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FALSE CLAIMS ACTS ENTITLEMENT AND REWARD

If you have knowledge of Aerospace, Medicare, IRS, Construction or Finance fraud against the United States Government, the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. 3729 et seq. and the 2009 Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act, entitles you to be a private Attorney General to file an action on behalf of the United States Government and rewards you with 15% to 30% of the recovery by the United States Government plus attorneys fees, expenses and costs. The False Claims Act also provides redress to "any employee who is discharged, demoted, suspended, threatened, harassed, or in any manner discriminated against in the terms and conditions of employment."

Through 2009, $25 billion has been recovered for violations of the False Claims Act, of which $2.5 billion has been paid in awards to Whistleblowers, plus recovery under the False Claims Acts of the States.

NATIONWIDE QUI TAM PRACTICE OF DEAN FRANCIS PACE

With regard to the nineteen year Qui Tam Practice of Dean Francis Pace under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. 3729 et seq., and State False Claims Acts, Dean Francis Pace has prevailed in nationwide False Claims Act litigations against Northrop Grumman Corporation (thrice), Hughes Aircraft Company (twice), Parsons Corporation, TRW Inc., Fluor Corporation, FMC Corporation, Teledyne Inc., Austin Company, Pacific Steel Casting Company, PJC Technologies Inc., Waste Management Inc., H&C Disposal Company, Atlantic Richfield Company, and has Qui Tam actions pending and currently under the Seal of the United States District Court.

In 1991, Dean Francis Pace secured the then third largest Qui Tam award for the Qui Tam Relator in the history of the False Claims Act. Dean Francis Pace has prevailed in seven Qui Tam actions under the False Claims Act in which the Department of Justice has elected not to intervene, a record unexcelled by any law firm since the False Claims Act was enacted during the Civil War.

Among publications on Government Contracts, Accounting and Finance, Dean Francis Pace was one of the ABA Procurement Fraud Subcommittee authors of the ABA Monograph Qui Tam Litigation Under the False Claims Act and is author of the DOD reference book Negotiation and Management of Defense Contracts, John Wiley & Sons.

Dean Francis Pace received his J.D. from Catholic University of America and attended graduate Harvard Law School. He received a B.S. from Mount St. Mary's College. He is admitted to practice in California, the District of Columbia, and Maryland, and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, U.S. District Courts, U.S. Courts of Appeal, and the U.S. Supreme Court.  Dean Francis Pace has the highest "AV" Professional Rating, Martindale-Hubbell Directory.

If you desire to confer regarding Aerospace, Medicare, IRS, Construction or Financial Qui Tam Actions under the Federal and State False Claims Acts, please telephone Dean Francis Pace at 213-955-1250 or Allan J. Graf at 213-955-1602 or email falseclaimsact@carlsmith.com.