Top Rated White Collar Crimes Attorney in Philadelphia, PA

Honors/Awards:

• Twenty-Second Annual Cesare Beccaria Award, Justinian Society of Philadelphia and Criminal Justice Section, Philadelphia Bar Association
• National Leader, US Healthcare Expert Guide
• National Leader, Law Dragon 500 Magazine
• 10/10 Superb rating, AVVO
• AV-Preeminent Rated Attorney, LexisNexis, Martindale-Hubbell
• American College of Trial Lawyers, Elected Fellow, 2012
• Chambers & Partners rated, Healthcare Litigation and White Collar Crime and Government Investigations
• Best Lawyers in America, Health Care Law litigation, 2006-2018
• Lawyer of the Year, Philadelphia Health Care sector, 2018
• One of the Top 100 Philadelphia Super Lawyers, 2008-2015
• One of the Top 100 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, 2007-2015
• Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, White Collar Criminal Defense, 2004-2018
• One of the Best White Collar Criminal Defense Lawyers in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Magazine, March 1999

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Philadelphia Bar Association, Bench Bar Conference Committee, Chair, 2016
• American Bar Association, Committee on Complex Criminal Litigation, Member
• American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section, White Collar Sub-Committee on Qui Tam Litigation, National Co-Chair, Present Member
• Federal Criminal Law Committee, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Member
• Federal Bar Association, Qui Tam Section, Member
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Member
• Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Member
• U.S. District Court - Southern District of New York
• U.S. District Court - Western District of Pennsylvania
• U.S. District Court - Middle District of Pennsylvania
• U.S. District Court - Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court
• New York
• Pennsylvania

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Philadelphia Disciplinary Hearing Committee, Member
• Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board, Education Committee, Chair
• Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board, January 27, 2003-January 27, 2009
• Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing
• Justinian Society, Board of Governors, Ex Officio Member, 1998-2002
• Health Care Compliance Association, Active Member
• American Health Lawyers Association, Active Member

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

• Adjunct Professor of Law, Health Care Fraud, The False Claims Act, and Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Fraud, Hamline University School of Law in Minnesota
• A New Era of Laboratory Fraud: Part 2
• A Practitioner's Primer on History and Use of the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute
• The Future of FCPA Enforcement Under the Trump Administration
• Search and Seizure Commentary
• Construction Legal Edge, Fall 2017 Newsletter
• “Everything You Need to Know About Handling a Whistleblower But Were Afraid to Ask,” Healthcare Liability & Litigation and Labor & Employment Practice Groups Joint Luncheon (Boston, MA), June 27
• “Federal Qui Tam Litigation: Hot Topics and New Initiatives,” PACDL White Collar Practice Seminar (Philadelphia, PA), November 18, 2011
• “False Claims Act and Qui Tam Provisions: New Developments You Must Know,” ALI-ABA Video Webcast (Philadelphia, PA), November 30, 2011
• “Resolving Qui Tam Litigation and the Use of Mediation,” ABA 2012 Mid-Year Meeting (New Orleans, LA), February 3, 2012
• “False Claims Act and Qui Tam Provisions: New Developments You Must Know,” ALI-ABA Video Webcast (Philadelphia, PA), February 13, 2012
