Renee Brooker

Renee Brooker

 
  • District of Columbia, Pennsylvania
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Derek Adams
Derek Adams March 21, 2019
Rating: 10 Lawyer Rating - 10 out of 10
Renée is an experienced and skilled attorney. She has a wealth of experience bringing matters that involve the Department of Justice and other agencies, including cases on behalf of whistleblowers, relators, and declarants. View More
Q. How do you know this lawyer?
  • Current or Former Co-Worker/Colleague

I worked with Renée when we were both in the Civil Fraud Section, Department of Justice.

Q. In the cases you were involved in with this attorney, which of the following apply?
  • Same Client

United States of America

Q. When did you work with this lawyer?
2014 to 2017.
Q. Was this lawyer an effective advocate/counselor and why?
Yes

Renée is a skilled lawyer, strategic thinker, and has a wealth of experience.

Q. Please rate this lawyer on the following:

Legal Knowledge: Excellent

Many years of knowledge and experience in the legal profession.

Legal Analysis: Excellent

Skilled judgment and legal analysis. Has worked on extremely complex legal issues.

Communication Skills: Excellent

Effectively communicates with the Department of Justice and other agencies.

Ethics and Professionalism: Excellent

True professional. Ethical in her dealings with clients and the DOJ.

Q. For which practice area(s) would you recommend this lawyer?
Qui Tam Litigation; Whistleblower Representation
Q. Which of the following skills does this lawyer possess?
  • Business Advising
  • Client Relations
  • Collaboration
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Document Review
  • Drafting
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Financial Literacy (handling client funds)
  • Legal Research
  • Legal Writing
  • Litigation
  • Mediation
  • Negotiation
  • Oral Argument
  • Problem Solving
  • Project Management
  • Trials
Q. I would recommend this lawyer to my family and friends
Yes
John Warshawsky
John Warshawsky March 17, 2019
Rating: 10 Lawyer Rating - 10 out of 10
I was an attorney with the Justice Department for over twenty years, and Ms. Brooker clearly was among the elite attorneys with whom I worked. She is highly respected and has been extraordinarily successful in every legal position she has held. View More
Q. How do you know this lawyer?
  • Current or Former Co-Worker/Colleague

Ms. Brooker and I are former colleagues at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. I served for two stints at DOJ, and during the first time, we were both trial attorneys; she was my supervisory during my second stint at DOJ.

Q. In the cases you were involved in with this attorney, which of the following apply?
  • Same Client

As Justice Department attorneys, we represented the United States.

Q. When did you work with this lawyer?
The first time, we were peers during 1998-2008. The second time, Ms. Brooker was my boss from 2008-2010.
Q. Was this lawyer an effective advocate/counselor and why?
Yes

Ms. Brooker is a tenacious advocate who has a full understanding of the law applicable to her cases and total command of the facts of her cases.

Q. Please rate this lawyer on the following:

Legal Knowledge: Excellent

Ms. Brooker is a highly intelligent attorney who appreciates the importance of understanding the law governing matters for which she is responsible.

Legal Analysis: Excellent

Ms. Brooker regularly demonstrates the ability to take the facts of cases and apply the law. As a DOJ attorney, she was expected to be "quasi-judicial" in her approach, and while she is an excellent advocate for her clients, she is intellectually honest and ensures that her clients fully appreciate the law applicable to their cases.

Communication Skills: Excellent

Ms. Brooker regularly made presentations to courts, professional groups, and within the office. Her presentations were clear and informative.

Ethics and Professionalism: Excellent

Ms. Brooker is a consummate professional. As a DOJ attorney, she understood that being an attorney for the United States required her to practice at the highest levels of honesty. By all accounts, she had carried that approach into her post-DOJ practice.

