Principal Sponsor: Mike & Cheryl Meads Charitable Fund AGENDA MONDAY SEPTEMBER 15

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1 FOURTEENTH ANNUAL TAXPAYERS AGAINST FRAUD EDUCATION FUND CONFERENCE & AWARDS DINNER Mayflower Renaissance Washington Hotel September 15-17, 2014 Principal Sponsor: Mike & Cheryl Meads Charitable Fund AGENDA MONDAY SEPTEMBER 15 3:00pm - 7:00pm EARLY REGISTRATION 5:00pm - 6:30pm FCA 101: An Overview of the Federal False Claims Act Loren Jacobson, Esq. Waters & Kraus, LLP Dallas, TX Monica Navarro, Esq. Vezina Law Birmingham, MI 6:30pm 7:30pm WELCOME RECEPTION

2 TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 16 8:00 9:00 BREAKFAST & REGISTRATION Sponsored by Cohen Law Group and Hughes, Socol, Piers, Resnick & Dym, Ltd. 9:00 9:15 WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS Patrick Burns and Cleveland Lawrence III, Esq. Co-Executive Directors Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund 9:15 10:15 PREPARING YOUR QUI TAM CASE Rebecca Martin, Esq. Co-Chief, Civil Frauds United States Attorney s Office Southern District of New York New York, NY Lesley Skillen, Esq. Getnick & Getnick New York, NY Shelley Slade, Esq. Vogel, Slade & Goldstein LLP Claire Sylvia, Esq. Phillips & Cohen, LLP San Francisco, CA

3 10:15 11:15 BEST PRACTICES FOR EFFECTIVELY WORKING WITH THE GOVERNMENT PART 1 Colin Huntley, Esq. Senior Trial Attorney Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division Gregory Krakower, Esq. Senior Advisor & Counselor to the Attorney General New York State Office of the Attorney General Albany, NY Hon. William Nettles United States Attorney District of South Carolina Columbia, SC Nicholas N. Paul, Esq. Supervising Deputy Attorney General California Department of Justice Sacramento, CA Joseph E.B. (Jeb) White, Esq. Nolan Auerbach & White Philadelphia, PA Neil Getnick, Esq. Getnick & Getnick LLP New York, NY 11:15 11:30 SPECIAL PRESENTATION Hon. David Hickton United States Attorney Western District of Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, PA

4 11:30 12:30 BEST PRACTICES FOR EFFECTIVELY WORKING WITH THE GOVERNMENT PART 2 Nancy Brown, Esq. Senior Counsel Office of Inspector General Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Kay Lindbeck, Esq. Director Contract Integrity Center Defense Contract Management Agency St. Louis, MO Kevin Raymond, Esq. Litigation Team Lead Texas Health and Human Services Commission Austin, TX Kelsey Schaefer, Esq. Associate Chief Counsel for Enforcement Office of Chief Counsel United States Food and Drug Administration Michael Behn, Esq. Behn & Wyetzner, Chartered Chicago, IL 12:30 1:30 LUNCH KEYNOTE ADDRESS Hon. Stuart Delery Assistant Attorney General Civil Division

5 1:30 2:30 U.S. EX REL. BAKLID-KUNZ v. HALIFAX HOSP. MED. CTR. A CASE STUDY Patricia Fitzgerald, Esq. Assistant United States Attorney Northern District of Ohio Cleveland, OH Susan Gouinlock, Esq. Wilbanks & Bridges, LLP Atlanta, GA Adam Schwartz, Esq. Trial Attorney Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division Scott Withrow, Esq. Withrow, McQuade & Olsen, LLP Atlanta, GA Marlan Wilbanks, Esq. Wilbanks & Bridges, LLP Atlanta, GA 2:30 2:45 SPECIAL PRESENTATION Hon. Stephen R. Wigginton United States Attorney Southern District of Illinois Fairview Heights, IL

6 2:45 3:45 UPDATE ON FALSE CERTIFICATION ISSUES Michael Granston, Esq. Director, Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division Shelley Slade, Esq. Vogel, Slade & Goldstein LLP Colette Matzzie, Esq. Phillips & Cohen LLP 6:00 7:00 COCKTAIL RECEPTION Sponsored by Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP and The Wallace Law Firm, LLC 7:00 9:00 AWARDS DINNER

7 8:00 9:00 BREAKFAST WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 17 9:00 9:15 PERSPECTIVES ON THE FCA FROM DOJ s CRIMINAL DIVISION Hon. Leslie Caldwell Assistant Attorney General Criminal Division 9:15 10:15 FINES AND CRIMES: NAVIGATING THE TRACK OF PARALLEL PROSECUTIONS Robert Zink, Esq. Assistant Chief Criminal Division, Fraud Section Christen Nedwick, Esq. Assistant Attorney General Texas Office of the Attorney General Austin, TX Gregg Shapiro, Esq. Assistant United States Attorney District of Massachusetts Boston, MA Marcella Auerbach, Esq. Nolan Auerbach & White Ft. Lauderdale, FL

8 10:15 11:30 GETTING YOUR CASE READY FOR TRIAL Eric Havian, Esq. Phillips & Cohen, LLP San Francisco, CA Daniel Miller, Esq. Berger & Montague, P.C. Philadelphia, PA Sara Vann, Esq. Morgan Verkamp, LLC Cincinnati, OH J. Marc Vezina, Esq. Vezina Law Birmingham, MI 11:30 11:45 COFFEE BREAK 11:45 12:00 SPECIAL PRESENTATION Hon. Richard Hartunian United States Attorney Northern District of New York Syracuse, NY 12:00 1:15 LUNCH Sponsored by Seeger Weiss, LLP KEYNOTE ADDRESS Lisa Re, Esq. Branch Chief, Administrative and Civil Remedies Branch Office of Counsel to the Inspector General United States Department of Health and Human Services

9 1:15 2:15 AFTERNOON BREAKOUT SESSIONS Option 1: FCA DAMAGES Jamie Bennett, Esq. Ashcraft & Gerel LLP Landover, MD Mark Hanna, Esq. Murphy Anderson PLLC Michael Sullivan, Esq. Finch McCranie, LLP Atlanta, GA Jay Speers, Esq. Special Assistant Attorney General New York Attorney General s Office Albany, NY Julie Bracker, Esq. Bothwell Bracker, P.C. Roswell, GA Option 2: MULTIPLE-RELATOR AND FIRST-TO-FILE ISSUES James Breen, Esq. The Breen Law Firm Alpharetta, GA Patrick O Connell, Esq. O Connell & Soifer, LLP Austin, TX Laurie Oberembt, Esq. Senior Counsel David Chizewer, Esq. Goldberg Kohn Chicago, IL

10 2:15 2:30 COFFEE BREAK 2:30 2:45 SPECIAL PRESENTATION Hon. Kerry Harvey United States Attorney Eastern District of Kentucky Lexington, KY 2:45 3:45 LATEST TRENDS IN FCA DEFENSE TACTICS Matthew Organ, Esq. Goldberg Kohn Chicago, IL Jennifer Verkamp, Esq. Morgan Verkamp, LLC Cincinnati, OH Jason Zuckerman, Esq. Zuckerman Law 3:45 4:45 ETHICS Ann Lugbill, Esq. Murphy Anderson PLLC Cincinnati, OH Jan Soifer, Esq. O Connell & Soifer, LLP Austin, TX Consuelo Woodhead, Esq. Deputy Chief, Major Frauds Section Assistant United States Attorney Central District of California Los Angeles, CA