McKnight, Reginald Brantley

Brian McEvoy is a former federal prosecutor with a practice focus on fraud matters, white collar criminal defense and a special emphasis in health care fraud matters.

After graduating from Boston College, cum laude, in 1994, Mr. McEvoy attended Georgia State University College of Law where he graduated with honors.  Mr. McEvoy also spent a semester studying in Madrid, Spain through the International Law Program of William & Mary College of Law.

After his law school graduation in 1997, Mr. McEvoy entered into a clerkship with the Honorable John E. Dougherty, United Stated Magistrate Judge, Northern District of Georgia.  He then began a clerkship with the Honorable Orinda D. Evans, Chief Judge, Northern District of Georgia.

Mr. McEvoy joined the law firm Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever in 2001, where he represented clients in a variety of civil, criminal and administrative matters.

In 2004, Mr. McEvoy joined the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Georgia in Savannah.  During his service as a federal prosecutor, he represented the United States in criminal matters involving bank fraud, mail and wire fraud, health care fraud, mortgage fraud, securities fraud, obstruction of justice, perjury, tax fraud, Social Security fraud, money laundering, false claims, asset forfeiture, immigration and employment document fraud, threats to federal officials, and conspiracy.

In 2007, Mr. McEvoy received special commendation from the Department of Health and Human Services by receiving the Inspector General's Integrity Award for his work prosecuting Health Care Fraud matters.  In 2008, he was named as the District's Health Care Fraud Coordinator and started the District's first Health Care Fraud Task Force.

Mr. McEvoy rejoined Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever as a Partner in 2009, and focuses his practice as a white collar criminal defense attorney handling health care fraud cases and other economic criminal matters.  Mr. McEvoy's practice also includes business litigation and government and internal corporate investigations.  As a former federal prosecutor, he has extensive criminal trial experience and expertise in civil and criminal health care fraud, mortgage fraud, securities fraud, government contracting, environmental and other civil and criminal regulatory matters.

Because of his extensive experience litigating civil and criminal health care matters, Mr. McEvoy is uniquely situated to represent physicians, physician practice groups and other health care providers in almost any type of proceeding.

Mr. McEvoy currently serves on the State Bar of Georgia Health Care Law Section's Executive Committee and as the co-chair of the Southeast Subcommittee of the ABA Committee on White Collar Crime.