Lori Garber is a Washington, D.C.-based government enforcement defense lawyer, health care litigator, and False Claims Act attorney. She is chair of the firm’s national Government Enforcement Defense & Investigations Practice Group. Lori defends clients nationwide in government investigations and enforcement actions, conducts internal investigations particularly as related to allegations of fraud or other wrongdoing, and files and defends health care litigation. Her clients are often health care industry participants, government contractors, and other recipients of government funding.

Health Care Litigation, Investigations, and Enforcement Defense

Lori brings health care experience to investigations and litigation, particularly in matters initiated by or otherwise adverse to the government and whistleblowers. Her health care sector clients have included hospitals, health systems, physician groups, pharmacies, medical laboratories, emergency medical services providers, pharmaceutical manufacturers, pharmaceutical care services companies, durable medical equipment suppliers, medical device manufacturers, grant recipients, digital health providers, private equity funds, skilled nursing facilities, management companies, and consulting firms.

The matters Lori handles frequently arise under the False Claims Act, the Anti-Kickback Statute, the physician self-referral prohibition (the Stark law), the Administrative Procedure Act, and various state law Consumer Protection Act statutes, and from whistleblower or company concerns about compliance or potential wrongdoing.

COVID-19 Fraud Litigation, Investigations, and Enforcement Defense

Lori’s False Claims Act experience includes conducting investigations and responding to government inquiries regarding various COVID-19 relief programs. She has responded to Department of Justice Civil Investigative Demands on behalf of several entities related to loans issued through the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program.

Government Contract Litigation, Investigations, and Enforcement Defense

Lori’s False Claims Act practice extends to government contractors. She has responded to multiple Civil Investigative Demands and subpoenas to government contractors in last several years, including one in which she represented a global government contractor in a multiyear investigation by multiple federal agencies and achieved a government declination of the case pre-litigation. In addition, she has defended False Claims Act cases in litigation on behalf of government contractors.  She also has experience defending contractors in Anti-Terrorism Act litigation.

Investigations and Litigation About Data Security and Financial Improprieties

Lori conducts internal investigations, on behalf of companies and board committees, to investigate concerns of fraud, employee misconduct, data security, and billing irregularities, and she investigates and litigates a multitude of cases, particularly as related to allegations of wrongdoing.

Website Accessibility

In addition, Lori counsels and defends clients from allegations of website noncompliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and state accessibility laws. She has negotiated dozens of resolutions to these cases in this uncertain area of law.