Kirk Ogrosky (Arnold & Porter LLP)
Kirk Ogrosky, the Justice Department’s top health care fraud prosecutor, will become a partner in the white collar criminal defense and FDA/health care practices division of Arnold & Porter LLP.
The firm announced the hire in a news release Monday.
Ogrosky has been Deputy Chief of the Fraud Section in charge of criminal health care matters at DOJ since 2006. In addition to handling prosecutions related to pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, hospitals and home health agencies, Ogrosky created and has managed the Medicare Fraud Strike Force. He also served on the Operations, Data, and Pharmaceutical enforcement committees of the Health care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team.
Before working at DOJ headquarters, Ogrosky served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Miami from 1999 to 2004, and as an assistant attorney general in Kentucky from 1996 to 1998.
“Kirk has an extraordinary record as a leader and a trial lawyer,” Daniel Kracov, head of the Arnold & Porter’s FDA and health care group, said in the release,. “His experience will further expand the firm’s capabilities in high-stakes health care fraud and abuse and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act matters.”
In an interview with The Blog of Legal Times, Ogrosky said he is looking forward to working with Kracov. “There’s never been a better time to be a health care fraud lawyer,” Ogrosky said.
