Jack Selden

Bradley

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Jack Selden, a partner in the Government Enforcement and Investigations,
Litigation and Healthcare practice groups, has practiced law for 40 years.
Previously he served both as the United States Attorney and as an Assistant
U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama. Over the past 25 years, he
has been extensively involved in defending clients in federal False Claims Act
(FCA) investigations and litigation, as well as white-collar federal grand jury
investigations and prosecutions.

 

Jack established the False Claims Act practice at Bradley more than 20 years
ago, and the firm was recently determined in a study by Lex Machina to have
represented the second largest number of defendants in public False Claims Act
cases filed between 2016 and 2020. These cases have involved allegations of
Medicare fraud, defense procurement fraud, financial fraud, other government
contracting fraud, and securities fraud. One significant example is the FCA qui
tam case against Aseracare Hospice prosecuted by the Department of Justice,
in which Jack was the lead attorney defending Aseracare from the inception of
the False Claims Act investigation through both the trial and the 11th Circuit
appeal, resulting in a landmark court opinion in 2019 favoring healthcare
providers on the issue of medical necessity.

 

For a period of 10 years beginning in 2009, Jack served as the chairman of the
“DOJ Dialogue Group” Committee of the ABA’s Criminal Justice Section, which
met regularly with the Attorney General of the United States and other
leadership within the Department of Justice to discuss criminal justice issues, as
well as parallel federal False Claims Act issues. He also previously served as a
vice chair of the ABA Criminal Justice Section and is an active member of the
National Association of Former United States Attorneys, where he served as
president.

 

Jack represents hospitals, home health, hospice, therapy, skilled nursing
facilities, and other healthcare providers, as well as defense contractors, banks,
manufacturers, and a long list of corporations and individuals. From a parallel
federal criminal investigation and civil action relating to allegations of a massive
financial fraud to allegations of significant Medicare fraud, pharmaceutical and
securities fraud, his clients rely on his experience, skillful guidance, and
courtroom abilities to resolve challenging situations. His clients include or have
included AseraCare Hospice, Community Health Systems, Encompass Health, SavaSeniorCare, Kindred at Home, Surgical Care Affiliates,

Health South Corporation, Golden Living, Carter Health Care, Raytheon Company, United
States Football League (USFL), Chevron, Stifel Financial Corp., Sterne Agee
Group, Inc., Caddell Construction Company, Tenet Healthcare, McWane, Inc.,
Centex Corporation, and Charter Communications.