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Akin Offices
Robert S. Strauss Tower
2001 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006-1037
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Robert S Salcido
Work Department
Partner; Health
Position
Represents companies and individuals in responding to governmental civil and criminal investigations, in conducting internal investigations, and in defending False Claims Act and wrongful retaliation lawsuits brought by alleged whistleblowers, and provides counseling regarding the application of healthcare fraud and abuse laws. He has authored a treatise on the FCA and lectured extensively on defenses to FCA actions, healthcare coding compliance and fraud and abuse laws and voluntary disclosures.
To learn more about Robert, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/robert-s-salcido.html
Career
Former United States Department of Justice trial attorney with the Civil Fraud Unit in the Commercial Litigation Branch. Recognized for multiple successful judgments obtained in FCA litigation, including listed in the National Law Journal in its 2018 Winning Litigators (for successful FCA trial verdict); The National Law Journal in its 2014 Litigation Trailblazers & Pioneers (one of 50 “people who have made a difference in the fight for Justice” for his outstanding work in defending FCA lawsuits); Law360 MVP (2012) (for successful FCA trial verdict). Author of FALSE CLAIMS ACT & THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY: COUNSELING & LITIGATION, (3d ed. American Health Lawyers Ass’n 2018).
Education
BA, Claremont McKenna College; JD, Harvard Law School.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International Trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International Trade > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Industry focus > Sport
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization