Michael Martinez

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Mike Martinez is an accomplished trial lawyer and leading national health care fraud practitioner. He represents individuals and corporations in a broad range of matters involving allegations of health care fraud, securities fraud, money laundering, cybercrime, public corruption and tax offenses, among other matters. He also conducts internal investigations and defends individuals in connection with internal investigations.

A former federal prosecutor for more than a decade before embarking on private practice, Mike served as an assistant U.S. attorney for the district of New Jersey, including three years as the executive assistant U.S. attorney in charge of all criminal and civil health care fraud cases. He was responsible for the office’s white collar programs, supervising lawyers in all criminal and civil cases brought by the office and coordinating with the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division and partner investigative agencies in investigating and prosecuting white collar cases. Under Mike’s leadership, the office established its first stand-alone health care and government fraud unit, which broke ground nationally by combining criminal and civil AUSAs in same unit. Mike also successfully tried numerous cases, including prosecuting the former chairman of Cendant Corp., and he briefed or argued dozens of cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals.