarding False Claims Act issues.

• Represented a healthcare device manufacturer in a government False Claims Act investigation.

• Advised government contractor regarding disclosure and reporting obligations including in connection with the False Claims Act.
  
  

*Prior government experience