 John T. Boese
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
John T. Boese is a partner in the Washington, D.C. law office of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, where he concentrates on representing defendants in civil, criminal, debarment and exclusion cases arising from Federal fraud investigations.
Mr. Boese is a nationally-recognized expert on the civil False Claims Act. For over 25 years, he has represented defendants in various industries on numerous FCA cases. He is also the author of the book, Civil False Claims and Qui Tam Actions (Aspen Publishers 3d ed.), a comprehensive, two-volume treatise on the civil False Claims Act and qui tam enforcement at both the Federal and state levels. This book, updated bi-annually, was published originally in 1993, and the Third Edition was released in January 2006. The book is commonly cited as authority on this subject by courts at all levels, as well as by practitioners and academics.
Mr. Boese lectures frequently to private and public groups on civil and criminal fraud issues. He is the co-chair of the annual ABA National Institute on the Civil False Claims Act. He is also the moderator of the "Qui Tam Lawsuits" session at the annual ABA National Institutes on White Collar Crime, and he moderates similar panels at the ABA National Institute on Health Care Fraud and other programs. He was chair of the Practicing Law Institute Seminar entitled "Qui Tam: Beyond Government Contracts," and he is regularly a guest lecturer at law schools and industry meetings. He was co-chair of the Qui Tam Subcommittee of the American Bar Association Section of Criminal Justice from 1998 to 2006, and he is Vice-Chair of the Debarment and Suspension Committee of the Section on Public Contract Law.
In addition to his treatise, Mr. Boese has also written extensively on these subjects, including the journal articles “Why Thompson Is Wrong: Misuse of the False Claims Act to Enforce the Anti-Kickback Act,” Alabama Law Review, Vol. 51, No. 1 (Fall 1999); “When Angry Patients Become Angry Prosecutors: Medical Necessity Determinations, Quality of Care and the Qui Tam Law,” Saint Louis University Law Journal, Vol. 43, No. 1 (Spring 1999); “Private Enforcement of State Fraud Laws: A Comparative Analysis of State Qui Tam Provisions,” Journal of Health and Hospital Law, Volume 31, No. 1 (Winter 1998); "The Dark Side of Qui Tam Enforcement," Health Law Litigation, Issue No. 4 (Summer 1996); and "The New Florida False Claims Act: Florida Borrows a Powerful Federal Anti-Fraud Weapon," 69 Florida Bar Journal 3 (March 1995).
Mr. Boese was Chair of the Best Practices Task Force of the American Health Lawyers Association and acted as editor of the “Best Practices Handbook in Advising Clients on Fraud & Abuse Issues” (AHLA June 1999). Mr. Boese was also lead editor and contributor for two ABA monographs: Healthcare Exclusions: A Comprehensive Guide (1997) and The Practitioner’s Guide to Suspension and Debarment (1996 and 2002), both published by the ABA Section on Public Contract Law.
Prior to joining Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, Mr. Boese was a trial attorney with the Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice. He is a graduate of Washington University and St. Louis University Law School, where he served as an editor of the St. Louis University Law Journal and graduated magna cum laude.
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