About
Accomplished trial lawyer with a broad experience that includes defending civil False Claims Act cases and other complex business/commercial litigation; representing healthcare professionals and providers in administrative, civil, and criminal matters; and defending clients facing other white-collar law matters, such as environmental, tax, fraud, trade, money laundering, and forfeiture; assists clients with corporate compliance (including FCPA) and governance; internal investigations; crisis management; and cybersecurity.
• Best Lawyer's Healthcare Attorney of 2020 for Houston, TX
• Chaired the ABA's Health Law Section (among other leadership roles).
• Chaired the White-Collar Crimes Committee of the ABA Business Law Section (and served on its “Business Lawyer” Editorial Board).
• Co-Founder of the ABA's National Institute on False Claims Act Trials.
• Serving on the ABA's Legal Specialization Committee
• Served on the ABA's Standing Committee on Publishing Oversight.
• Extensively published; Editor-in-Chief of a pharmaceutical and medical device law treatise (BNA Books/Bloomberg 2nd Ed. 2016-); Editor-in-Chief of a treatise on corporate criminal liability (Thomson Reuters 3d Ed. 2022-); editor-in-chief of a 7 volume treatise entitled “White Collar Crimes” (Thomson Reuters 3d Ed)
• Board Member, Federal Bar Association's Qui Tam Section.
• Former long-time supervisory federal prosecutor (Chief of Criminal Division at USAO SD Texas).
• NITA Faculty instructor: deposition skills and trial techniques.
• Certified health care arbitrator (AHLA).
• Retained expert on health law issues.
• Adjunct Law Professor--University of Houston Law Center; Adjunct Professor --University of Florida College of Pharmacy (taught Pharmaceutical Fraud & Abuse)