Scott Simmer founded the Simmer Law Group in Washington D.C., in 2014, but he’s been practicing law for decades and is a seasoned expert at rooting out deceit and fraud in hidden corners of government programs, education, and healthcare industries
Joining with Baron & Budd in 2018 to form our Washington D.C. office, Mr. Simmer continues to represent whistleblowers bringing qui tam cases of fraud under federal and state False Claims Acts as well as IRS, Securities and Exchange Commission and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act whistleblowers.
Mr. Simmer also continues to represent private health insurance plans in large-scale recovery actions under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, federal anti-trust laws and state consumer fraud/deceptive trade practices statutes.
For more than thirty years, Scott Simmer has led the investigation and prosecution of numerous precedent-setting fraud and abuse cases on behalf of whistleblowers and private insurance payors.
He has written and spoken widely on legal issues related to the federal False Claims Act, the Anti-Kickback statute, Employee Retirement Income Security Act and Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act; as well as on healthcare fraud and abuse, antitrust violations and issues related to Pharmacy Benefit Managing contracting.
The son of a Methodist minister, Mr. Simmer grew up in Nebraska with a strong sense of social justice and respect for the underdog. He was teaching English in college academia when the desire to attend law school struck him. After considering a legal career in publishing, Mr. Simmer found his legal calling while managing health care fraud investigations as head of litigation for a major health insurer.
When he learned that the federal government was investigating for-profit healthcare companies for submitting fraudulent Medicare and Medicaid claims, Mr. Simmer convinced his insurance colleagues that similar fraud was adding burdensome costs to private health plans. He subsequently designed legal approaches to combat such healthcare fraud, including building a consortium of health insurers to investigate and pursue recovery actions.
Scott Simmer serves as a trustee for his undergraduate alma mater, Cornell College, in Mount Vernon, Iowa. Whenever he returns to Cornell for meetings in the fall, he makes sure to attend Iowa Hawkeye football games with his sons, Reid and Ryan, their wives, and his granddaughter, Claudia. Scott and his wife, Peg, frequently plan family vacations to include a round of golf, a game of tennis or a Boston Red Sox game, another passion Scott shares with both his brothers and his sons.
Education:
- University of Iowa College of Law, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, J.D., 1985
- University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, M.F.A., Creative Writing and English, 1979
- Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa, B.A., 1973
- Bar and Court Admissions:
- District of Columbia
- Iowa
- Supreme Court of the United States
- First, Second, Third, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits
- United States District Court for the District of Columbia
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa
Professional Associations:
- American Bar Association
- District of Columbia Bar Association
- Taxpayers Against Fraud
- LOMA Fellow, Life Management Institute
- Managed Care Associate, HIAA
- Trustee, Cornell College Board of Trustees
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