“One of the most vital qualities for a top whistleblower attorney is the ability to recognize new schemes to defraud our government…”
“I’ve learned during my career that the most vital qualities for a top whistleblower attorney are the insight to recognize the new types of schemes that defraud our nation, the courage to push the government to redress those schemes, the discipline to pay painstaking attention to the nuances of the evidence and the law, and the determination to continue fighting for your clients throughout. I love what I do because the values of honesty, adherence to duty and compassion for one’s community are paramount to me.”
BACKGROUND
- Stanford Law, J.D.
- Partner, Vogel, Slade & Goldstein, LLP, since 2000
- Co-Chair, American Bar Association Committee on Procurement Fraud & False Claims, 2018-2022
- Member of the President’s Advisory Council of the Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund and Taxpayers Against Fraud, 2007-Present
- Member of the Executive Committees and Boards of Directors of the Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund and Taxpayers Against Fraud, 2007-2019
- Testified as an expert on the False Claims Act before the U.S. Congress, House Committee on the Judiciary, 2008 and 2013
- Testified as an expert on the False Claims Act before the New York City Council, 2004
- Testified as an expert on the False Claims Act before the National Association of Attorneys General, 1998
- Senior Counsel for Health Care Fraud, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division
- Trial Attorney, Civil Fraud Section, U.S. Department of Justice
- Associate, Arnold & Porter
- Princeton University, B.A., magna cum laude
AWARDS
- “Lawyer of the Year” for Qui Tam Law in Washington, D.C., Best Lawyers in America, 2022 and 2024
- “Best Lawyer in America for Qui Tam” , Best Lawyers in America, 26th ed. (2019) and 27th ed. (2020), 2022, 2023, 2024
- Washingtonian Magazine “Top Whistleblower Attorney” in Bi-Annual Review of Lawyers 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020, and 2022
- Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund, “Whistleblower Lawyer of the Year,” 2013
- Department of Justice “Meritorious Award”
- Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Inspector General’s “Integrity Award”
- General Services Administration’s “Public Service Award”
- D.C. Bar Association “Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year”
OTHER NON-PROFIT BOARD POSITIONS
- Vice Chair of the Board, Potomac Riverkeeper Network (PRKN), 2023-Present
- Chair of the Litigation & Strategic Planning Committees, PRKN, 2022-Present
- Member of the Board, PRKN, 2020-Present
- Prior Member of the Board, Washington Education & Tennis Foundation
- Prior Member of the Board, Potomac Conservancy
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
- 2022: Healthcare Compliance Assoc., Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Conference, Whistleblower Panel
- 2020: Practicing Law Institute, Government Contracts Program
- 2018-2020: American Bar Association Committee on Procurement Fraud & False Claims, Annual False Claims Act Update
- 2001-2018: Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund’s Annual Conference on the Civil False Claims Act and Qui Tam Enforcement
- 2014: American Law Institute, False Claims Act Institute
- 2013: Cornell Law School, False Claims Act Course, Class on First-to-File
- 2012: Edward Bennett Williams’ Inns of Court
- 2012: Cornell Law School Class on the False Claims Act, First-to-File Doctrine
- 2011: Pharmaceutical Regulatory & Compliance Congress
- 2011: NY Attorney General’s Conference on the New York False Claims Act
- 2011: ABA Health Care Fraud Institute
- 2009: ALI-ABA, Live Video Webcast, Federal False Claims Act: Important Amendments under the Fraud Enforcement & Recovery Act
- 2008: The Federalist Society, False Claims Act Amendments Seminar
- 2005: ABA/CLE White Collar Crime Institute
- 1999, 2001 & 2004: ABA/NAMFCU Annual Conference on the Civil False Claims Act and Qui Tam Enforcement
- 2004: Seminar Group Conference on Qui Tam Litigation Under the False Claims Act
- 2002: Fall Regional Meeting, Virginia Chapter, American Assoc. of HealthCare Administrative Management
- 2002: ABA/NAMFCU Annual Conference on Health Care Fraud
- 2001: ABA/HFMA Annual Conference on Medicare Reimbursement & Compliance
- 2000: Council on Ethical Organizations Conference on Health Care Compliance
- 1998: D.C. Bar Conference on HHS OIG National Project Guidelines and DOJ False Claims Act Guidance for Civil Health Care Fraud Matters
- 1998-1999: Various conferences and classes on the False Claims Act sponsored by the Department of Justice to train FBI agents and Department of Justice attorneys
PUBLICATIONS
- “Separating the Wheat from the Chaff or Undermining Congressional Intent: the United States’ Proactive Dismissals of Qui Tam Actions,” ABA Procurement Lawyer, Summer. 2020
- “Off Label Marketing & the False Claims Act,” False Claims Act & Qui Tam Quarterly Review, July 2007
- “Chilling News: The Department of Justice’s Determination to Unseal all Declined Qui Tams Regardless of Whether Pursued by Relators,” False Claims Act & Qui Tam Quarterly Review, July 2006
- Westlaw’s False Claims Act treatise, 2004 (Advisory Board member)
- “Are You of Good Report?,” Healthcare Financial Management, November 2004
- “Quality-of-Care Issues can Create False Claims Act Exposure,” Healthcare Financial Management, September 2002
- “False Claims Act May Reach Managed Care Organizations,” Healthcare Financial Management, January 2002
- “The Government’s New Patient Privacy Rules and Health Care Fraud Compliance and Enforcement,” The Health Lawyer, Vol. 13, No. 4, June 2001
- “Health-care fraud and the False Claims Act: the Supreme Court Supports a Federal Weapon,” Business Law Today, Vol. 10, No. 1, September/October 2000
- “Truth and its Consequences: Should You Voluntarily Disclose Overbillings to Law Enforcement,” The Health Lawyer, Vol. 12, No. 5, June 2000
- “Profiles of Qui Tam Relators: Motives in the Madness,” The Pastin Report on Health Care Compliance, April 2000
- “False Claims Act Civil Investigative Demands,” The Civil False Claims Act and Qui Tam Enforcement (American Bar Association Center for Continuing Legal Education) (1998)