The Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund honored Phillips
& Cohen partner Mary Louise Cohen with the Lifetime Achievement Award for
her work on whistleblower cases.
Cohen is responsible for “bringing some of the first and
largest (False Claims Act) cases ever won or settled,” said TAFEF in an announcement
Oct. 24, including a $302 million settlement against Quest Diagnostics. TAFEF called
Cohen a “pioneer of False Claims Act litigation” who brought some of the first “qui
tam” (whistleblower) cases and some of the largest ever won or settled.
Phillips & Cohen’s cases have helped the government recover
over $11 billion in civil settlements and related criminal fines, making it the
most successful law firm representing whistleblowers in the U.S.