• “Why Are the State False Claims Acts of Importance to Health Care Practitioners?” PBI’s 18th Annual Health Law Institute (Philadelphia, PA), March 14, 2012
• 21st Annual Health Law and Policy Forum, King and Spalding (Atlanta, GA), March 19, 2012
• “Federal Civil False Claims Act,” AHLA Fraud Boot Camp Webinar Series (Philadelphia, PA), April 5, 2012
• 2012 ABA National Institute on Health Care Fraud (Las Vegas, NV), May 9-11, 2012
• "Healthcare Qui Tams from the Relator's Perspective," ACBA Federal Courts Section CLE - Litigating the Healthcare Qui Tam (Pittsburgh, PA), May 24, 2012
• “Recent Developments on Liability,” ABA National Institute on the Civil False Claims Act and Qui Tam Enforcement (Washington, DC), June 7, 2012
• "FCA Whistleblower Counsel Panel: Candid Observations and Insights by Experienced Counsel," AHLA/HCAA Fraud & Compliance Forum (Baltimore, MD), October 1, 2012
• "Reflecting on Whitewater: Lessons in the Art of Negotiating Proffer Agreements Through the Prism of a Presidential Crisis," PACDL's White Collar Practice Seminar (Philadelphia, PA), November 9, 2012
• "North Carolina False Claims Act (WEBCAST)," North Carolina Bar Association CLE Program (Charlotte, NC), November 27, 2012
• "What Should You Know About the Medicare Part D Program But Were Afraid to Ask," PBI's 19th Annual Health Law Institute (Philadelphia, PA), March 12-13, 2013
• "Negotiating False Claims Act Settlements and Corporate Integrity Agreements," HCCA Compliance Institute (Washington, DC), April 24, 2013
• "Direct and Cross of Plaintiffs' Witness," ABA National False Claims Act and Qui Tam Trial Institute (Washington, DC), June 7, 2013
• "Litigating a False Claims Act Whistleblower Case," American Law Institute CLE (Philadelphia, PA), November 7, 2013
• "When to Disclose, Whether and When to Repay: The ACA's Impact on White Collar Lawyering," PACDL's White Collar Practice Seminar (Philadelphia, PA), November 15, 2013
• American Bar Association's Washington Health Law Summit (Washington, DC), December 9, 2013
• "The Ban of Off-Label Promotion and the False Claims Act: Analyzing a Decentralized, Public-Private Enforcement Regime," Seton Hall Law (Newark, NJ), April 28, 2014
• ALI-CLE, False Claims Act Institute (New York, NY), May 13, 2014
• "Qui Tam: Qui What?" 17th Annual Florida Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates Convention (Palm Beach, FL), July 18, 2014
• "Fraud, Kickbacks and the False Claims Act: A White Collar Practitioner's Primer," 2014 PACDL White Collar Seminar (New York, NY), November 13, 2014
• "How Relator's Counsel Validate and Investigate a Claim Before the Complaint is Filed," American Conference Institute 2nd Annual False Claims and Qui Tam Enforcement (New York, NY), January 21, 2015
• 2015 Annual Meeting, NC Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers (Asheville, NC), March 21, 2015
• 25th Annual National Institute on Health Care Fraud, American Bar Association (Miami, FL), May 13-15, 2015
• "Federal Sentencing Trends Ten Years After United States v. Booker and Sentencing Advocacy," Federal Bench Bar Conference (Philadelphia, PA), June 19, 2015
• "Qui Tam Litigation, A Practitioner's Symposium: Global Settlements and Relator Share/Attorney Fee Issues," American Bar Association's Criminal Justice Section and the White Collar Crime Southeast Region Subcommittee (Charlotte, NC), September 25, 2015
• False Claims Act, Seton Hall Law School's Healthcare Compliance Certification Program (Newark, NJ), October 13, 2015
• "Managed Care Fraud Enforcement and Compliance," Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Institute (Washington D.C.), October 25, 2015
• "Best Practices to Facilitate Global Settlements," 3rd Annual Advanced Forum on False Claims & Qui Tam Enforcement (New York, NY), January 21-22, 2016
