Alexander Owens | Philadelphia Class Action Lawyer
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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
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
New Jersey
2014
Pennsylvania
2014
District 1
Education
Beasley School of Law, Temple University
J.D.
Recognitions & Achievements
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
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U.S. District Court – Eastern District of Pennsylvania
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U.S. District Court – New Jersey
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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
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
Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP Highlights
Litigation, Government, Class Action, Products Liability, Government Enforcement, Compliance, & White Collar Litigation Qui Tam & False Claims Act Title IX & Sexual Misconduct
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