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Education:
- Columbia University School of Law, Juris Doctorate,
1992
- Mississippi College, Bachelor of Arts, with
High Honors and Special Distinction, 1989
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Cliff Johnson
Practice and Representative Cases:
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Former Assistant United States
Attorney responsible for health care fraud prosecution
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Handled dozens of whistleblower
(qui tam) and other health care fraud cases on
behalf of the United States Department of Justice
against hospitals, nursing homes, ambulance companies,
mental health centers, medical supply companies,
laboratories, physician clinics, therapy providers,
home health companies, hospices, and other health
care providers
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Successful jury trials of
criminal health care fraud cases, including a
10-week federal court trial of ambulance company
owners that resulted in Mississippi’s longest
prison sentences in a health care fraud prosecution
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Represented numerous private
whistleblowers throughout the United States in
qui tam actions brought under the False Claims
Act against hospitals, nursing homes, medical
equipment companies, physicians, Department of
Defense contractors, FEMA contractors, NASA contractors,
and other recipients of Federal funds
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Successfully represented 25
families victimized as part of a multi-million
dollar international investment scam
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Successfully represented hundreds
of prison employees in Fair Labor Standards Act
litigation
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Obtained substantial recoveries
for numerous personal injury plaintiffs
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Represented white-collar criminal
defendants in complex prosecutions
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Represented professionals
and business owners in contract disputes
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Received "Integrity Award"
from United States Department of Health and Human
Services in recognition of outstanding service
in protection of federal health care programs
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Named to 2003 "Top 40
Under 40" list by Mississippi Business
Journal
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Law Clerk to Judge William
H. Barbour, Jr., Chief Judge, United States District
Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
Lectures and Teaching:
- Fulbright Scholar, Sweden, 2005 - 2006 - Taught
and conducted research at Raoul Wallenberg Institute
of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Lund University
School of Law
- Lectured throughout Sweden, in Beijing and
Wuhan, China, and in Sofia, Bulgaria regarding
issues of fraud investigation and prosecution,
civil rights, and integration of immigrant groups
in Western Europe
- Over 40 presentations locally and nationally
regarding health care fraud litigation
- Adjunct Professor, Trial Practice - Mississippi
College School of Law
- Frequent lecturer in Mississippi College Health
Care Administration program
Professional and Community Involvement:
- Chair, Mississippi Bar Association Minority
Involvement Committee
- Chair, New Horizon Ministries Board of Directors
- Main Street Clinton, Mississippi - Board of
Directors
- Mustard Seed - Board of Directors
- Stewpot Community Services - Board of Directors
- Habitat for Humanity - Volunteer Coordinator
- Taxpayers Against Fraud
- NAACP
- Magnolia Bar Association
- Mississippi Bar Association
- American Inns of Court
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