Qui tam lawyers for whistleblowers nationwide

Phillips & Cohen LLP is the nation’s most successful and most experienced law firm representing whistleblowers in qui tam lawsuits brought under the False Claims Act. On behalf of whistleblowers, our lawyers bring Medicare fraud cases and qui tam cases involving other types of fraud under federal and state false claims laws.

Phillips & Cohen also represents whistleblowers who have information about federal tax fraud and tax underpayments involving millions of dollars and may be entitled to a reward from the Internal Revenue Service as well as those who know about particular federal securities laws violations.

Qui tam lawsuits brought by Phillips & Cohen attorneys on behalf of whistleblowers have returned more than $5.3 billion to the U.S. Treasury through civil recoveries and criminal penalties, making it by far the top whistleblower law firm in the country.

Our attorneys have expertise in a wide range of qui tam cases involving government contract fraud, including Medicare and Medicaid fraud and defense contractor fraud. One of our cases settled for the largest amount ever paid by a defense contractor in a qui tam case. We also had one of the largest settlements ever paid by a medical lab company for a faulty product.

Phillips & Cohen has been recognized as one of the nation's top law firms, and our attorneys have received many accolades for their work on qui tam lawsuits on behalf of whistleblowers. The law firm and its attorneys have been named to highly selective lists such as:

• "Hot List" of plaintiffs' law firm for 2004, 2007 and 2009 (National Law Journal)
• "Winning Attorney" for 2008 (National Law Journal)
• "500 Leading Lawyers in America" for 2008 (Lawdragon)
• "100 Most Influential Lawyers" in the nation three consecutive times (National Law Journal)

The whistleblower law firm's roster includes former government fraud prosecutors, a former U.S. Senate Judiciary counsel, a former U.S. Attorney and experienced litigators recruited from the nation's top law firms. The Wall Street Journal called one of our partners the "premier whistleblower lawyer in America" and another partner is the author of a leading legal reference book on the False Claims Act and qui tam lawsuits, The False Claims Act: Fraud Against the Government, that's cited in qui tam cases and court rulings.

Phillips & Cohen attorneys have received the highest ratings from Martindale-Hubbell and Lawdragon, which are independent lawyer-rating services. Our lawyers also have been included in Superlawyers, which lists the top 5 percent of attorneys in each state, and in top lawyers lists in local publications, such as Washingtonian magazine.

Phillips & Cohen and several of its qui tam cases figure prominently in a highly praised book published by Atlantic Monthly Press.  In Giantkillers: the Team and the Law that Help Whistleblowers Recover America's Stolen Billions,  author Henry Scammell recounts the history of the False Claims Act and provides in-depth accounts of several whistleblower cases.

Phillips & Cohen attorneys are nationally recognized experts on whistleblower (False Claims Act) cases and are frequently quoted in publications such as the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. Several of our qui tam cases have been profiled on 60 Minutes and other national news shows.

If you would like to contact Phillips & Cohen about a potential case, please fill out our qui tam false claims form or our tax fraud case form.

Important notice

These pages should not be construed to contain legal advice. While we will treat any information provided as privileged and confidential, you should understand that when you provide information about a potential case to Phillips & Cohen LLP, we do not become your attorneys. With your permission, we may use your information to investigate whether we wish to represent you to bring a case. But until we both sign a written agreement, we do not represent you and have not agreed to do so.