Ryan J. Meyer

Representative Experience

• Defended pain physician in nationwide investigation and prosecution of physicians who had participated in Insys’ “Speaker’s Program” to promote their opioid, Subsys. Through a proactive and aggressive defense, convinced the Department of Justice to transition the physician from a designated target to a designated witness within five months.
• Defend one of the largest physician practice groups along the Texas-Mexico border in a US House of Representatives investigation into alleged COVID-19 price-gouging.
• Defend multi-national’s CFO in grand jury investigation into alleged bank fraud.
• Defend multiple durable medical equipment and specialty pharmacy owners in Operation Brace Yourself, the Department of Justice’s nationwide prosecution of two dozen defendants allegedly responsible for over $1.2 billion in Medicare fraud.
• Defend union officer in a Department of Labor and US Attorney’s Office investigation into potential public corruption through the closure of the investigation with no action taken by the government.
• Defend multiple specialty laboratory owners in Operation Double Helix, the Department of Justice’s nationwide prosecution of nearly three dozen defendants allegedly responsible for over $2.1 billion in Medicare fraud.
• Defend co-founder and chief executive of oil and gas-focused alternative asset fund in SEC investigation into alleged offering and accounting fraud.
• Defend pharmacist owners of specialty pharmacies in multi-year grand jury investigations into alleged Tricare and private insurance fraud related to compound pharmaceuticals.
• Defend multibillion-dollar multi-national conglomerate in sprawling SEC investigation into alleged fraudulent misrepresentations in securities offerings and violations of the Investment Advisors Act by an affiliate.
• Defend high-profile owner and executive in complex multibillion-dollar financial misconduct investigation by the Department of Justice.
• Represent multiple clients in criminal forfeiture actions against the US Attorney’s Office to successfully recover funds improperly seized by the United States.
• Represent multiple owners of specialty pharmacies in grand jury investigations into alleged compound pharmacy fraud with respect to both government and private payors.
• Defend multiple physician groups from False Claims Act investigations into alleged overbilling of pain treatments (US District Court for the Western District of Texas), laboratory services (US District Court for the Northern District of Texas) and implantable neurostimulators (US District Courts for the Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas).
• Defend multiple health care practitioners, including hospitals, dental practices and ancillary providers, in Texas Health and Human Services Commission Office of Inspector General investigations.
• Defended physician-owned medical practice in a criminal investigation involving allegations of health care fraud, tax fraud, and wire and mail fraud. Through an aggressive defense, the government took no action against the individual physician owners. *
• Defended provider-owned dental practice in a qui tam Federal False Claims Act whistleblower lawsuit and parallel federal criminal and civil investigations.  *
• Represented publicly traded real estate investment fund in an SEC investigation and a parallel DOJ criminal investigation. Secured a no-admit, no-deny settlement with the SEC with no payment of disgorgement or penalties by the fund. *
• Defended multiple individuals and companies against various SEC accounting and asset valuation investigations.  *
• Defended numerous companies and individuals in federal and state whistleblower lawsuits and resulting civil and criminal investigations conducted by HHS-OIG, the FBI, the FDA, US Attorneys' Offices, and state Medicaid officials.  *
• Assisted in internal investigation of a large insurance-benefits manager to determine the source and scope of a potential data breach. Also advised on implementation of remedial measures.  *