Nevada Qui Tam Attorney Tim Terry Addresses Las Vegas Meeting of the Institute for Supply Management and National Contract Management Association

Nevada Qui Tam Attorney Tim Terry will address the Las Vegas, Nevada Chapters of the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) and National Contract Management Association (NCMA) at a joint meeting on January 7, 2010. Terry will highlight the fundamentals of the Nevada and Federal False Claims Acts and their use in fighting fraud against the government.

Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) January 5, 2010 -- Nevada Qui Tam Attorney Tim Terry will address a joint dinner meeting of the Las Vegas Chapters of the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) and National Contract Management Association (NCMA) on January 7, 2010 at 6:30 pm. The meeting will take place at the Rainforest Restaurant in the MGM Grand Hotel/Resort. Terry will highlight the Nevada and Federal False Claims Acts and their application in helping to fight fraud against the Government.

L. Timothy Terry

Terry represents Qui Tam Relators (also known as Whistleblowers) in cases involving Medicaid and Medicare fraud, pharmaceutical fraud, economic stimulus program fraud, and other False Claims Act (FCA) prosecutions. The Nevada and Federal False Claims Acts permit private citizens who have knowledge of fraud against Government programs to help the Government in recovering ill-gotten gains and additional civil penalties. These laws typically allow the Government to collect up to three times the dollar amount it was defrauded, in addition to to civil penalties ranging up to $11,000 per false claim. And, Terry noted, Whistleblowers normally receive a percentage of the Government's recovery for their efforts in assisting the Government.

"Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be outraged by silence." Henri-Frederick Amiel

"Since 1986 over $20 Billion has been recovered for Government treasuries through FCA cases," said Terry, former Chief Deputy Attorney General for the State of Nevada. These laws have their origins in our country's Civil War years when Congress passed the original False Claims Act (also known as "Lincoln's Law") to address rampant fraud plaguing Union Army procurements. Examples of fraud in those days included the supplying of munitions filled with sawdust rather than powder, boots made of cardboard instead of leather, and providing supposedly new ships that were simply old ships with fresh paint.

Terry, who served for over 17 years as the head of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit in the Nevada Attorney General's Office, was involved in over 100 Qui Tam cases and was a leading prosecutor in multi-state prosecutions of such cases under the Federal and various State False Claims Acts. In 2008 he established The Terry Law Firm, Ltd. in Carson City, Nevada (www.theterrylawfirm.com) to represent citizens willing to report fraud against the Government. He is affiliated with nationally known Whistleblower attorneys Mike Behn and Steve Cohen of Chicago as the WhistleBlower Action Network (www.whistlebloweraction.com).

For more information contact:

L. Timothy Terry
The Terry Law Firm, Ltd.
775.883.2348

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