Q. For which practice area(s) would you recommend this lawyer?
Ms. Brooker's obvious areas of expertise are commercial law, health care law, financial services, claims against the federal government, and False Claims Act practice.
Q. Which of the following skills does this lawyer possess?
  • Appeals
  • Client Relations
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Document Review
  • Drafting
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Legal Research
  • Legal Writing
  • Litigation
  • Mediation
  • Negotiation
  • Oral Argument
  • Problem Solving
  • Project Management
  • Trials
Q. I would recommend this lawyer to my family and friends
Yes
Eva Gunasekera
Eva Gunasekera March 15, 2019
Rating: 10 Lawyer Rating - 10 out of 10
Before representing whistleblowers, Renee was a Federal Prosecutor in a senior leadership position at the Department of Justice. She had oversight for hundreds of settlements and judgments, with nearly $6 billion in False Claims Act and FIRREA recoveries from pharmaceutical, health care (hospice, nursing, ambulance, medical device, laboratories, provider practice groups, specialists, doctors, nurses, hospitals), defense, financial institutions and Big Pharma. View More
Q. How do you know this lawyer?
  • Current or Former Co-Worker/Colleague

Renee was my supervisor at the Department of Justice

Q. In the cases you were involved in with this attorney, which of the following apply?
  • Same Client

Renee and I prosecuted companies under the False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback and Stark laws in many industries, among them, the pharmaceutical, health care (hospice, nursing, ambulance, medical device, laboratories, provider practice groups, specialists, doctors, nurses, hospitals), defense, financial services, insurance, tobacco products, higher education and for-profit schools.

Q. When did you work with this lawyer?
Since 2008
Q. Was this lawyer an effective advocate/counselor and why?
Yes

Renée has received numerous awards from the Attorney General and the Council of the Inspectors General for recovering billions of dollars from financial institutions and the pharmaceutical industry under the False Claims Act Whistleblower Law and for prosecuting the tobacco industry for civil racketeering.

Q. Please rate this lawyer on the following:

Legal Knowledge: Excellent

Renee has expertise in the False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback and Stark laws in many industries, among them, the pharmaceutical, health care (hospice, nursing, ambulance, medical device, laboratories, provider practice groups, specialists, doctors, nurses, hospitals), defense, financial services, insurance, tobacco products, higher education and for-profit schools.

Legal Analysis: Excellent

Renée has received numerous awards from the Attorney General and the Council of the Inspectors General for her work recovering billions of dollars from financial institutions and the pharmaceutical industry under the False Claims Act Whistleblower Law and for prosecuting the tobacco industry for civil racketeering.

Communication Skills: Excellent

Renee has excellent communication skills when working with clients and other attorneys while enforcing the False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback and Stark laws in many industries, among them, the pharmaceutical, health care (hospice, nursing, ambulance, medical device, laboratories, provider practice groups, specialists, doctors, nurses, hospitals), defense, financial services, insurance, tobacco products, higher education and for-profit schools.

Ethics and Professionalism: Excellent

Renee holds herself to high ethical standards and is a consummate professional when enforcing the False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback and Stark laws in many industries, among them, the pharmaceutical, health care (hospice, nursing, ambulance, medical device, laboratories, provider practice groups, specialists, doctors, nurses, hospitals), defense, financial services, insurance, tobacco products, higher education and for-profit schools.

Q. For which practice area(s) would you recommend this lawyer?
The False Claims Act, the Whistleblower law, Anti Kickback and Stark laws, FIRREA, Government Contract and Procurement fraud, Pharmaceutical, Drug, and Opioid Fraud, Monitorships and Independent Review Organization (IRO), SBA Fraud, and Health Care Fraud
Q. Which of the following skills does this lawyer possess?
  • Arbitration
  • Business Advising
  • Client Relations
  • Collaboration
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Document Review
  • Drafting
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Financial Literacy (handling client funds)
  • Legal Research
  • Legal Writing
  • Litigation
  • Mediation
  • Negotiation
  • Oral Argument
  • Problem Solving
  • Project Management
  • Transactions
  • Trials
  • Use of Technology
  • Other

fraud investigations, monitoring, compliance and oversight

Q. Please provide any additional comments about this lawyer
Before representing whistleblowers, Renee was a Federal Prosecutor in a senior leadership position at the Department of Justice. She had oversight for hundreds of settlements and judgments, with nearly $6 billion in False Claims Act and FIRREA recoveries from pharmaceutical, health care (hospice, nursing, ambulance, medical device, laboratories, provider practice groups, specialists, doctors, nurses, hospitals), defense, financial institutions and Big Pharma.
Q. I would recommend this lawyer to my family and friends
Yes
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