Maurice Bellan
Biography
Practice Focus
Maurice regularly counsels clients in industries heavily regulated by US federal programs or engaged in any activity that is sponsored by the federal government. He leads the Firm's False Claims Act (FCA) and government contracts practice and his work routinely involves FCA compliance, investigations and litigation, bid proposal review and advice, suspension and debarment investigations and negotiations, protection of intellectual property in government contracting and defense against stark and anti-kickback allegations. Maurice also handles multi-national anticorruption investigations involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and has also shepherded clients through enforcement actions pursued by several branches of government including the DOJ, DoD, GSA, FinCEN, EPA, FDA, HHS and various US congressional committees.
Maurice is a trial lawyer and has tried cases and argued appeals in several states, federal district and appellate courts across the United States including the US Tax Court and the US Court of Federal Claims. His litigation matters have involved trade secrets, securities transactions, breach of contracts and constitutional questions involving a variety of federal statutory regulations.
Representative Legal Matters
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Represented multinational pharmaceutical company in investigation of off-label marketing and promotion risks of its North American sales teams.
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Investigated multinational pharmaceutical company's research, honoraria, and training and product development practices.
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Represented supplier of pharmaceutical drugs in congressional investigation regarding pricing and distribution practices.
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Defeated shareholder injunctive action to block merger of firm healthcare client with another healthcare service provider.
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Part of DOJ investigative team looking for patterns and practice of misconduct and abuse by nursing homes and senior care providers.
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Represented multinational financial services company in DOJ False Claims Act investigation.
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Conducted Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and "money services business" (MSB) compliance investigation on behalf of provider of money services in prison industry and provided counsel on the development of an anti-money laundering program.
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Represented a computer manufacturer in the US District Court for the District of Minnesota in a false claims action where a compliance officer alleged 11 major computer manufacturers violated provisions of the Buy American statute.
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Represent food manufacturer in false claims act internal investigation and litigation involving a food supply contract with the Department of Defense.
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Advised large retailer regarding implementation and maintenance of their third-party anti-corruption due diligence program in Central and South America.
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association
- National Bar Association
- DC Bar Association
- Maryland State Bar Association
- Minority Corporate Counsel Association
- Appointment by the Governor of Maryland as a commissioner overseeing Maryland's airport and aviation system.
- Former member of the Risk Management Committee on the Board of Directors of National Senior Campuses, Inc.
Admissions
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims~United States (2011)
- District of Columbia~United States (2009)
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit~United States (2008)
- U.S. Tax Court~United States (2006)
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit~United States (2005)
- U.S. District Court, District of Columbia~United States (1999)
- U.S. District Court, District of Maryland~United States (1999)
- Maryland~United States (1999)
- District Court of Minnesota~United States
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia~United States
Education
- University of Maryland (J.D.) (1998)
- Howard University (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude) (1991)
Languages
- English
- Spanish