Practice Areas: Employment Litigation, Employment & Labor; view more
Licensed in Florida since: 2008
Education: University of Florida Levin College of Law
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A founding member of the Hoyer Law Group, PLLC, Sean Estes represents clients in Tampa, Florida, and the surrounding areas. His practice is focused on matters of business law, employment law and whistleblower cases. With over a decade of experience, he helped represented more than 200 million people in a settlement and changed the way the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act is implemented very early in his career.
Mr. Estes graduated cum laude from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Economics. An Anderson Scholar, he was also a National Merit Finalist. At the University of Florida Levin College of Law, he also graduated cum laude with a Juris Doctor and was a member of the Florida Journal of International Law. While in law school, he was a trial practice teaching assistant.
A member of the Federal Bar Association, and a fellow of The Florida Bar Foundation, Mr. Estes is dedicated to fostering integrity and ethics in the legal profession through his work with the C. H. Ferguson M. E. White American Inn of Court. While representing clients in a class action suit, he secured more than $4 million for those who were victimized by payday loan rollover schemes.
Unafraid to take on some of the largest financial institutions in favor of his clients, he shares his knowledge as a continuing legal education course instructor in matters of cloud computing ethics. Mr. Estes is currently admitted to practice in the state of Florida and before the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin.
Practice areas
Employment Litigation: Plaintiff, Employment & Labor: Employer, Employment Litigation: Defense, Employment & Labor: EmployeeFocus areas
Employment Discrimination, Employment Law - Employee, Retaliation, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- 20% Employment Litigation: Plaintiff
- 30% Employment & Labor: Employer
- 30% Employment Litigation: Defense
- 20% Employment & Labor: Employee
First Admitted: 2008, Florida
Professional Webpage: https://www.hoyerlawgroup.com/attorney/estes-sean/
- I served on the Florida Bar's Annual Convention Committee from 2023-2024. Our committee planned and executed the Annual Convention held in Orlando during the summer. We discussed and voted on themes, structure, and vendors. At the Convention itself, we were responsible for auditing sessions and ensuring a smooth and valuable experience for all the attendees., 2024
- I currently serve on the Florida Bar's 13C Grievance Committee as an investigating member. We investigate grievances brought by clients and fellow lawyers for potential violations of the rules of professional conduct. We then recommend a disposition and vote on the best course of action. , 2024
- Florida Bar Foundation Fellow, 2013
- Federal Bar Association, 2016
- Member of the Ferguson-White Inn of Court, an organization dedicated to fostering ethics and integrity in the legal profession., 2010
- I represented one of the whistleblowers in a False Claims Act case that resulted in a $106.8 million settlement with Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. and Walgreen Co. The complaint alleged that Walgreens violated the False Claims Act by billing the government for prescriptions that customers never picked up, and hen reselling those prescriptions without reversing the original claims. For more information, please see our firm's post located here: https://www.hoyerlawgroup.com/hoyer-law-group-whistleblower-helps-to-attain-106-8-million-false-claims-act-settlement/ , 2024
- I represented the whistleblower in a False Claims Act lawsuit brought against numerous defendants in one of the largest-ever Medicare fraud cases involving telemedicine and durable medical equipment (DME). In this case, the United States recovered $20,332,516.00 in forfeited assets. The lawsuit alleged that the defendants defrauded Medicare by setting up sham DME storefronts to engage in the illicit marketing and sale of DME—mostly back and knee braces– to senior citizens. After the lawsuit was filed, the Department of Justice announced a coordinated nationwide raid on April 9, 2019, orchestrated by the Department of Justice, the FBI, and various federal agencies. The government named the investigation “Operation Brace Yourself.” It spanned 17 federal districts, involved over 80 search warrants, and led to numerous arrests. Our case played a crucial part in the success of Operation Brace Yourself. For more information, please see our firm's post: https://www.hoyerlawgroup.com/first-whistleblower-case-connected-to-operation-brace-yourself-settles-for-20-3-million/, 2020
- I represented the whistleblower in a False Claims Act case against Advanced Imaging of Port Charlotte (“AI”) that settled for $501,000. The complaint alleged that AI billed the Medicare and Tricare programs for services performed by certain doctors knowing the government healthcare programs did not properly credential them. When the government rejected the claims, the complaint alleged that AI resubmitted the claims as if different physicians with proper credentials had performed the work. Please see our firm's post for more information: https://www.hoyerlawgroup.com/hoyer-law-groups-whistleblower-client-helps-recover-501000-in-healthcare-fraud-case-2/ , 2020
- I graduated cum laude from the University of Florida Levin College of Law. During law school, I externed for the Honorable Peter K. Sieg of the Eight Judicial Circuit and the Office of the State Attorney in Levy County. , 2005-2008
- University of Florida B.A., Political Science and Economics, cum laude, Anderson Scholar, National Merit Finalist, Member, Omicron Delta Epsilon and Phi Kappa Phi, 2001-2005
- Business
- Employment
- Whistleblower
Selections
- Rising Stars: 2020 - 2022
