Laura Cordova

Practice Areas

Employment & Governmental Investigations • Export Controls Enforcement • Global Anti-Corruption Compliance and Defense • Global Corporate Victim Advocacy • Government Contracts & Procurement • Healthcare Fraud & Abuse • Healthcare Litigation • Healthcare Regulatory Compliance • Investigations & White Collar Defense • Securities Enforcement • Special Investigations

Career

Laura M. Kidd Cordova is a white collar defense attorney at Jackson Walker and a former assistant chief in the Fraud Section of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division. Laura handles sensitive internal investigations, navigates high-stakes government investigations, and defends clients in complex criminal and civil litigation.

While at DOJ in Washington, DC, Laura supervised healthcare fraud prosecutions around the country and led the Corporate Healthcare Fraud Strike Force. In addition to her supervisory role at DOJ, Laura investigated and tried numerous complex cases, involving healthcare fraud, violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute, mail and wire fraud, money laundering, false statements, and government program fraud. Laura has extensive experience representing clients across the healthcare industry in criminal and False Claims Act matters involving allegations of healthcare fraud, Anti-Kickback Statute violations, and procurement fraud.

In addition to her legal practice, Laura served as an adjunct professor of law at the University of Houston Law Center, where she taught a course on health care fraud and abuse.

Work Highlights

- Represented social media influencer charged with securities fraud—all charges dismissed

- Represented foreign-exchange trader charged with wire fraud for allegedly “front-running” a foreign exchange transaction—all charges dismissed

- Represented CEO in DOJ and SEC securities fraud investigations—no charges brought

- Represented pharmacy chain in DOJ investigation related to allegations of improperly obtained prior authorizations and violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute—no charges brought

- Represented trade organization in DOJ investigation related to health insurance premium assistance programs—no charges brought

- Represented nonprofit in DOJ investigation related to pharmaceutical patient assistance programs—no charges brought

- Represented executive in DOJ investigation related to drug pricing and alleged Anti-Kickback Statute violations—no charges brought

- Represented pharmaceutical sales representative in DOJ investigation related to alleged off-label marketing and violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute—no charges brought

- Represented hospital system in DOJ and state Attorney General investigations related to tax credits—no charges brought

- Represented global agricultural commodity trading company in criminal DOJ and USDA investigation related to imported agricultural products—no charges brought

- Conducted internal investigation for national hospital system in response to internal whistleblower allegations of Anti-Kickback Statute violations and improper patient inducement, and advised system regarding disclosure obligations and potential FCA liability

- Conducted internal investigation related to billing code errors, and advised regional hospital system regarding disclosure obligations and potential FCA liability

- Conducted internal investigation and advised healthcare products distribution company regarding compliance, disclosure obligations, and potential FCA liability related to various federal government contracts, including pricing obligations, the Buy American Act, and the Trade Agreements Act

- Conducted internal investigation and advised health plan regarding compliance, disclosure obligations, and potential FCA liability related to California state contract requirements

Education