JOE LOCASCIO primarily focuses his practice on large, complex False Claims Act (FCA) matters. He has significant experience litigating FCA cases, especially premised on Anti-Kickback Statute allegations, in federal and state courts nationwide, including the United States Supreme Court. Joe has helped defend some of the country’s largest healthcare providers, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and pharmaceutical distributors in FCA qui tams and investigations. He also has extensive experience in administrative litigation within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and under the Administrative Procedure Act. Joe regularly publishes on the FCA.
Joe graduated from Cornell University Law School with a concentration in public law. During law school, he served as articles editor of the Cornell International Law Journal, was a teaching assistant to Professors Michael Dorf and George Hay, and was the student representative to the Faculty Appointments Committee. Joe received his B.A., with general and special honors, Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Chicago, where he majored in political science and minored in classical civilization.
Joe is active in community service. He was vice president for communications of the Cornell chapter of the International Refugee Assistance Project. He was also a trustee of the University of Chicago Community Service Fund.