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Roger A. Lewis

Principal

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Overview

Roger Lewis is a Principal in the firm’s Litigation Group. He focuses his practice on False Claims Act litigation, representing whistleblowers of all kinds in investigating, evaluating and filing claims against persons or entities that defraud the United States government, state government, or other public and private entities. Since Roger joined Goldberg Kohn's False Claims Act practice, the firm's cases have returned more than half a billion dollars to state and federal treasuries.  

Roger also litigates complex commercial litigation in the state and federal courts and before administrative agencies. He has handled cases in Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, New York, California, North Carolina, Michigan, Wisconsin, Texas, Missouri and Kansas. In addition to general commercial contract and tort matters, his cases have involved lending and financial institution litigation, consumer and property tax litigation, and partnership and shareholder issues. His property tax litigation experience includes one of the biggest valuation trials in the history of the Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board, representing the owner of the state's largest nuclear generation facility.  

He has extensive experience in protecting the rights of secured creditors in bankruptcy and insolvency litigation in courts nationwide. As lenders increasingly use all of the tools in their toolbox to exercise their rights in collateral, Roger' practice has been on the cutting edge of validating and securing those rights in court.

Roger aggressively pursues litigation objectives within the framework of the client's broader goals, counseling clients thoughtfully and rigorously through their most complex, high-stakes matters.

Experience

  • Representing successful relator-appellant in high-profile 7th Circuit case under the False Claims Act, relating to overcharges by a telecom carrier under a federal subsidy program benefiting local schools and libraries, U.S. ex rel. Heath v. Wisconsin Bell, No. 22-1515 (Aug. 2, 2023) (reversing summary judgment and remanding for trial). 
  • Representing relators in FCA case against Kaiser Permanente asserting Medicare Advantage and Affordable Care Act fraud; the United States has partially intervened in this ongoing, consolidated matter. 
  • Representing FCA relator asserting claims against regional hospital and physician group for Stark Law violations; litigated case to successful resolution after the government declined intervention. 
  • Defending a national bank against UCC and tort claims arising from a $50 million-plus fraud perpetrated on the bank’s municipal account holder by its fiduciary. 
  • Prosecuting and successfully resolving complex intercreditor claims on behalf of a national bank against co-lenders in a multi-tranche, commercial real estate loan facility.  
  • Representing the owner of nuclear power plants in property tax hearings before the Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board and before county boards of review. 
  • Securing emergency injunctions against deposed board member after lender client exercised its stock pledge and proxy rights in defaulted borrowers, ultimately resulting in payment in full to the client.  
  • Achieving judgment in various contested intercreditor disputes involving substantial borrower assets. 
  • Protecting successful trial court ruling in bank vs. bank litigation involving check fraud through argument and decision from the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. 

Credentials

Education

  • Harvard Law School, J.D., 1995

    cum laude

  • Stanford University, B.A., 1992

    – with honors

Admissions

  • Illinois
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Special Admission
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Special Admission