Andrew Grosso - Principal Partner
Andrew Grosso is a graduate of Notre Dame Law School and holds master of science degrees in physics and computer science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is a member of the bars of New York, Florida and the District of Columbia, and is admitted to practice in federal courts across the nation. Mr. Grosso spent ten years as an Assistant United States Attorney in Tampa, Florida, and Boston, Massachusetts before founding the firm in 1994. He prosecuted numerous companies and individuals who defrauded the federal government or committed computer crimes, and formed the nation's first federal-state health care fraud task force. His prosecutions and trials included:
- United States v. Paradyne Corp., prosecution for fraud on the Social Security Administration in the procurement of a $115 million computer contract;
- United States v. William J. Mayers, two-month racketeering trial on charges that the defendant operated multiple health clinics to defraud Medicare and private insurance carriers;
- United States v. Aerodyne Investment Castings, Inc., prosecution for falsifying test results of turbine blades in military aircraft;
- United States v. Impala Electronics, Inc., racketeering indictment for providing substandard electronics to the Army, Air Force, Navy, and NASA;
- United States v. Ohio Pure Foods, trial against two former presidents of a corporate defendant for fraud on the U.S. Customs Service;
- United States v. Osmomedic, Inc., trial of physicians for prescribing medically unnecessary devices charged to Medicare and Medicaid;
- United States v. Russell K. Baker, trial of officers of a defense contractor for defrauding their companyâs shareholders;
- United States v. Lawrence J. Gordon, trial of company's president and his associate for submitting worthless construction bonds to the Air Force;
- United States v. Jay D. Morrow, prosecution for fraud in the construction of HUD and USDA financed housing projects;
- United States v. William J. Knowles, prosecution of bank officer for making fraudulent construction loans;
- United States v. Professional Foundation for Health Care, Inc., indictment for fraud in the review (and approval for payment) of hospital care provided to Medicare beneficiaries;
- United States v. Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., prosecution for defective pricing in a GSA contract; and
- United States v. Robert E. Sacher, indictment of research scientist for submitting false test results to the FDA concerning skin cream purchased to protect ground troops in Iraq from poison gas.
After starting his firm in 1994, Mr. Grosso earned recognition for his work on cases such as:
- United States ex rel. Campbell v. Lockheed Martin Corp., involving defective pricing and fraud in military contracts totaling $4.5 billion. The case settled in 2003 for $37.9 million plus fees after eight and one-half years of litigation;
- United States ex rel. Kessler v. American Postal Workers Union involving fraud of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. The case settled in 2002 for $2.2 million;
- United States ex rel. Loental v. Board of Trustees of Seminole Community College, successfully litigating charges of defrauding the U.S. Department of Education and the State of Florida after the Department of Justice declined to intervene;
- Seldowitz v. Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of State, obtaining court opinion clearing the Plaintiffâs name after law enforcement used false documents to coerce False Claims Act settlement; and
- United States ex rel. Marine v. Columbia Adventura Hospital, part of the Columbia/HCA litigation involving Medicare fraud.