Shayne Stevenson

Partner
Seattle Office

Mr. Stevenson, with Steve Berman, helps lead the firm’s whistleblower practice. He has litigated and argued cases in federal district courts and at the courts of appeal across the country. Currently Mr. Stevenson is handling qui tam litigation under the False Claims Act in several federal and state courts, while also handling whistleblower actions under the SEC, CFTC, and IRS whistleblower programs.

Mr. Stevenson has handled False Claims Act and other whistleblower cases against some of America's largest financial companies, medical device and pharmaceutical companies, hospitals, mortgage companies, and other companies engaged in fraud. His whistleblower practice includes, among others, off-label promotion of drugs and medical devices; fraudulent use of the 510(k) medical device process; Medicare reimbursement and coding abuse; financial exchange fraud; securities and bond market fraud; mortgage fraud; tax fraud; education fraud; defense industry and other government contractor fraud; unlawful kickbacks and Stark Act violations; and home healthcare fraud.

In addition to cases that remain confidential and under seal in several state and federal courts, and with various federal agencies, Mr. Stevenson is handling active unsealed litigation in the District of Massachusetts against medical device maker Medtronic.

Separately, also with Steve Berman, Mr. Stevenson is handling litigation against the Rio Tinto mining conglomerate in a suit under the Alien Tort Statute accusing Rio Tinto of war crimes and genocide against the native population on the island of Bougainville, in Papua New Guinea. The case is currently at the United States Supreme Court pending consideration of a petition for certiorari filed by Rio Tinto. Mr. Stevenson has also litigated and settled class-action cases on behalf of consumers and workers, and was previously a prosecutor who successfully tried several felony cases to juries and argued several cases in trial and appellate courts.