• "Litigating a False Claims Whistleblower Case," American Law Institute CLE Telephone Seminar/Audio Webcast, February 3, 2016
• "So You Want To Represent a Whistleblower: What Do You Need to Know to Succeed," Pennsylvania Bar Institutes' 22nd Annual Health Law Institute (Philadelphia, PA), March 15-16, 2016
• "False Claims Act Pleading Issues," False Claims Act/Qui Tam Whistleblowers Litigation Involving Health Care Providers CLE (Columbia, SC), May 6, 2016
• 16th Annual Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund Conference (Washington, D.C.), September 14-16, 2016
• "Best Practices for Dealing with the States in False Claims Act Investigations, Litigation and Settlement," Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Institute (Washington, D.C.), October 24, 2016
• "Dealing with States in Complex Health Care Fraud Investigations," Pennsylvania Bar Institute's 23rd Annual Health Law Institute (Philadelphia, PA), March 8, 2017
• "Best Practices for Dealing with the States in False Claims Act Cases," Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Institute Webinar March 14, 2017
• "False Claims Act Developments," HCCA's 21st Annual Compliance Institute (National Harbor, MD), March 26, 2017
• "Ten Practice Tips for Relators- Doing Your Best to File a Winning Qui Tam Case," Current Trends in False Claims Act/Qui Tam Whistleblower Litigation CLE (Charleston, SC), May 12, 2017
• "Medical Necessity and the False Claims Act - Lions, and Tigers and Experts, Oh My!" AHLA Fraud and Compliance Forum (Baltimore, MD), October 5, 2017
• "Your Company has been Served with a Civil Investigative Demand: Now What," 3rd Annual Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Institute (Washington, D.C.), October 31, 2017
• "Crime, Punishment and the Representation of Those Accused," Burlington County Prosecutor's Office (Mt. Holly, NJ), December 5, 2017
• "What Will the Future Bring? New Theories, New Claims, New Cases," American Conference Institute 5th Advanced Forum on False Claims and Qui Tam Litigation (New York, NY), January 29-30, 2018
• "Health Care Fraud," WWDB-FM, 1993
• "Whistleblowers," WHYY-FM Philadelphia Public Radio, 1993
• "Affirmative Civil Litigation," Office of Legal Education - Department of Justice, August 24, 1993
• "Advising Your Health Care Clients on How To Avoid Health Care Fraud,” Education Program for Certified Public Accountants, September 28, 1994
• Health Care Providers Association of Delaware, February 2, 1995
• Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, February 13, 1995
• Health Law Institute - Pennsylvania Bar Institute, March 16, 1995
• Criminal Defense of Health Care Fraud - Pennsylvania Bar Institute, March 17, 1995
• Kent County (Delaware) Medical Society, May 17, 1995
• Annual Meeting of Delaware Health Care Providers, September 19, 1995
• "Health Care Fraud," Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (Philadelphia, PA), October 2, 1995
• "False Claims," National Health Lawyers Association, 1995
• Health Care Fraud Seminar for Accountants, Forensic Accountants, Philadelphia Community College (Philadelphia, PA), 1995
• 2nd Annual Health Law Institute, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 1996
• Conference on Health Care Fraud, Andrews Publications (New Orleans, LA), 1996
• Masters Program, National Health Lawyers Association (Westfields Conference Center Chantilly, VA), 1996
• Masters Program, National Health Care Lawyers Association, May 9, 1996
• Fraud and Abuse Conference Arlington, National Health Lawyers (Arlington, VA), October 2, 1996
• Third Annual Health Law Institute, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, April 1997
• "Managed Health Care Liability: Avoidance and Defense," Conference, Business Development Associates (Chicago, IL), September 1997
