Career
Dave Lazarus is a nationally recognized defense attorney, former federal prosecutor, and high-profile trial lawyer, with more than 20 years of experience in high-stakes legal proceedings. He aggressively represents organizations and individuals in a wide variety of high stakes government and internal investigations, hearings, administrative actions, trials, and enforcement proceedings brought by federal and state government agencies, including in the healthcare and life sciences industries, export control and sanctions, and financial services industries.
In the healthcare industry, Dave represents medical providers, medical practices, payors, hospital systems, opioid use disorder/recovery treatment centers, sober homes, pharmaceutical distributors and manufacturers, and corporate executives. He provides civil False Claims Act and Qui Tam/Whistleblower defense at the federal and state levels. Dave also provides compliance advice and represents clients in civil litigation and business disputes.
Dave previously spent more than 16 years as a prosecutor and trial lawyer, including nearly a decade with the Department of Justice in both Massachusetts and Florida as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Criminal and Civil Divisions. In Boston, Dave held a senior leadership role and investigated and prosecuted some of the largest and most-complex healthcare and white-collar cases in the country, including those relating to pharmaceuticals and opioids, pharmacies, charitable co-pay foundations, hospitals, physician practices (small and large), government and commercial insurers, payment and reimbursement, durable medical equipment manufacture and supply, and telemedicine. Among his many significant trials, Dave was one of the lead trial lawyers on the 53-day racketeering trial of the billionaire founder of opioid manufacturer Insys Therapeutics, Inc.
Dave’s experience also includes advising companies and individuals in connection with sanctions (OFAC) and export controls (ITAR and EAR), as well as investigations involving alleged sanction and export control violations (IEEPA), national security offenses, and investigations involving the Department of Justice’s Task Force KleptoCapture, the National Security Division, the Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section (MLARS), the Office of International Affairs, U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and the Department of Commerce (DOC) Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS).
Dave also delivers deep experience and knowledge in criminal and civil asset forfeiture, restitution, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), money laundering, public corruption, and high-stakes financial penalties, including the pre-trial restraint and seizure of assets, such as complex assets and cryptocurrency.
Dave also has considerable experience with COVID-19 government funding, including the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP); Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL); the Main Street Lending Program; and Provider Relief Funds (PRF). Dave has represented individuals under criminal investigation by the federal government in connection with the application for, receipt, and disposition of COVID-19 related funds. Dave has also advised corporations in connection with this emergency funding in both the civil and criminal contexts.
Dave has experience in cybersecurity and privacy, including business email compromise matters, and received specialized training from the Department’s Computer Crimes and Intellectual Property Section. He has worked with both the SEC and CFTC, including in matters involving alleged market manipulation and insider trading. Dave also has experience defending against state Attorney General consumer protection and Massachusetts Chapter 93A actions.
Professional Memberships
-American Health Lawyers Association
- Health Care Compliance Association
- Boston Bar Association
- Collier County Bar Association
- Lee County Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Former Member of the Advisory Council to the Hodges University Identity Fraud Institute, Naples, Florida
- Former Member of the International Association of Financial Crime Investigators (IAFCI)
Publications
- "The Impending Demise of the Intended Loss Doctrine in Federal Sentencing" - New York Law Journal
- "Telehealth compliance after the public health emergency" - Compliance Cosmos
- "What's Notable In DOJ's 1st Cyber-Fraud Initiative Settlement" - Law360
- "Early Asset Forfeiture Is Key Part Of Criminal Defense Plans" -Law360
- "How Growing Cyber Scrutiny Affects Corporate Compliance" - Law360
Alerts:
- "Connecticut’s new privacy law: What you need to know" - Verrill
- "Maine, New Hampshire, & Vermont Remain DOJ Health Care Enforcement Priorities: Targeted Federal Enforcement Presents Serious Risk" - Verrill
- "New DOJ Task Force Announced Will Impact Health Care Providers & Prescribers in Northern New England" - Verrill
