October 23, 2014

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Marc S. Raspanti, a name partner in the law firm of Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP, will present at the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers White Collar Practice Seminar on November 13, 2014 at The Ritz-Carlton in Philadelphia, PA.

Mr. Raspanti will moderate the panel “Fraud, Kickbacks and the False Claims Act: A White Collar Practitioner’s Primer?”  The panel will discuss recent amendments to the Federal False Claims Act and their impact on criminal proceedings.

In March 1999, Philadelphia Magazine named Mr. Raspanti one of the best white collar criminal defense lawyers in Philadelphia. Following that honor, Mr. Raspanti was selected by his peers as one of Pennsylvania’s Super Lawyers from 2004 through 2014 in the field of White Collar Criminal Defense, an honor reserved for 5% of the Pennsylvania Bar. In addition, from 2007 through 2014, he was listed as one of the Top 100 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers. From 2008 through 2014, he was selected as one of the Top 100 Philadelphia Super Lawyers. He was selected by his peers for the 2006 through 2015 editions of Best Lawyers in America in the area of Health Care Law litigation and was included in the 2014 edition of Best Attorneys in Pennsylvania.

Mr. Raspanti is recognized as one of the most successful, skilled, and experienced qui tam attorneys in the United States.  Since 1989, Mr. Raspanti has litigated many of the most complex and important cases in the history of the federal False Claims Act.  He has served as lead counsel for whistleblowers in false claims cases that have resulted in over $2 billion in recoveries for federal and state taxpayers.  He focuses his practice on federal and state qui tam litigation, white collar criminal defense, criminal and civil health care fraud defense, internal corporate investigations, compliance, professional licensing litigation, and complex civil litigation.

Mr. Raspanti received his B.A. from Villanova University and his J.D. from Temple University School of Law.  He frequently speaks, writes, lectures, and comments on white collar and health care fraud issues throughout the country.