Lauren Cassady Andrews

Defended, as lead associate on the trial team, a physician and founder of a leading oncology company charged with antitrust violations in a three-week trial in federal district court, which ended in a mistrial.

Defending a hospital system, as part of a litigation team, against billion-dollar fraudulent transfer and unlawful dividend claims related to a spinoff transaction.

Represented an innovative start-up company serving the rideshare industry in several administrative and appellate proceedings related to regulatory disputes.

Defended, as part of a team of litigation counsel, a national health-care practice against fraud claims brought by a health insurer alleging upcoding in the provider’s billing based on statistical analyses of billing patterns.

Defended a physician against federal claims arising from his leadership of a surgical residency program.

Defended, as one of two associates on the trial team, one of the largest publicly traded hospital companies in the United States in a False Claims Act suit alleging the filing of false claims in connection with receiving more than $385 million in incentive payments under a federal government program to promote the adoption of electronic health record technology in hospitals, securing the dismissal with prejudice of the qui tam suit brought by two former employees, after the United States declined to participate in the case following a lengthy government investigation.

Defended one of the largest publicly traded hospital companies and its directors and officers against federal and state securities fraud claims arising from a 2016 spin-off transaction.

Secured compassionate release under the First Step Act of a pro bono client who had been incarcerated since 2016 and who developed terminal cancer while serving his sentence.

Secured compassionate release under the First Step Act of a pro bono client whose age and whose serious health conditions placed him at a heightened risk of catching and suffering severe illness from COVID-19 while in prison.

As lead counsel, obtained a settlement for a pro bono client who brought constitutional excessive force claims under Section 1983 and related state tort claims.