Practice Areas

• Antitrust
• Compliance Counsel
• Credentialing & Peer Review
• False Claims Act/Qui Tam Actions
• Fraud & Abuse/Stark
• Government Investigations
• Litigation & Risk Management
• Pharmacy

Biography

Mr. Honig's trial experience includes all phases of civil, criminal, health care and commercial litigation. He has appeared before administrative hearing examiners, state courts and federal courts around the nation. Trial experience includes matters before state courts in Florida, Indiana and Illinois, as well as federal courts in Indiana, Illinois, Tennessee, Alabama, Connecticut and elsewhere. Mr. Honig has represented clients in federal matters before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court, as well as the Indiana Court of Appeals and Supreme Court, and the Florida appellate court and Supreme Court. His representation of health care clients includes hospital systems, individual hospitals, charitable organizations, physician groups, individual physician practices, nursing homes and other licensed health care providers. He provides comprehensive litigation counsel, including multi-district litigation, litigation avoidance, peer review, administrative proceedings, discovery, trial  and appeal.

Preparatory Education

• Washington University, St. Louis, B.A. - 1984

Legal Education

• University of Florida College of Law, J.D., with honors - 1987

Admitted to Bar

• Florida - 1987
• Illinois - 1992
• Indiana - 2000
• Florida Supreme Court - 1987
• Illinois Supreme Court - 1992
• Indiana Supreme Court - 2000
• U.S. District Court, Northern & Southern Districts of Indiana - 2001
• U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois - 2002
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois - 2004
• Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals - 2004
• Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - 2004
• U.S. Supreme Court - 2004
• Second Circuit Court of Appeals - 2006

Memberships

• Florida State Bar Association
• Illinois State Bar Association
• Indiana State Bar Association
• American Health Lawyers Association

Experience

• Senior Attorney, Office of the Florida Attorney General - 1996-2000
• Chief, Major Case Unit, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit - 1997-2000
• Office of Janet Reno, State Attorney for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Dade County, Florida - 1987-1993

Honors

Mr. Honig has also written and spoken extensively on the False Claims Act, including:

• Update of False Certification and Implied False Certification Actions under the False Claims Act, Kathryn Elias Cordell and David B. Honig, The Florida Bar, Health Section Newsletter, Vol. XIV, No. 1, March 2007;
• Prolific plaintiffs or rabid relators? Recent developments in False Claims Act Litigation, Keith D. Barber, David B. Honig and Neal A. Cooper, 1 Ind. Health L. Rev. 131-173 (2004);
• False Claims Act: Limiting the Breadth of Qui Tam Relators' Discovery, David B. Honig and Neal A. Cooper, Health Lawyers Weekly, August 15, 2003;
• False Claims Act presentation and Mock Trial, Health Financial Management Associations in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Missouri, Kentucky, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts.

Significant Cases

Honig has represented clients around the country facing False Claims Act allegations, both from the government and from qui tam whistleblowers. Such representation includes:

• United States v. The Baylor University Medical Center, et al., dismissed by the United States District Court, Connecticut, upon remand by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals;
• United States ex rel. Walters v. Daughters of Charity, dismissed by the United States District Court, Southern District of Alabama, affirmed by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, certiorari denied by the United States Supreme Court;
• United States ex rel. Gross v. AIDS Alliance, dismissed by the United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, affirmed by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals;
• United States ex rel. Wilson v. Emergency Medical Associates of Illinois, Inc., dismissed by the United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois;
• United States Camillo v. Ancilla Systems, Inc., dismissed by the United States District Court, Southern District of Illinois