Overview
Geoffrey Raux is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP and a member of the firm’s Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Securities Enforcement & Litigation Practices as well as the Health Care Industry Team. Geoff represents a variety of clients in the business and health care sectors. His practice concentrates on complex commercial litigation, health care disputes, internal investigations and government compliance, private company and shareholder disputes and securities litigation. Geoff also has expertise in Medicare and Medicaid appeals and reimbursement litigation. He has significant trial and arbitration experience including litigating cases to verdict in both state and federal courts.
Prior to joining Foley, Geoff was an associate with the New York office of Dewey Ballantine LLP. He was involved in several civil and criminal litigation matters including white collar criminal defense and False Claims Act litigation.
Recognitions
Geoff has been named to the Massachusetts Super Lawyers – Rising Stars® lists multiple times, and was previously recognized by the New York State Bar Association Journal as an Empire State Counsel Honoree for his outstanding pro-bono services.
Education
Geoff earned his law degree from Harvard Law School where he was a member of the Harvard International Law Journal. He received his undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, from Syracuse University.
Thought Leadership
Geoff has lectured and published on a variety of areas including research misconduct and False Claims Act implications, key issues arising in commercial contractual disputes, reducing securities exposure in investor announcements and publications, negotiating and drafting clinical trial agreements, navigating payor-provider litigation, and responding to government subpoenas and civil investigative demands.
Affiliations
Geoff served as a military intelligence officer in the United States Army Reserves, assigned to the 8th Brigade, 98th Division, where he was an assistant professor of military science teaching at Northeastern University and Boston College. Geoff was Airborne qualified and held a top secret security clearance.
Professional Memberships
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Boston Bar Association
- Member, American Health Lawyers Association
Admissions
- Massachusetts
- The District of Massachusetts
- New York
- The Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
- Rhode Island
- The District of Rhode Island
- The First Circuit Court of Appeals
- The D.C. Court of Appeals
- The United States District Court for the District of Columbia