Alexander Owens | Philadelphia Class Action Lawyer

Alexander M Owens

Alexander M Owens

Class Action, Litigation, Products Liability, Qui Tam & False Claims Act

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Experience: 12 years
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Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP is a multi-disciplined business and commercial litigation firm headquartered in Pittsburgh with five offices throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and West Virginia from which we serve our clients in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

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About Alexander

ALEXANDER M. OWENS is a partner in the Philadelphia Office of Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP. He represents plaintiffs and defendants in commercial litigation, False Claim Act, trade secret, and class action matters and defendants in product liability and white collar litigation matters. Mr. Owens has tried cases to verdict in state and federal courts. He also represents whistleblowers under the SEC, CFTC, IRS, and FinCEN whistleblower programs.

Beyond litigation, Mr. Owens counsels clients on regulatory issues arising under federal and state healthcare laws. He is also a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (ACAMS) and a member of the American Bar Association’s Trade Secrets and Interference with Contracts Committee.

Mr. Owens received his B.A., magna cum laude, from Boston University where he majored in International Relations. He earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from Temple University Beasley School of Law. At Temple, he was an Executive Articles and Symposium Editor on the Temple Political & Civil Rights Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif.

Following graduation from Temple Law, Mr. Owens served as a law clerk to the Honorable David R. Strawbridge of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Owens is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, District Court of New Jersey, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

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Admission

Verified New Jersey

2014

Verified Pennsylvania

2014

Verified District 1

Education

Beasley School of Law, Temple University

J.D.

Recognitions & Achievements

Associations
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  • U.S. District Court – Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court – New Jersey
Honors / Awards
  • Mr. Owens has been recognized as a Pennsylvania Rising Star in Class Action Litigation by Super Lawyers. He has also been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch® and editions for his practice in Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions and Commercial Litigation.
    2024 / 2025

Notable Work

Publications

BLOG: Governor Shapiro Uses his Annual Budget Address to Call for Pennsylvania to Finally Pass a State False Claims Act


BLOG: DOJ Announces the Largest Customs Fraud Settlement in False Claims Act History


DOJ Scores First Homegrown FCA Settlement Against A Private Equity Firm


An Emerging Opportunity for the States to Revitalize Their State False Claims Act Enforcement


False Claims Act Defendants Need to Look Beyond Loper Bright


Private Equity Throws FCA Enforcement Off-Kilter


BLOG: Is Tax Whistleblowing Making a Comeback?


BLOG: $40 Million Settlement with Bitcoin Billionaire and Company Shows the D.C. False Claims Act’s New Tax Provision has Sharp Teeth


BLOG: Did the Southern District of Texas Just Legalize Securities Fraud?


BLOG: FY False Claims Act Recoveries: $2.67 Billion in Recoveries and Over $349 Million in Awards to Whistleblowers

2023


BLOG: The SEC Announces Another Record-Breaking Year for its Massively Successful Whistleblower Program


BLOG: Eleventh Circuit Confirms that SEC Whistleblower Award Eligibility is Determined Under an Actual Causation Standard


BLOG: SEC’s $9 Million Award: The Promise and Hurdles for Whistleblowers Who Serve in Compliance


BLOG: SEC’s Historic $279 Million Whistleblower Bounty Makes for Three Consecutive Years of Record-Breaking Awards


BLOG: Congress Fixes Major Hole in Treasury’s Nascent Whistleblower Program While Expanding its Scope to Sanctions Evaders


BLOG: Do Whistleblowers Have to be American Citizens?


BLOG: Sleep Lab and Two Executives Settle Kickback and Medical Necessity Qui Tam Claims


The emerging battle over ‘objective reasonableness’ in False Claims Act cases


BLOG: To the Moon or To the Jail? Social Media Stock Promoters Are Back in the Government’s Crosshairs


BLOG: Tax Court: IRS Whistleblower Claims Survive Even Death


BLOG: The CFTC Breaks All Records --$200 Million Whistleblower Award


BLOG: Landmark Qui Tam Recovery: Private Equity Firm H.I.G. Capital Settles FCA Case for $20 Million


BLOG: SEC Whistleblower Payouts Top $1 Billion


BLOG: Whistleblower Lawsuit Yields Second Largest Medicare Advantage Settlement - $90 Million


BLOG: Private Equity in the Crosshairs as Qui Tam Case Heads Toward Trial


BLOG: False Claims Act Recoveries: $2.2 Billion in Recoveries and Over $309M in Awards to Whistleblowers

2020


Genetic Testing: The New Wild West for Health Care Fraud


BLOG: Genetic Testing Gold Rush Gives Rise To Fraud Allegations


In Wake of Passcode Ruling, Fifth Amendment Jurisprudence May Need an Update in The Legal Intelligencer


Genetic Testing Gold Rush Gives Rise To Fraud Allegations


Storm Clouds on the Horizon: Private Equity and the False Claims Act


BLOG: Storm Clouds: Private Equity and the False Claims Act


First of Its Kind? Private Equity Firm Riordan, Lewis & Hayden Inc. and its Portfolio Company Patient Care America Settle False Claims Act Lawsuit


BLOG: First of Its Kind? Private Equity Firm Riordan, Lewis & Hayden Inc. and its Portfolio Company Patient Care America Settle False Claims Act Lawsuit


BLOG: Eastern District of Pennsylvania Court Joins the Ninth and Tenth Circuits in Applying the Rational Basis Test to Governmental Dismissals of Qui Tam Cases


BLOG: When Private Equity Meets the False Claims Act


BLOG: Tenth Circuit Holds Medical Judgment Not Always an Ironclad Defense in FCA Cases


BLOG: Cardiologist Sentenced To 20 Years Following Conviction For Fraud In Billing Medicare And Private Insurers For Medically Unnecessary Tests And Cardiac Procedures

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