Laura Hoey joined the firm’s Government Enforcement practice in June 2011 after serving four and a half years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney. Laura represents a variety of clients in the health care, pharmaceutical, and dental industries who are facing government investigations and Congressional inquiries. She directs internal investigations in all types of government and regulatory compliance matters including advising clients on the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other anti-corruption laws. Laura is also a member of the firm’s Privacy Task Force, bringing to bare her experience in prosecuting criminal HIPAA violations.
As a federal prosecutor, Laura was the Health Care Fraud Coordinator and helped organize the health care fraud task force, which included federal and local law enforcement. Laura also prosecuted several tax fraud and public corruption cases.
In 2008, Laura received the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General’s Integrity Award. She was appointed to the selection committee panel for a U.S. Magistrate Judge opening in the Eastern District of Arkansas in 2009 and to the Federal Practice Committee by the Chief U.S. District Court Judge, Eastern District of Arkansas, in 2011.
Education
JD, 2001, Yale Law School
BA, summa cum laude, 1998, University of Notre Dame, Phi Beta Kappa
Clerkships
Honorable George A. O'Toole, Jr., U.S.
District Court for the District of Massachusetts, 2001 - 2002