Lisa Noller is a trial lawyer and investigator with Foley & Lardner LLP, where she is chair of the firm’s national Litigation Departmen and national Government Enforcement Defense & Investigations Practice. She has spent over 25 years investigating, litigating and trying complex criminal and civil cases, responding to government investigations, conducting corporate internal investigations, and persuading the government not to pursue clients. Much of Ms. Noller’s practice focuses on defending health care industry clients in False Claims Act cases and criminal investigations.
As a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers, Ms. Noller has been recognized for her trial success in a wide variety of over 30 civil and criminal matters in state and federal courts. She represents companies and individuals in parallel civil and criminal proceedings initiated by government agencies for alleged wrongdoing, and proactively counsels clients in enforcement and other litigation matters.
Lisa is particularly renowned for her excellence in health care litigation. She represents providers in helping them navigate False Claims Act and criminal matters, including Anti-kickback Statute (AKS), PPP loans and Managed Care/Medicare Advantage issues. Lisa has served as a private mediator in an AKS dispute, and she was appointed special master for discovery in a complex tax shelter and fraud case.
Prior to joining Foley, Ms. Noller was an Assistant United States Attorney in Chicago, where she worked in both the civil and criminal divisions of the office. She was a member of the U.S. Attorney’s team dedicated to the prosecution of health care fraud in Northern Illinois, and she has worked on numerous complex fraud cases as well as parallel investigations with the Securities and Exchange Commission. From 2007-2010, Ms. Noller served as a deputy chief in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, most recently in the Financial Crimes and Special Prosecutions Section, where she prosecuted complex federal criminal cases from investigation through appeal involving the Antikickback Statute (AKS), Stark Law, mortgage fraud, bank fraud, health care fraud, tax fraud, research grant fraud, racketeering, embezzlement, political corruption, money laundering, obstruction of justice and terrorism financing. Before joining the Criminal Division, Ms. Noller also worked for three years in the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, where she represented the United States in affirmative civil enforcement and health care fraud actions, including False Claims Act matters, and she defended the United States in civil cases. In addition to her trial experience, Ms. Noller also has successfully argued numerous appeals before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. She has received awards for her work from distinguished groups and publications.
Ms. Noller is a lecturer in law at the University of Chicago Law School, where she founded and teaches the Prosecution and Defense Clinic and is a member of the Law School Council. She also is an adjunct professor at Northwestern Law School, where she teaches trial advocacy.
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Foley & Lardner LLP
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321 N Clark St Ste 3000
Chicago
Illinois-Upstate
60654-4762
United States of America
Fellow Since
October 3, 2015
Practice Areas
- White Collar-Defense
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- Illinois-Upstate
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