• "Anatomy of a Whistleblower Case," National Health Lawyers Association/American Academy of Healthcare Attorneys (Washington, DC), October 1997
• Fourth Annual Health Law Institute, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, April 1998
• "What Should You Be Worried About As A Medical Provider?" Christiana Care Corporation, April 30, 1998
• "Qui Tam Practice and Procedure," Federal Bench Bar Conference, June 5, 1998
• "The Man Who Knew Too Much," Dateline NBC Sunday Edition, November 21, 1999
• "Wrongful Discharge Claims Under 3730(h) and State Law," Second Annual National Institute on The Civil False Claims Act and Qui Tam Enforcement (JW Marriott Hotel, Washington, DC), January 12, 2000
• "There May Be a Whistleblower in Your Organization," Fraud & Abuse 101 Medicare Compliance Alert Conference (St. Petersburg, FL), February 17, 2000
• "Qui Tam Relator and Relations Counsel Panel," Third Annual National Congress on Health Care Compliance, March 8, 2000
• Chair, Mealey's Qui Tam Provisions of the False Claims Act Conference: A Practitioner's Forum (Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Pentagon City, VA), June 12, 2000
• The Knock at the Door: Defending False Claims and Qui Tam Actions," Annual Meeting, American Health Lawyers Association (Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, DC), June 18, 2000
• Mealey's Nursing Home Litigation Conference (Ritz Carlton Hotel, Naples, FL), January 23, 2001
• UCG Fraud & Abuse 101 Medicare/Physician Compliance Alert (New York, New York Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV), February 15, 2001
• Conference at the Physicians and Physician Organizations Law Institute, American Health Lawyers Association, May 2001
• Fraud Institute, American Bar Association (Eden Roc Resort & Spa, Miami Beach, FL), May 3, 2001
• "The FCA in 2018: A Brave New World?" Philadelphia Bar Association's Federal Courts Committee (Philadelphia, PA), April 18, 2018
• Mealey's Qui Tam Conference (Ritz Carlton, Washington, DC), June 10, 2001
• Negotiating False Claims Act Settlements and Mediation," American Bar Association's 28th Annual National Institute on Health Care Fraud (San Francisco, CA), May 2-4, 2018
• "Recent Developments in Qui Tam/Relator Law," Fraud & Compliance Forum, AHLA/HCCA (Hilton Washington Hotel, Washington, DC), October 1, 2001
• 30 Years in the Trenches: A False Claims Act Litigator's Unique Perspectives," Kentucky Health Law Institute 2018 (Lexington, KY), September 13-14, 2018
• Norcal Conference (Hilton-Union Square, San Francisco, CA), October 5, 2001
• "State Enforcement Actions: Where Are They Going in Today's Enforcement Climate?" Health Care Compliance Association's 4th Annual Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Conference (Washington, DC), November 6, 2018
• Annual Health Care Conference, Tennessee Bar Association (The Hermitage Hotel, Nashville, TN), October 24, 2001
• Ophthalmology Fraud and Compliance in 2001: An Odd Odyssey, American Academy of Ophthalmology (Material Convention Center, New Orleans, LA), November 11, 2001
• Qui Tam Conference, American Bar Association (Washington, DC), November 28, 2001
• "Ethics for the Trial Lawyer," Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, (Park Hyatt Philadelphia at the Bellevue, Philadelphia, PA), December 6, 2001
• Conference, Taxpayers Against Fraud (The Washington Marriott, Washington, DC), May 2, 2002
• "How to Stay on the Right Side of Fraud and Abuse Laws,"6th Annual Compliance Strategies/UCG Seminar (The Washington Court Hotel, Washington, DC), June 19, 2002
• "Fraud & Abuse from All Sides: Case Studies in the Real World - Are You Ready?" Strategies for Success XI, American Academy of Cardiology (Atlantis/Paradise Island, Bahamas), June 28, 2002
