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The Vernia Law Firm - False Claims Act Representation
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Example: A Structured Settlement of Fraud Allegations. Drawing on his experience in the Fraud Section, Ben Vernia saw the need to persuade the Department of Justice that no matter how strong it felt its case to be, the Company could pay only a fraction of what the government demanded, and that the best the Department could hope to achieve through litigation was a claim junior to that of the client's secured creditors. Cybercrime, Privacy and Internet Law.
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The Vernia Law Firm - False Claims Act Representation
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Ben Vernia represents individual and corporate clients in criminal defense, complex civil litigation and internal corporate investigations. In a 21-year career, he has gained experience in all phases of criminal and civil investigations, discovery, trial, and appeals. Andrew K. Murray (Associate). Cybercrime, Privacy and Internet Law.
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The Vernia Law Firm
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Welcome to the Vernia Law Firm. A Washington, D.C., law firm focusing on False Claims Act, white collar, and cybercrime representation. Let us show you how to achieve the optimal result. Not admitted to practice law. Practice supervised by a licensed attorney. Complex matters call for ingenuity. Read some examples of the creative solutions we have found to our clients’ most difficult problems:. Proposed debarment of a cooperating witness. A structured settement of fraud allegations.
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The Vernia Law Firm - Pro Bono Representation
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As professionals, attorneys owe a duty to serve the public by providing free representation to some clients. During their years of practicing law, Ben Vernia and Jess Gabel have devoted over one thousand hours to representing individuals in civil and criminal cases, and non-profit clients in transactional and litigation matters on a pro bono basis. State of Mississippi v. Cory Maye. After the prosecutors expressed an interest in settling the case, a plea agreement was reached under which the capital murd...
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The Vernia Law Firm - False Claims Act Defense
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False Claims Act Defense. Corporations and individuals who are the subject of a federal investigation need a lawyer with sound judgment informed by years of experience addressing the unique challenges of the False Claims Act. Ben has worked on False Claims Act cases whose combined valued exceeds $2.5 billion - from small, $100,000 cases to the largest fraud recovery in U.S. history. In addition, he has conducted extensive investigations in a large number of additional matters. The Department of Defense.
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About Ben Vernia
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Ben Vernia represents individual and corporate clients in criminal defense, complex civil litigation and internal corporate investigations. In an 18-year career, he has gained experience in all phases of criminal and civil investigations, discovery, trial, and appeals. A Foundation of Government Service. Whistleblowers - included health care, defense procurement, foreign bribery, energy, and transportation fraud allegations. The Department recognized Ben’s ingenuity and experience in these areas by selec...
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The Vernia Law Firm - False Claims Act Representation
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Example: Proposed debarment of a cooperating witness. The Department of Transportation proposed debarring a prominent contractor, whose large construction firm had a solid reputation for quality, on-time work on road construction projects in his state, after he testified in a corruption trial. In the debarment hearing, Ben Vernia argued persuasively that the question before the official was the contractor's present responsibility, and that the contractor's payments did not raise doubts about his characte...
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The Vernia Law Firm - False Claims Act Representation
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False Claims Act Representation. A Career Addressing the False Claims Act. For eight years, Ben worked in the Fraud Section of the Department's Civil Division, personally directing dozens of fraud investigations in the areas of health care, defense procurement, foreign bribery, energy, and transportation. In eight years of additional experience in private practice, he has piloted numerous companies and individuals successfully through the intricate challenges of a government investigation.
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The Vernia Law Firm - White Collar Defense
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The true value of a white collar defense attorney is best measured in indictments avoided and cases settled on favorable terms. Ben Vernia has not only zealously defended criminal cases, he has years of experience in the diplomacy needed to keep a client off of an indictment and out of the courtroom. For eight years, Ben worked in the Fraud Section of the Department's Civil Division, personally directing dozens of fraud investigations. These suits - many brought under the False Claims Act by. After servi...
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The Vernia Law Firm - False Claims Act Qui Tam (Whistleblower) Representation
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The Challenge of Blowing the Whistle on Fraud. In a very early case addressing the False Claims Act, one judge wrote that the Act:. Private persons acting, if you please, under the strong stimulus of personal ill will or the hope of gain. Prosecutions conducted by such means compare with the ordinary methods as the enterprising privateer does to the slow-going public vessel. Over 120 years later, those words still ring true. The role of whistleblower (or relator ) in a. Congress understood the difficulti...
