Hydrick, Jeffrey S.

Lesley Ann Skillen is a partner in Getnick & Getnick. She came to the firm in 1992 through her research as a Churchill Fellow into civil remedies for complex business fraud and corruption. She has more than 20 years’ experience investigating and prosecuting cases in that field. Ms. Skillen is the Coordinator of the firm's False Claims Act qui tam practice, involving investigation and litigation of fraud on the federal and state governments. Ms. Skillen was recently appointed as a Co-Chair of the Qui Tam Subcommittee of the American Bar Association's White Collar Crime Committee. She is also a member of the American Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Section and speaks on qui tam issues at ABA and other bar association seminars. She has published numerous articles on qui tam and business integrity related matters.

In addition to her qui tam practice, Ms. Skillen directs internal corporate investigations and business integrity projects for corporate clients, working with investigators and forensic accountants. She is involved in the firm’s civil RICO litigation practice. She manages independent monitoring projects and has taken a leading role in the development of the Independent Private Sector Inspector General (IPSIG) concept.

She Co-Authored the Foundation Paper on the IPSIG and was the principal draftsperson of the International Association of IPSIG's Code of Ethics. She is a member of the New York Bar and is admitted to practice in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the Northern District of California. Prior to joining Getnick & Getnick, she was the Director of Policy and International Relations for the Australian Securities Commission in Sydney, the National Corporate And Securities Regulatory Agency. Between 1983 and 1991, Ms. Skillen was an Assistant Federal Prosecutor And A Legal Advisor to the Australian National Crime Authority, where she coordinated complex investigations of business and taxation fraud, money laundering and organized crime activity.

Ms. Skillen received her B.A. from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, in 1974 and her Bachelor of Laws with Honors and Master of Laws degrees from Monash Law School in 1978 and 1983 respectively. She was admitted to the New York bar in 1994.