• "Legal Primer 2002: Compliance and Health Care Fraud," American Academy of Ophthalmology (Orange County, FL), October 22, 2002
• "Current Status of False Claims Litigation," Current Issues Conference, Society of Vascular Technology (Crystal City, VA), November 8, 2002
• "Qui Tam Panel," Pharmaceutical Regulatory and Compliance Congress and Best Practices Forum, (Philadelphia, PA), November 15,2002
• "Corporate Responsibility: Compliance & Ethics Programs," HCCA Program in collaboration with Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA),November 20, 2002
• "Pre-trial Motion Practice Under the False Claims Act," National Conference on Qui Tam Litigation, American Bar Association (Washington, DC), January 30, 2003
• "Appropriate Interviewing Techniques During Internal Investigations," Compliance Meeting, Laidlaw, April 2, 2003
• "Choosing Qui Tam Cases Wisely," National Conference for Relators' Counsel, Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund, June 12, 2003
• "Qui Tam Lawsuits And The False Claims Act," American Health Lawyers Association, September 21, 2003
• "Careers in Criminal Law," Villanova School of Law (Villanova, PA), October 21, 2003
• "Current Status of False Claims Litigation," 2003 Current Issues Conference, Society for Vascular Ultrasound (Arlington, VA), November 7, 2003
• Health Care Compliance Certification Program, Seton Hall University Law School and Johnson & Johnson (Newark, NJ), January 5, 2004
• "Why Can't We Just Get Along?" Physicians and Physician Organizations (Hollywood, FL), February 11, 2004
• "Protecting Whistleblowers-Litigation Strategies," Rutgers University School of Law and Urban Policy (Camden, NJ), April 2, 2004
• "Qui Tam/ Relators and other Plaintiffs Counsel," 14th Annual National Institute on Health Care Fraud, American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section (New Orleans, LA), May 12, 2004
• "The Perspective of Qui Tam Relators Counsel," Health Care Compliance Certification Program, Seton Hall University Law School and Johnson & Johnson (Newark, NJ), June 14, 2004
• "State Qui Tam Enforcement," 5th Annual National Health Institute on the Civil False Claims Act and Qui Tam Enforcement, American Bar Association (Washington, DC), June 15-16, 2004
• "Public & Private Partnerships: The Investigation & Prosecution of a Qui Tam Matter," Conference, Taxpayers Against Fraud (Washington,DC), October 14, 2004
• Health Care Compliance Certification Program, Seton Hall University Law School and Johnson & Johnson (Newark, NJ), March 1, 2005
• "State False Claims Act & Qui Tam Enforcement," Health Care Fraud Institute, American Bar Association (Palm Springs, CA), May 18, 2005
• "Winning Pretrial Motions," The Philadelphia Young Lawyers Division of the ABA White Collar Crime Committee (Philadelphia, PA), May 26, 2005
• "Practical Strategies for Bringing and Defending Qui Tam and FCACases," Advanced National Forum on False Claims Act Enforcementand Litigation (Washington, DC), June 16, 2005
• "The Criminalization of Regulated Conduct and Handling the Defense of a Criminal Investigation," Annual Meeting, Federal Bar Association (Fort Lauderdale, FL), September 22, 2005
• "Attorney Client Privilege and Preserving Documents Post Morgan Stanley," For the Experienced: The Ultimate Criminal Law CLE, Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Philadelphia, PA), October 29, 2005
• "The Growing Whistleblower Threat… And What to Do About It," Florida Medical Compliance Summit (Fort Lauderdale, FL), November 3, 2005
• "An Insider's Look at How the Pennsylvania Disciplinary Process Works: A Practitioner's Primer," 12th Annual Health Law Institute, Pennsylvania Bar Institute (Philadelphia, PA), March 15, 2006
