About the Firm

Attorneys

Paul D. Scott

Lani Anne Remick

Other Counsel

Paul D. Scott

Former Department of Justice Attorney

Paul D. Scott is a veteran trial attorney, formerly with the civil fraud section of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. – the main office at DOJ responsible for deciding whether to join in qui tam actions filed by whistleblowers on behalf of the Government.  Mr. Scott handled a wide variety of qui tam complaints and other claims of fraud against the Government during his tenure at the Department, recovering millions of dollars for U.S. taxpayers.

Awards and Distinctions

For his work at DOJ, Mr. Scott received several awards, including a letter of commendation from Attorney General Janet Reno, a Special Achievement Award, and an award from the Department of Veterans Affairs for the highest loan guarantee civil fraud recovery in the history of the agency. He also served as an instructor and lecturer at seminars for investigative agents and other Government attorneys.

Experience

Since leaving the Department of Justice, Mr. Scott has maintained a successful qui tam practice in San Francisco and has successfully negotiated with the IRS in connection with its Special Agreement Program.   Mr. Scott is also a published author of numerous articles concerning the False Claims Act and is a frequent lecturer in the field.

Since the new tax whistleblower law was passed in December 2006, Mr. Scott has been frequently lectured on the topic and consulted with the IRS on the new law.

In early 2007, Mr. Scott was invited to attend a roundtable meeting on Capitol Hill, hosted by Senator Grassley and attended by DOJ and IRS officials, to comment on the new whistleblower program. 

In 2008, the IRS invited Mr. Scottt to speak at a training conference on the whistleblower program for IRS personnel nationwide.

As Co-Chair of the IRS Tax Whistleblower Committee of the leading non-profit organization Taxpayers Against Fraud, Mr. Scott has continued to give input to the IRS on its implementation of the whistleblower program and its guidance concerning the program. 

Education

Mr. Scott obtained his juris doctorate from Yale Law School. He did his undergraduate work at U.C. Berkeley, from which he graduated with highest honors.

Successful Claims

Examples of recoveries Mr. Scott has obtained under the False Claims Act over the course of his career include the following:

• $26 million recovery against APL Limited for alleged overbilling to Department of Defense.
• $9 million recovery against Humanscale for alleged false statements to GSA
• $1.3 million payment by highway construction contractor for alleged false representations regarding small business status and HUBZone eligibility.
  
• $8.5 million recovery against Catholic Healthcare West for alleged false statements in hospital cost reports.
• $2.65 million recovery against Kerlan Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic for alleged upcoding by doctors.
• $1.2 million recovery against California Emergency Physicians for alleged upcoding charges to state and federal healthcare programs;
• $6.4 million recovery against First Union Bank for alleged false representations made to the Department of Veterans Affairs to obtain loan guarantees;
• $10.75 million recovery against Shiley Incorporated, a subsidiary of Pfizer, Inc., for alleged fraud against the Food and Drug Administration, Medicare and other Government agencies in connection with the company's sale of defective heart valves;
• $3.25 million payment by GTE for alleged improper accounting for equipment leases on Department of Defense contracts;
• $6.9 million recovery against the Bank of America for alleged loan guarantee fraud by an acquired subsidiary of the company.

Numerous additional confidential matters are pending.

Lani Anne Remick

Former Department of Justice Attorney

Associate counsel Lani Anne Remick is a former Trial Attorney with the Civil Fraud Section of the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.  While at the Justice Department, Ms. Remick handled False Claims Act cases exclusively, with a specialty in health care fraud.  As a Trial Attorney, she worked jointly with United States Attorney’s Offices across the country.  For example, she worked with the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California to obtain a $94.9 million settlement in a matter involving civil and criminal charges relating to a company’s failure to report malfunctions of a medical device.  Ms. Remick also represented the United States in nationwide litigation against 132 hospitals alleging fraud against the Medicare program in connection with billing for experimental cardiac devices.

Experience

Prior to her tenure at the DOJ, while in private practice at a well-known San Francisco law firm, Ms. Remick represented relators in both federal and state False Claims Act matters.  Notably, as relator’s counsel, Ms. Remick was a member of the trial team that obtained a $187.5 million settlement against the Bank of America for failing to return unclaimed property to the state.  That settlement remains the largest recovery to date under the California False Claims Act.

Ms. Remick has published several articles regarding the False Claims Act, and has spoken at several conferences on the topic.

Education

Ms. Remick is a graduate of Princeton University and a cum laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she was a member of the Editorial Board of The University of Pennsylvania Law Review. 

After law school, she clerked on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania for the Honorable Franklin S. Van Antwerpen (now a Senior Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit).  

Other Counsel

Yasmine Mehmet, Esq. is an additional attorney practicing law with the Law Offices of Paul D. Scott. 

The Law Offices of Paul D. Scott also associates with co-counsel and/or local counsel as necessary, depending on the particular matter. In litigating fraud claims, we typically work in cooperation with Department of Justice Attorneys who are assigned to represent the United States in cases filed under the False Claims Act.

The Law Offices of Paul D. Scott, P.C.
505 Sansome Street, 6th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
Tel: 415-981-1212
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Please be advised that this site is a general information resource and is not intended to provide legal advice in your particular case.  We would be pleased to conduct a confidential review of your potential case, but by doing so we are not agreeing to act as your counsel.  A written agreement between you and the Law Offices of Paul D. Scott is prerequisite to representation.  Past successes by the firm do not guarantee future results.