MARC S. RASPANTI

Marc S. Raspanti is widely recognized as one of the most successful, skilled and experienced qui tam attorneys in the United States. Since 1989, Mr. Raspanti has litigated many of the most complex and important cases in the history of the federal False Claims Act. Mr. Raspanti has served as lead counsel for whistleblowers in false claims cases that have resulted in over $1.8 billion in recoveries for federal and state taxpayers.

Mr. Raspanti was the lead counsel for the whistleblowers in a number of the most successful false claims cases in United States history, including:

• United States ex rel. Merena v. Smithkline Beecham Clinical Laboratories, 93-5974 (E.D.Pa.) (resulting in a $334 Million recovery for federal taxpayers)
  
  
• United States ex rel. Monahan v. St. Barnabas Health System, 02-5702 (D.N.J.) (resulting in a $265 Million recovery for federal taxpayers)
  
  
• United States ex rel. Hunt and Gauger v. Medco Health Solutions, 00-737 (E.D.Pa.) (resulting in a $185 Million recovery for federal and state taxpayers)

Mr. Raspanti is recognized across the United States as an authority on federal and state false claims act litigation. Mr. Raspanti is frequently invited to speak to audiences across the United States on the federal and state false claims acts. Mr. Raspanti has also written a number of authoritative articles on federal and state false claims statutes, including:

• “Modern False Claims Act Liability: Cradle to Grave Liability?” Health Lawyers News, Vol. 11, No 1 (Jan. 2007), Vol. 10, No. 12 (Dec. 2006)
  
  
• “False Claims Act Damages: One Size Doesn’t Fit All,” Health Lawyers News, Vol. 10, No. 7 (July 2006)
  
  
• “States, Statutes and Fraud: Empirical Study of Emerging State False Claims Acts,” 80 Tulane Law Review 465 (2005)
  
  
• “Current Practice and Procedure under the Whistleblower Provisions of the Federal False Claims Act,” 71 Temple Law Review 23 (1998)

Mr. Raspanti is a creative and tenacious trial lawyer, who fights hard for his whistleblower clients. Mr. Raspanti has litigated virtually every phase of federal and state false claims cases, and has successfully teamed with federal and state false claims prosecutors across the United States. Mr. Raspanti has litigated against some of the largest companies in the United States on behalf of his clients.

Mr. Raspanti is a former prosecutor, who has been combating fraudulent and criminal conduct since 1984. Mr. Raspanti has been appointed by Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell to serve as a commissioner on the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. In 2007, Mr. Raspanti was also appointed by Governor Rendell to serve on the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing.

Mr. Raspanti is a graduate of the Temple University School of Law and Villanova University.