• "The Growing Whistleblower Threat...and What to Do About It," The Florida Healthcare Corporate Compliance Association (Marco Island, FL), June 14-16, 2006
• "Can Qui Tam Lawsuits Be Avoided?" American Health Lawyers Association Fraud & Compliance Forum, September 27, 2006
• "An Insider's Look at How the Pennsylvania Disciplinary Process Works: A Practitioner's Primer," The Pennsylvania Bar Institute's, A Day on Health Law (Philadelphia, PA), October 11, 2006
• "Health Care Fraud Enforcement: Insiders Predict the Future," American Bar Association (Philadelphia, PA), November 15, 2006
• "Successful Strategies in Managing a White Collar Investigation," American Bar Association 21st Annual National Institute on White Collar Crime (San Diego, CA), March 1, 2007
• "Theories of Liability and Defenses Under the False Claims Act," Health Care Compliance Association's 11th Annual Compliance Institute (Chicago, IL), April 24, 2007
• "Federal False Claims Act Developments," American Bar Association's 17th Annual National Institute on Health Care Fraud (New Orleans, LA), May 2007
• "Fundamentals and Recent Developments of Civil False Claims Act and Qui Tam Litigation," False Claims Litigation in Florida (Miami, FL), October 31, 2007
• "Fraud and Abuse in the Vascular Lab: Prevention of Accidental Fraud and Recent Vascular Fraud Cases," Society for Vascular Ultrasound 2007 Current Issues Conference (Arlington, VA), November 2-3, 2007
• "Anatomy of a Healthcare Fraud Trial," PACDL's For the Experienced: The Ultimate Criminal Law CLE (Philadelphia, PA), November 10, 2007
• "Preparing for the Fight of your Life: Anatomy of a Healthcare Fraud Prosecution," 14th Annual Health Law Institute, Pennsylvania Bar Institute (Philadelphia, PA), March 11, 2008
• “Legal, Ethical and Practical Considerations for Conducting Internal Investigations After Enron & KPMG: The Role of the Attorney,” Pennsylvania Bar Institute (Philadelphia, PA), April 3, 2008
• "Theories of Liability and Defenses Under the False Claims Act," Health Care Compliance Association's 12th Annual Compliance Institute (New Orleans, LA), April 13, 2008
• "How to Conduct an Internal Investigation," National Constitution Center's Audio Conference (Philadelphia, PA), April 23, 2008
• "Off Label Marketing of Prescription Drugs and Devices," Hamline University School of Law (St. Paul, MN), April 25, 2008
• “Current Trends in Fraud Prosecutions," PICPA Health Care Conference, (Hershey, PA), May 30, 2008
• “Civil False Claims Act and Qui Tam Enforcement,” American Bar Association 7th National Institute (Washington, D.C.), June 13, 2008
• “Fleshing Out Your Complaint, Obtaining Evidence: A Case Study," Eighth Annual Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund Conference (Washington, D.C.), September 8, 2008
• “Pharma Fraud: AWP & Beyond," Eighth Annual Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund Conference (Washington, D.C.), September 9, 2008
• "The New Jersey False Claims Act: Risks for Providers; Opportunities for Whistleblowers," Health and Hospital Law Section, New Jersey State Bar Association (New Brunswick, NJ), September 25, 2008
• “Qui Tam Litigation: A Litigator’s Perspective," Drexel University Health Care Fraud Class (Philadelphia, PA), October 1, 2008
• “Negotiating the Resolution of Healthcare Fraud Allegations," American Health Lawyers Association Fraud and Compliance Forum (Baltimore, MD), October 5, 2008
• “Preparing for the Fight of Your Life: Anatomy of a Healthcare Fraud Prosecution," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, A Day on Health Law (Philadelphia, PA), October 28, 2008
• “What To Do When the Feds Come Calling," ALI-ABA Telephone Seminar / Audio Webcast (Philadelphia, PA), November 25, 2008
• “Federal and State Qui Tam Practice," Rutgers Camden Law School (Camden, NJ), January 20, 2009
