Whistleblower (Qui Tam) Rewards for Defense Contractor Fraud
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The following Qui Tam rewards obtained by the WARREN | BENSON LAW GROUP are very impressive. The firm has been lead counsel and co-counsel in hundreds of qui tam action lawsuits nationwide targeting virtually every type of government contractor fraud.
- $103 million whistleblower recovery and retaliation jury verdict against two leading defense contractors for fraud in falsifying tests and product substitution on military equipment.
- $32 million whistleblower recovery against a defense contractor for padding estimates on sole source contracts, in violation of the Truth In Negotiations Act.
- $10.5 million defense contractor fraud recovery against Teledyne for falsifying tests on aircraft interrogator systems.
- $7 million fraud recovery against a defense contractor for labor mis-charging on a military computer system.
- $4.5 million whistleblower recovery for defense contractor fraud from proposal padding on a development contract for missile guidance system, in violation of the Truth In Negotiations Act.
- $3.4 million defense contractor fraud whistleblower recovery against an aircraft manufacturer for substandard quality assurance practices, among others.
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Andrea Gold – Tycko & Zavareei LLP profile
Andrea Gold earned her law degree from the University of Michigan Law School in 2004, where she was an associate editor of the Journal of Law Reform, co-President of the Law Students for Reproductive Choice, and a student attorney at the Family Law Project clinical program. Ms. Gold graduated with high distinction from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business in 2001, concentrating her studies in Finance and Marketing.
After finishing law school, Ms. Gold was awarded a prestigious public interest fellowship by the Skadden Fellowship Foundation. The Skadden Fellowship Foundation was created by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, one of the nation's top law firms, to support the work of new attorneys at public interest organizations around the country. The Skadden Fellowship Foundation receives hundreds of applications each year, but only a very small number of Skadden fellows are selected.
As a Skadden fellow, Ms. Gold represented indigent battered women in dissolution of marriage, paternity, and order of protection matters. In this capacity, Ms. Gold was lead counsel at both trial and various evidentiary hearings. In addition to the aforementioned litigation experience, Ms. Gold provided legal counsel to clients, members of the legal community, and social service providers regarding the Illinois Victim's Safety and Security Act (VESSA), a state law protecting survivors of abuse from employment discrimination and providing for unpaid leave.
Ms. Gold became an associate at Tycko & Zavareei LLP in October 2006.
Ms. Gold is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and a licensed member of the State Bar of Illinois.
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Hassan Zavareei – Whistleblower Lawyer
Hassan Zavareei earned his law degree from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) in 1995, where he graduated as a member of the Order of the Coif.
Mr. Zavareei graduated cum laude from Duke University in 1990, with degrees in Comparative Area Studies and Russian.
After graduation from Boalt Hall, Mr. Zavareei joined the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, one of the nation’s premier law firms. In April of 2002, Mr. Zavareei became a founding partner of Tycko & Zavareei LLP.
Mr. Zavareei has handled numerous trials and appeals in state and federal courts across the nation in a wide range of practice areas. In his civil rights practice, Mr. Zavareei represents individuals, groups of employees, and tenant associations in employment and fair housing litigation. Since co-founding Tycko & Zavareei LLP in 2002, Mr. Zavareei has obtained substantial judgments and settlements for his civil rights clients.
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We are litigators, dedicated to providing our clients with intelligent, creative, and aggressive representation.
Our attorneys are top graduates of top law schools, and have years of experience in a wide range of cases. Although based in Washington, D.C., we routinely handle large and complex matters in courts throughout the country.
Our firm was founded in 2002 by Jonathan Tycko and Hassan Zavareei. Since then, a wide range of clients have trusted us with difficult cases, including qui tam cases under the False Claims Act. Qui tam law firms such as Tycko & Zavareei LLP represent individual whistleblower who expose fraud by bringing suits against companies that have committed fraud on federal, state or local governments. Examples include fraud by defense contractors and other companies that are hired by the government, and Medicare fraud on the Medicare and Medicaid systems by hospitals, nursing homes, pharmaceutical companies and medical providers. But the False Claims Act, and other similar laws, are not limited to these types of fraud. Rather, almost any financial fraud on the government can give rise to a whistleblower qui tam lawsuit.
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