111 East Wacker
Suite 2600
Chicago, Illinois 60601
(312) 861-1800 |
ROBIN POTTER & ASSOCIATES, P.C.
www.robinpotter.org
Background
-- 25+ years representing employees and plaintiffs in labor & employment, discrimination, class cases, FLSA and False Claims Act litigation.
-- Helped to found National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA); Pres., NELA Illinois, 1997-1999; founded Illinois Advocate, NELA newsletter.
-- Court appointed Special Master in EEOC v. Dial, a pattern and practice sexual harassment case.
-- Handled hundreds of civil rights, FLSA, FCA and individual and class cases. FCA cases include:
-- Toomey, et al., v. Maxwell Manor - First quality of care FCA nursing home case in N.D. Illinois - settlement with management company for $1,898,000, followed by $55 million default judgment against owner.
-- USA ex rel. Dr. Raymond Pollak v. University of Illinois, et al., - partial settlements in 2003 of $2.4 million for false hospitalizations in liver transplantation; employment and defamation cases pending.
-- USA ex rel. Grandeau v. Cancer Treatment Centers of America, et al., - non-intervened FCA case; won important pretrial decisions defeating motions to compel arbitration of Qui Tam claims and to dismiss Qui Tam action; DOJ briefs of interest on counterclaims against whistleblowers.
-- USA, ex rel., Figurski v. Forest Health Systems et al., - $4.1 million settlement of FCA and retaliatory discharge claims.
Email us at: robin@robinpotter.org
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