• “Preparing for the Fight of Your Life: Anatomy of a Healthcare Fraud Prosecution," BNA Audioconference (Philadelphia, PA), February 18, 2009
• “Preparing for the Fight of Your Life: Anatomy of a Healthcare Fraud Prosecution," Pennsylvania Bar Institute (Pittsburgh, PA), February 12, 2009
• "Qui Tam Litigation," Civil Legal Education Committee Seminar (Media, PA), April 15, 2009
• "NJ False Claims Act," Seminar for NJ Judiciary (Atlantic City, NJ), April 23, 2009
• "Convener on Stark Law," American Health Lawyers Association Public Interest Committee (Washington, DC), April 24, 2009
• “Negotiating False Claims Act Settlements," Health Care Compliance Association’s Compliance Institute (Las Vegas, NV), April 29, 2009
• "Alternative Dispute Resolution in Fraud Cases," ABA Fraud Conference (Phoenix, AZ), May 15, 2009
• “False Claims Act 101: The Anatomy of the False Claims Act," PICPA Health Care Conference (Hershey, PA), June 3, 2009
• “Industry Spotlight: Drugs, Devices, and the False Claims Act," Hamline University School of Law, Adjunct Professor (St. Paul, MN), June 11- 14, 2009
• "NJ False Claims Act," Seminar for NJ Judiciary (Sommerville, NJ), June 23, 2009
• "NJ False Claims Act," Seminar for NJ Judiciary (Hackensack, NJ), July 15, 2009
• "Lessons We Learned the Hard Way: 35 Years of Spills, Thrills, and Even Some Kills," Ninth Annual Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund (Washington, D.C.), October 12, 2009
• "The Economic Crisis: Criminal Law Implications of the Causes and The Government’s Stimulus Program," Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Conference (Philadelphia, PA), November 13, 2009
• "NJ False Claims Act," New Jersey Judicial College (Teaneck, NJ), November 23, 2009
• "Disclosing Known Overpayments: A Stark New World," Representing the Physician Florida Bar Association Seminar (Orlando, FL), January 22, 2010
• "Federal and State Qui Tam Practice," Rutgers Camden Law School (Camden, NJ), February 9, 2010
• "Using the Rules of Criminal Procedure to Your Advantage," ABA 24th National Institute on White Collar Crime Conference (Miami, FL), February 25, 2010
• "The 10 Things You Want to Know About Whistleblower Suits But Were Afraid to Ask," PBI's 16th Annual Health Law Institute (Philadelphia, PA), March 11, 2010
• "Defending White Collar Cases," Pennsylvania Bar Institute Seminar (Philadelphia, PA), April 19, 2010
• "State Qui Tam Enforcement," ABA FCA National Institute (Washington, DC), June 4, 2010
• "Industry Spotlight: Drugs, Devices, and the False Claims Act," Hamline University School of Law, Adjunct Professor (St. Paul, MN), June 16-20, 2010
• "The Truth About False Claims Post- US ex rel Hopper vs. Solvay Pharmaceuticals," HCCA and AHLA Fraud and Compliance Forum (Baltimore, MD), September 27, 2010
• “The 10 Things You Want to Know About Whistleblower Suits But Were Afraid to Ask,” Pennsylvania Bar Institute "A Day on Health Law" (Philadelphia, PA), October 19, 2010
• "False Claims Act Developments and Compliance," Florida Academy of Healthcare Attorneys and the Florida Healthcare Corporate Compliance Association Annual Education Conference (Orlando, FL), November 5, 2010
• "Qui Tam Litigation in the Western District of Pennsylvania: Open for Business," Qui Tam and the False Claims Act CLE Program (Pittsburgh, PA), February 17, 2011
• “Qui Tam Practice and False Claims Act,” The Philadelphian Discussion Group (Philadelphia, PA), March 15, 2010
• “A Powerful Governmental Tool: The False Claims Act,” ABA White Collar Crime Committee’s Philadelphia Young Lawyers Division CLE Program (Philadelphia, PA), March 23, 2011
• "Avoiding the Mistakes of the UBS/Birkenfeld Case: Protecting Whistleblowers from Criminal and Civil Liability," Offshore Alert Conference (South Beach, FL), April 5, 2011
