Harold Malkin has an active litigation practice and is Chair of the Firm’s Investigations and Regulatory Compliance Team. Prior to joining Lane Powell, Harold served more than 20 years at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), most recently as the Deputy Civil Chief and Chief of the Affirmative Civil Enforcement Unit of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Seattle.
Harold has led and successfully resolved numerous multi-million dollar civil and parallel civil/criminal investigations of government program and procurement fraud under the False Claims Act and its qui tam (whistleblower) provisions. He possesses in-depth knowledge related to Medicare and Medicaid fraud by institutional and individual providers of all types; defense procurement fraud; schemes to obtain government contracts and grants set aside for small and minority-owned businesses and other targeted recipients; and schemes to evade export/import duties. Harold has also handled numerous civil penalty matters involving drug diversion and other violations of the Controlled Substances Act by physicians, pharmacies, hospitals and other Drug Enforcement Administration registrants.
Harold interrupted his 15 year tenure with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in 2001-2007 to serve as a partner at a top-tier Seattle litigation firm, where he conducted internal corporate investigations and defended individuals and companies under civil and criminal investigation by state and federal authorities. He also served six years as a Trial Attorney in the Civil Fraud Section of the Civil Division of DOJ in Washington, D.C.
