Douglas W Baruch

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Douglas Baruch, a partner in the litigation practice in the Washington, DC and New York offices, represents corporations and individuals in a variety of complex civil and criminal litigation and enforcement matters, ranging from investigations and subpoena compliance to federal and state court litigation and appeals, with an emphasis on cases arising under the False Claims Act (FCA) and Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act (FIRREA).

He represents clients in the full spectrum of industries that are targeted for civil fraud enforcement by federal, state, and private parties (qui tam relators), including government contractors, aerospace and defense businesses, financial institutions, healthcare entities, and federal grant recipients. He has an extensive commercial litigation practice. In addition, he has handled numerous international arbitration matters, acting as counsel to domestic and foreign corporations in a variety of International Chamber of Commerce and ad hoc arbitrations.

He writes and lectures extensively on various aspects of the FCA and FIRREA. He is co-author of Civil False Claims and Qui Tam Actions (Wolters Kluwer, 5th Ed.), the comprehensive, two-volume treatise that frequently is cited by federal and state courts as an authority on the False Claim Act. The treatise provides an extensive history of the federal law, an in-depth analysis of its liability, qui tam, and damages provisions and the case law interpreting them, extensive perspectives on FCA practice and procedure, and a survey of state and local false claims laws. He also writes a chapter in the Settlement Agreements in Commercial Disputes treatise entitled, “Settlement Considerations Under the Federal Civil False Claims Act” (Wolters Kluwer Law & Business).

Before joining Morgan Lewis, he led the FCA and FIRREA practice at another global law firm.

To learn more about Doug and his experience, please go to: https://www.morganlewis.com/bios/douglasbaruch

Personal

Georgetown University Law Center, 1987, J.D.

Johns Hopkins University, 1984, B.A.