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Editor: Mike Bothwell
Profession: Qui Tam Attorney

Category: About Us

Bothwell, Bracker & Vann, P.C. is one of the only firms in the southeast focusing primarily on False Claims Act whistleblower litigation. Bothwell, Bracker & Vann, P.C. has litigated and settled a wide variety of FCA cases involving issues such as defense contractor fraud, construction fraud, grant fraud, education fraud, public housing fraud, railroad fraud, and healthcare fraud (including kickbacks, upcoding, miscoding, unbundling, double-billing, cost-accounting, falsifying paperwork, over-prescription, and failure to obtain proper documentation). The firm also litigates cases involving the anti-retaliation provisions of the FCA. The firm routinely handles both intervened and non-intervened cases.

Bothwell, Bracker & Vann, P.C. is well known for its work with FCA cases, having many of the largest settlements on record in Georgia. The firm has litigated most of the unique and difficult issues involving the FCA, such as the first-to-file and public disclosure bars, the applicability of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b), the application of government Touhy regulations, municipal liability, and the FCA's "alternate remedy" provision, as well as having extensive experience in general civil litigation. Firm cases have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Atlanta Journal and Constitution, the Macon Telegraph, the Savannah Morning News and the Fulton County Daily Report. Stories about firm FCA cases have aired on the Anderson Cooper 360 show on CNN, the Oprah Winfrey Show, and the Cox Broadcasting Company national news.