Whistleblower Lawyer Blog
When whistleblower attorneys bring a qui tam False Claims Act case, the most successful results usually occur when Government counsel and the whistleblower’s lawyers (Relator’s counsel) work together in what is known as the “public-private” partnership model.
This approach to qui tam cases allows the government to leverage its limited resources by calling on the resources provided by private attorneys. This is essentially a “joint prosecution effort, ” in which the government counsel and investigators can rely on Relator’s counsel at each stage,
–from the beginning of its investigation,
–to obtaining input for preparation of subpoenas for documentary evidence from the defendants,
–to review of evidence compiled by the government in response to subpoenas,
–to evaluation of the responses and explanations that defendants provide,
–to providing analyses and summaries of evidence rebutting the defendants’ factual arguments,
–to performing research that ultimately will be used by the government to rebut the defendants’ legal arguments,
–to performing damages calculations and marshaling arguments in support,
–to consulting with the government on negotiation strategies and steps to be taken to resolve the matter,
–and, finally, to try the case, or otherwise resolve the case.
The taxpaying members of the public are the beneficiaries of this joint effort, which allows the government both to stop and recover damages for fraud, as well as to make those who steal from taxpayers think twice.
Since the late 1980s, our attorneys have worked with the nation’s major whistleblower law, the False Claims Act. We have represented whistleblowers who reported fraud and false claims in many government procurement programs, including contractor fraud in Iraq reconstruction, other military contracts, NASA programs, Hurricane Katrina and other disaster relief, research grants and cooperative agreements, and of course Medicare/Medicaid fraud.
Ever since the start of the new IRS Whistleblower Program, our whistleblower lawyers at Finch McCranie, LLP also have represented whistleblowers in the new program. We have represented clients with IRS Whistleblower claims in the hedge fund industry, other financial services industries, real estate, manufacturing, and many other businesses, as tax fraud, tax evasion, and other tax noncompliance are not limited to one industry.
We were also contacted by the Senate Banking Committee staff for ideas on how the new SEC Whistleblower program should work, and have already been contacted by Wall Street whistleblowers to represent them in pursuing SEC Whistleblower claims.
For a free consultation about a possible whistleblower claim, please call us at 800-228-9159, or email us HERE.