• "A New Day has Dawned: Federal and State False Claims Acts at the Forefront of Litigation," ABA 2011 Spring Meeting - Joint Criminal Justice/Litigations Section CLE Programs (Miami, FL), April 14-15, 2011
• “The Proper Care and Feeding of Whistleblowers,” The Third Annual National Institute on Internal Corporate Investigations and Forum for In-House Counsel (New York, NY), May 6, 2011

Verdicts/Settlements:

• United States v. Gerald Leo and James Badolato, 941 F.2d 181, E.D. Pa., 1991
• United States v. Dr. Tutse Towne, NO. C.A. 91-21-02-JRR, 1991 WL 146666, D. Del. June 26, 1991
• St. German of Alaska E. Orthodox Catholic Church v. United States, 840 F.2d 1087, 2d Cir. 1988
• United States ex rel. West v. Biotrax Inc., No. 95-CV-3223, E.D. Pa., May 1991
• Commonwealth v. Ginn, 587 A.2d 314, Pa. Super Ct. 1991
• U.S. v. Warning, No. Civ. A. 91-6488, 1994 WL 105674, E.D. Pa., Mar. 17, 1994
• United States ex rel. Brandimarte v. Life Ctr. Ltd., No. Ci. A. 94-2398, E.D. Pa., Filed Apr. 1994, Settled Nov. 1995
• United States v. Warings, 1994 WL 396432, E.D. Pa. Jul. 26, 1994
• United States ex rel. Penizotto v. Bates East Corp., No. Civ. A. 94-3626, 1996 WL 417172, E.D. Pa., Jul. 19, 1996
• United States v. Dr. Jose Castillo, No. Crim. A. 96-CR-430 1997 WL 539762, E.D. Pa., Aug. 7, 1997
• United States ex rel. Merena v. SmithKline Beecham Clin. Lab., No. Civ. A. 93-5974, 1998 WL 54379, E.D. Pa., Jan 29, 1998
• United States ex rel. Merena v. SmithKline Beecham Clin. Lab., No. Civ. A. 93-5974, 1998 WL 83971, E.D. Pa., Feb. 25, 1998
• United States ex rel. Merena v. SmithKline Beecham Clin. Lab., 205 F.3d 97, 3d Cir. 2000
• United States ex rel. Merena v. SmithKline Beecham Clin. Lab., 114 F. Supp. 2d 352, E.D. Pa., 2000
• United States ex rel. Dr. Poulton v. Anesthesia Assoc. of Burlington, Inc., 87 F. Supp. 2d 351, D. Vt., 2000
• United States v. Burns, 280 F. Supp. 2d 325, D. Del., 2003
• United States ex rel. Hunt v. Merck-Medco Managed Care, LLC, No. 00-CV-737, 2004 WL 868271, E.D. Pa., April 21, 2004
• United States v. Dr. Reicherter, 318 F. Supp. 2d 265, E.D. Pa., 2004
• United States ex rel. Hunt v. Merck-Medco Managed Care, LLC, No. 00-CV-737, E.D. Pa., Sept. 22, 2004
• United States ex rel. Hunt v. Merck-Medco Managed Care, LLC, 336 F. Supp. 2d 430, E.D. Pa., 2004
• United States ex. rel. James T. Monahan v. Saint Barnabas Health System, No. Civ. A. 02-5702, D. N.J., June 15, 2006
• United States v. Dr. Harriet Comite, No. 06-0070, E.D. Pa., Feb. 13, 2007
• United States ex rel. James Monahan v. Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton, 2009 WL 1288962, Case No. 02-5702, D.N.J. May 7, 2009
• United States et al. v. Christiana Care Health System et al., Civ. No. 05-344, D. Del., 2010
• United States ex rel. Nevyas v. Allergan Inc., No. 2:09-cv-00432, E.D. Pa.
• United States ex rel. Vincent A. DiMezza, Jr. v. The Boeing Company, No. 2-10-cv-000634, E.D. Pa.
• United States ex rel. Anthony R. Spay v. CVS Caremark Corp., et al., No. 2:09-cv-04672, E.D. Pa.
• United States ex rel. Mason v. Community Health Systems, Inc. et al., No. 12-817, W.D.N.C.
• United States ex rel. DePace v. Cooper Health System, No. 08-5626, JEI/AMD, F.Supp.2d, 2013 WL 1707952, D.N.J. Apr. 22, 2013
• United States ex rel. Michael Epp v. Supreme Foodservice AG, 10-1134, E.D.Pa.
• United States ex rel. Ross v. Family Dermatology of Pennsylvania, P.C., et al., Case No. 1:11-cv-2413, N.D. Ga.
• United States ex rel. Novick v. Doshi Diagnostics, 09-4992, D.N.J.
• United States ex rel. Bergman v. Abbot Laboratories, 995 F. Supp. 2d, 357, E.D. Pa. 2014
• United States ex rel. Lutz v. Heart, Diagnostic Laboratory Inc., et al., 14-230, D.S.C.

Educational Background:

• Villanova University, B.A.