Thomas C. Hill
Partner

Mr. Hill focuses his national practice on white-collar criminal matters and government enforcement. He represents corporate and individual clients at the grand jury stage; at trial and on appeal; during agency investigations; and in civil cases and administrative enforcement actions, including debarment and suspension proceedings. His practice involves many different issues of regulatory crime, including alleged false statements of regulatory compliance before a wide variety of federal and state administrative agencies; civil and criminal False Claims Act matters including qui tam actions; criminal tax; criminal antitrust; general financial crime, and other miscellaneous allegations of fraud and other wrongdoing in industries such as health care, defense, environmental, financial services, aviation and communications.

He served for five years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia in the Criminal Division. He has tried more than 75 jury trials and has often argued before appellate courts. For the past 20 years, Mr. Hill has also had an active death penalty practice in courts throughout the U.S. and has handled these cases at the trial, sentencing, appellate, post-conviction and clemency stages.

• Representation of a large health maintenance organization in Florida alleged to have violated the Federal False Claims Act in connection with the Medicare Program
• Representation of a major Japanese company in connection with significant False Claims Act cases brought by the Department of Justice and the State of California involving allegedly defective bullet-proof vests
• Representation of a Fortune 50 company in connection with a grand jury investigation regarding allegations that it made false statements to the General Services Administration
• Representation of a significant government contractor in connection with false pricing allegations involving its GSA schedule
• Representation of the manufacturer of the Hubble space telescope in connection with a grand jury and civil False Claims Act investigation concerning allegations that it had falsely represented certain specifications of the space telescope
• Representation of the largest manufacturer of scientific instruments in connection with a grand jury, civil false claims, and agency investigation concerning allegations that it had violated the False Claims Act by falsely representing specifications and qualities of instruments it had sold to the Department of Defense
• Representation of a provider under the FCC’s E-Rate Program concerning allegations that the client had made false claims and false statements concerning its compliance with regulatory requirements
• Representation of a major government contractor in connection with a False Claims Act investigation of its DOD contracts for work in Iraq
• Representation of a DOD contractor in connection with a False Claims Act investigation of conflict of interest allegations concerning the award and performance of its contracts
• Representation of a DOD contractor in connection with a False Claims Act investigation of allegations of violations of the federal bribery and gratuities statutes
• Representation of a large physician group in connection with claims of alleged Medicare fraud
• Representation of physicians in state licensing revocation proceedings
• Representation of a high ranking executive of a Fortune 50 DOD contractor in connection with a criminal anti-trust investigation
• Representation of the owner and operator of a nuclear power plant in connection with criminal, civil and administrative cases all involving allegations that the utility made false statements concerning regulatory compliance to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• Representation of a major utility in connection with a criminal and agency enforcement proceeding relating to its alleged false certification of compliance with fire safety regulations of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• Representation of a major importer of seafood in connection with a criminal and agency enforcement proceeding relating to its alleged false certifications with regard to quality control issues before the Food and Drug Administration
• Representation of a major international company in connection with allegations that it had made false statements to the Federal Election Commission with respect to campaign contributions made by the company
• Representation of a major Japanese company in connection with a grand jury and regulatory enforcement proceeding concerning allegations that it had made false statements to the Environmental Protection Agency in connection with testing of petroleum products
• Representation of a major foreign bank in connection with a grand jury and agency enforcement action concerning allegations of false statements made to the SEC and the Federal Reserve
• Representation of a major U.S.  consulting company in connection with a grand jury investigation concerning allegations that it had made false statements to customs officials with regard to work that it had done abroad
• Representation of a major Swiss company in connection with a grand jury investigation concerning allegations that it had made false statements to customs officials in connection with its importation of products produced overseas
• Representation of physicians in state licensing revocation proceedings
• Representation of various government contractors in suspension and debarment proceedings before various government agencies

American Bar Association, White Collar Crime Section

District of Columbia Court of Appeals, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Fourth, Sixth and Eleventh Circuits, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, U.S. Supreme Court