Education
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Yale Law School, J.D., 1987
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Colgate University, A.B., magna cum laude, 1984
Bar Admissions
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District of Columbia
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New York
Clerkships
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Hon. Richard J. Cardamone,
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit,
1987
- 1988
Awards and Honors
- U.S. Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Service, 2000
- U.S. Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service, 1997
- DOJ Special Commendation for Outstanding Service, 2003
- DOJ Special Achievement Awards, 2000 and 1997
- DOJ Meritorious Award, 1996
- HHS Inspector General’s Exceptional Achievement Award, 1997
- HHS Inspector General’s Integrity Award, 1995
- National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units Award, 2003
- National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units Award, 1997
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Larry Freedman defends clients against government investigations and litigation relating to allegations of fraud and abuse in the healthcare and life sciences industries. He has defended matters brought by the Department of Justice (DOJ), including United States Attorneys’ Offices throughout the country, as well as the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) and other federal and state agencies. He has extensive experience handling complex civil litigation and global resolutions—cases involving criminal, civil and administrative allegations, federal and state interests and multiple jurisdictions. In addition to fraud enforcement matters, Mr. Freedman also counsels companies through internal investigations, corporate compliance and investor due diligence reviews. He represents a broad range of health care clients, including hospitals, durable medical equipment companies, clinical laboratories, pharmaceutical and device manufacturers and individual health care executives.
Before joining Patton Boggs in 2005, Mr. Freedman served for seven years as an assistant director in the DOJ’s Civil Fraud Section. He devoted his efforts exclusively to health care fraud matters pursued under the False Claims Act and its qui tam (whistleblower) provisions, including cases premised on the Anti-Kickback Statute, the Stark laws (banning physician self-referral) and violations of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. During this time, he directly supervised hundreds of qui tam cases prosecuted by the section’s 70-plus attorneys in districts throughout the United States. He managed high-profile actions involving major pharmaceutical manufacturers, dialysis companies, the largest rehabilitation hospital corporation, acute care hospital and nursing home chains and national clinical laboratory companies. Mr. Freedman also counseled HHS and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on policy and enforcement matters, supervised multidistrict, joint federal-state investigative efforts and was part of the leadership team for DOJ’s Pharma Fraud Initiative.
Before his appointment to assistant director, Mr. Freedman worked as a trial attorney in the Civil Fraud Section from 1991-1997. He gained extensive experience in white collar investigations and complex civil litigation, often in joint criminal and civil matters, in the areas of defense procurement and health care fraud. Mr. Freedman achieved many significant recoveries during this period, including the landmark National Health Laboratories global resolution and the $600 million in civil settlements that resulted from “Operation LABSCAM,” a joint DOJ-OIG-State Attorneys’ General effort that he co-led to investigate and prosecute national independent clinical laboratories headquartered throughout the country.
For these achievements, Mr. Freedman was recognized repeatedly by the DOJ, the HHS Office of Inspector General and the National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units. The attorney general awarded him the Attorney General's ‘Exceptional Service’ Award, the DOJ’s highest honor, for his role in the then-largest global settlement of a health care fraud case (involving the world’s largest kidney dialysis company). He also received the Attorney General's ‘Distinguished Service’ Award, the DOJ’s second highest award and the DOJ Special Commendation for Outstanding Service, awarded for his role in a landmark case against the largest national hospital chain. While at DOJ, he taught health care fraud at the National Advocacy Institute and provided fraud training to assistant U.S. attorneys, FBI agents and supervisors and other federal law enforcement personnel.
Professional Affiliations:
American Bar Association
American Health Lawyers Association
DC Bar, Litigation Section Steering Committee (Co-Chair, 2003-2005)
American Constitution Society
Rx Compliance Report, Advisory Board Member
BNA Health Care Fraud Report, Advisory Board Member (commencing October 2009)
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