Megan Mocho

Practice Areas

White Collar Defense and Investigations | Compliance Services | False Claims Act Defense | Litigation and Dispute Resolution |Government Contracts | National Security, Defense and Intelligence | Healthcare & Life Sciences

Career

Megan Mocho is a litigation attorney in Holland & Knight's Tysons office, where she focuses on government and internal investigations for corporate and individual clients in the healthcare, government contracts (GovCon), aerospace, intelligence, banking/financial services, education, pharmaceutical and medical device industries. Ms. Mocho also co-chairs the firm's White Collar Defense and Investigations Team.

Ms. Mocho is experienced in civil and criminal government enforcement matters involving procurement/grant fraud, healthcare fraud, public corruption, procurement integrity, financial crimes and whistleblower reprisal. She has particular experience under the False Claims Act (FCA), and regularly defends clients in qui tam actions brought by relators or the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). She has successfully argued for dismissal and declination under the FCA and favorably settled parallel civil and criminal cases on behalf of her clients. Ms. Mocho regularly conducts complex internal investigations, including classified internal investigations, and handles criminal cases under the Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA). She supports clients facing proposed suspension, debarment, exclusion or other sanction by suspension debarment officials, Offices of Inspector General (OIG) or the World Bank.

In addition to trying criminal jury trials to verdict, she has argued successfully before appellate and district courts. Ms. Mocho conducts compliance program effectiveness reviews and advises on compliance program protocols.

Ms. Mocho is a frequent lecturer on the FCA and on best practices in internal investigations. In addition, Ms. Mocho is co-editor of the Corporate Compliance Answer Book, and serves as the vice chair of the Federal Bar Association's Qui Tam Section.