Admitted
1986, Massachusetts; 1987, District of Columbia; 1996, Florida, U. S. District Court, Middle, Southern and Northern Districts of Florida and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Law School
Harvard University, J.D., cum laude, 1986
Law School Graduation Year
1986
College
Yale University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1982
Memberships
Hillsborough County (Former Chairman, Health Law Section), Federal (Co-Chairman, Criminal Law Section, Tampa Bay Chapter) and American (Member: White Collar Crime Committee, Criminal Justice Section; Criminal Litigation Committee, Litigation Section; Health Care Fraud and Self-Referral Interest Group, Health Law Section; Criminal Practice and Procedure Committee, Antitrust Section) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member: Criminal Law and Health Sections); American Health Lawyers Association.
Biographical
Author: Defending and Preventing Health Care Fraud Cases: An Attorney's Guide, Aspen Publishers (3rd ed. 2001); Employees Beware of Criminal Sanctions for Unauthorized Access to Computer Information, Hillsborough County Bar Association Lawyer Magazine, April 2002; Preaching Compliance to Your Physician Clients, Hillsborough County Bar Association Lawyer Magazine, October 2000; Lessons for Lawyers from the Kickback War, Hillsborough County Bar Association Lawyer Magazine, September 2000; Understanding The New Federal Health Care Fraud Legislation, Florida Bar Journal, May 1997 and ABA Criminal Justice Magazine, Fall, 1997; Defending Against Allegations of Corporate Criminal Liability Under Bank of New England, Corporate Counsel's Quarterly, July 1993; Avoiding Liability For Witness Tampering Under 18 U.S.C. 1512: Tips For Criminal Defense Lawyers, ABA Complex Crimes Journal, 1990. Speaker: Health Care Fraud Issues For Physicians, Lecture to: Citrus County Medical Society, November, 1997; Hernando County Medical Society, March, 1998; and Pasco County Medical Society, June 1998. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Middle District of Florida, 1991-1997. Health Care Fraud Coordinator, 1994-1997. Member, Department of Justice National Health Care Fraud Working Group. Recipient, Inspector General's Integrity Award, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.