Scott Landau

Practice Areas

healthcare regulatory & compliance counseling; complex healthcare transactions; government investigations and enforcement matters; commercial litigation; health insurance audits/investigations; false claims act defense; data privacy/security; internal investigations.

Career

Scott Landau is a business-oriented lawyer known for his creative, results-driven approach to legal problems. A former federal prosecutor and in-house counsel for a prestigious academic health system, Scott is a true “five tool” healthcare attorney who advises on regulatory and compliance issues, negotiates and structures complex transactions, defends clients in government enforcement matters and insurance audits, conducts sensitive internal investigations, and litigates complex commercial disputes.

Prior to co-founding AEL, Scott was Associate General Counsel for the Mount Sinai Health System, one of the most prestigious academic health systems in the country. From 2008-2014, Scott was an AUSA for the EDNY, where he handled health care fraud matters, false claims act cases, and defensive disputes. From 2002-2008, Scott was a liitigator at Proskauer Rose, where he represented healthcare and sports clients in commercial disputes.

Scott earned his BA from the University of Michigan and his JD from NYU School of Law.

Publications

"Anti-Kickback Safe Harbors May Be Less Safe After Medtronic," Law360 Expert Analysis, March 10, 2022;

"Featured Leader," Issue 4, American Healthcare Leader Magazine.

Education