Getnick Law

Getnick Law is a leading boutique law firm dedicated to fighting fraud and promoting business integrity. Our work for whistleblowers, government agencies and companies is guided by the principle that ethical business is good business. When you work with us, you work with our partners and counsel, many of whom are former fraud prosecutors and all of whom have extensive experience in private legal practice.

We provide solutions for our clients designed to combat fraud, promote business integrity, and achieve best outcomes.

• Whistleblower: Getnick Law is a national leader representing whistleblowers under federal and state whistleblower laws and programs, including False Claims Act as well as the IRS, SEC, and other programs. We have recovered more than $1 billion for taxpayers through our whistleblower cases and achieved record awards for our clients. We successfully fight pharmaceutical, medical device, and other healthcare fraud; financial and investment fraud; federal and state tax fraud; and other types of fraud on government programs.

• Anti-Fraud Investigation and Litigation: Getnick Law has a distinguished track record of success in anti-fraud investigation and litigation. We have recovered millions of dollars in defrauded funds for corporate clients in the United States and abroad. Our skilled litigators work in teams with our investigators and forensic accountants to unravel complex frauds and pursue our clients' recoveries.

• Business Integrity: Getnick Law is a recognized practice leader with expertise in business integrity counseling and independent monitoring. We believe business integrity must promote the interests of business goals and performance. We have used our expertise to assist clients in a wide variety of settings, including a tri-state energy corporation and an international chain of boutique luxury hotels. For three decades, our monitoring projects have helped safeguard integrity in diverse industries.

Getnick Law lawyers are leaders in the legal community. Our team includes the former Chairman of Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund, the national whistleblower advocacy organization, a past President of the New York State Bar Association, a Board Member and Chair of the Judiciary Committee of the New York County Lawyers’ Association, a member of the New York State Bar Association House of Delegates, former fraud prosecutors, and former federal judicial law clerks.

Getnick Law's long track record of client wins includes:

• A $750 million global recovery for the government relating to distribution of adulterated drugs by GSK, with the then-largest individual whistleblower award.
• A novel settlement on behalf of approximately 40 health insurers with GSK relating to $2.7 billion the insurers paid for GSK’s alleged distribution of adulterated drugs.
• A $257 million global recovery for the government in a case against Bayer in the first major national Medicaid fraud settlement under the False Claims Act, including a 24% award for our client.
• A $187 million global recovery for the government in a case against Labcorp under federal and state False Claims Acts for fraudulent unnecessary billing scheme.
• A $70 million tax whistleblower recovery for the New York State government, with a 22% award for our whistleblower client.
• New York State False Claims Act cases against a fuel heating company and a major electrical utility, where our whistleblower clients each received a 23.5% award – the highest percentage award for any non-Medicaid New York State False Claims Act case.

In recognition of these results, our attorneys have received many industry accolades, including:

• Taxpayers Against Fraud honored our managing partner with its Lifetime Achievement Award.
• Getnick Law was a two-time finalist for Public Justice Foundation’s Trial Lawyer of the Year Award.
• The former Governor of New York State praised our “very skillful advocacy . . . courage and determination.”
• The former New York State Comptroller praised our independent monitorship work, touting our, “[U]nfailing integrity, expertise, dedication and business acumen during the course of the monitorship.”
• National Law Journal reported that our firm “Collect[s] top dollar for clients based on new False Claims Act theories.”
• Crains New York Business called our firm “The king of whistleblower cases and a formidable player in the broader field of corporate fraud.”
• AV Preeminent rated by Martindale Hubbell and recognized as Super Lawyers.

We are thought leaders who routinely lecture on whistleblower laws and business integrity issues in the United States and abroad. Our attorneys are actively involved in leading national, state, and local bar associations and have testified before Congress and state legislatures. We founded and support the Cornell Law School Business Integrity Fund , a first-of-its-kind program that sponsors courses to educate business and law students about corporate business integrity practices.

Getnick Law is a New York Limited Liability Partnership registered as Getnick & Getnick LLP.