Overview
Jennifer Wicht is a leader in the firm’s practice representing corporations and individuals in government investigations of all types and False Claims Act (“FCA”) litigation, focusing in particular on the health care industry. She also represents health care clients in commercial litigation and arbitration. Her clients have included pharmacy benefit managers, hospitals, pharmacies and specialty pharmacies, health IT companies, senior living facilities, and distributors of medical/surgical supplies and pharmaceuticals. She has tried multiple cases in federal and state courts, as well as in arbitration proceedings.
Jennifer Co-Chairs the firm’s FCA and Qui Tam practice as well as its State Attorneys General Investigations practice. She also has participated extensively in the firm’s criminal practice. She has represented individuals and corporations in criminal proceedings ranging from grand jury investigations to post-conviction proceedings.
Jennifer joined the firm in 2000 after graduating magna cum laude from the Georgetown University Law Center and clerking for Judge Harold H. Greene on the U.S. District Court and then Judge James L. Buckley on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. She received her B.A. from Haverford College. Since her election as partner, she has participated actively in firm management. She serves as the Chair of the committee charged with evaluating junior associates, and Vice-Chair of the committee that evaluates candidates for partner. She is a former member of the firm’s Hiring Committee and Summer Associates Committee.