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Over $20 Billion has been reclaimed and returned to the Taxpayers of the United States since whistleblowers were encouraged to hire attorneys and recover the money lost due to fraud, waste, and abuse. Of the $20 billion recovered, over $2 Billion has been paid to patriotic and courageous qui tam relator whistleblowers. Bothwell Bracker exclusively represents qui tam relator whistleblowers on a contingent fee basis in an effort to recover more money for Taxpayers and make sure whistleblowers are protected and properly compensated for their efforts in protecting the public fisc.
Bothwell Bracker is one of the only firms in the United States focusing exclusively on False Claims Act whistleblower litigation. Bothwell Bracker has litigated and settled a wide variety of FCA cases as there are innumerable ways to engage in fraud, waste and abuse of federal and state monies. Bothwell Bracker also litigates cases involving the whistleblower employment protection provisions of the FCA. The firm routinely handles both intervened and non-intervened cases. Bothwell Bracker has obtained the maximum relator’s share (25% in intervened cases and 30% in non-intervened cases) in several cases as acknowledgement by the Department of Justice of the hard work and good results obtained by the firm.
Bothwell Bracker is well known for its work with FCA cases, having many of the largest settlements on record in Georgia and around the Southeast. Bothwell Bracker has been lead counsel in several “national” cases and has been affiliated with cases that have brought the Taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. Bothwell Bracker has vast experience in the qui tam and False Claims Act area of law which has caused the firm to encounter all of the most unique and difficult issues involving the FCA. Firm cases have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Atlanta Journal and Constitution, the Macon Telegraph, the Savannah Morning News and the Fulton County Daily Report. Stories about firm FCA cases have aired on the Anderson Cooper 360 show on CNN, the Oprah Winfrey Show, and the Cox Broadcasting Company national news.
Bothwell Bracker has been a national leader in establishing, protecting and expanding the False Claims Act and its qui tam provisions. In just the last few years, the firm has prevailed in high-profile cases in several U.S. Courts of Appeal. Bothwell Bracker is frequently sought out to help with appellate issues and has a strong pro bono practice of writing amicus curiae briefs for Taxpayers Against Fraud (an organization dedicated to protecting and expanding the law) as well as other qui tam and False Claims Act practitioners. This has included consultation on, assistance with and drafting amicus and other briefs for the Supreme Court of the United States of America.
Bothwell Bracker was sought out by one of the nation’s leading legal blogs as a leader in the FCA qui tam bar to create one of the early blogs on qui tam relators and FCA whistleblowers. Qui Tam Whistleblower Lawyer. Bothwell Bracker has another blawg that covers more in-depth analysis of the law and current trends in FCA litigation. Bothwell Bracker qui tam whistleblower blawg.
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