Jeff Poston is a partner in the Washington, DC office and is in the firm's Litigation Group. Jeff is a trial attorney focused on complex commercial cases involving financial services, business tort and healthcare disputes. Additionally, Jeff has represented clients in criminal matters involving labor union investigations, money laundering, false claims, and tax fraud.
Jeff has litigated and tried dozens of cases on behalf of corporate clients in a wide variety of industries, including, securities, transportation, real estate, telecommunications, healthcare and energy. Most recently, Jeff represented the Enron Creditors Recovery Corporation in its litigation against two global financial institutions alleging that they aided and abetted Enron's demise through structured finance transactions that misled investors and the credit rating agencies. The resulting settlement, valued at nearly $6 billion, is reputed to be the largest bankruptcy settlement in U.S. history.
Jeff also recently defended, as lead trial counsel, a national healthcare company against claims alleging over $17 million in damages stemming from the alleged systematic underpayments to non-contracted healthcare providers. At the conclusion of trial, the Court granted the company's motion for judgment and rejected all of the plaintiffs' claims.
Jeff has also successfully sued the federal and state governments for violating their own respective regulations in awarding a joint federal-state highway contract. In addition, Jeff represented a consortium of health care companies and providers in enjoining the federal government from implementing an unauthorized Medicare "demonstration project."
Jeff is the author of newsletters analyzing significant decisions affecting the healthcare industry. He has also lectured and written on various business litigation and unfair competition issues.
Jeff received his Bachelors degree with magna cum laude honors from the University of Richmond and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He received his law degree from Georgetown University. He is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, the United States District Court for the Western District of Colorado and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. He is also a member of the District of Columbia Bar and the Bar of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Publications
· 2011 Cumulative Supplement to Chapter 6: "Managed Behavioral Health Care Litigation," Managed Care Litigation (forthcoming 2011). Co-Authors: Jeffrey L. Poston and Elliot Golding.
· 2010 Cumulative Supplement to Chapter 6: "Managed Behavioral Health Care Litigation," Managed Care Litigation (2010). Co-Authors: Jeffrey L. Poston and Elliot Golding.
· "How Olmstead Impacts State Mental Health Policy," Behavioral Health Management, Vol. 24, No. 3 (May/June 2004). Co-Authors: Jeffrey L. Poston and Daniel M. Creekman.
Alerts & Newsletters
· "Interim Final Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act Regulations Issued," Health Law 'In The News' (March 1, 2010). Contacts: William J. Flanagan, Christopher Flynn, Jeffrey L. Poston, Joel D. Wood.
Speaking Engagements
· "Attacks on Health Reform and Developing Litigation Issues in the Managed Care Arena," Crowell & Moring's Healthcare Ounce Of Prevention Seminar (HOOPS) (April 26-27, 2010). Presenters: Chris Flynn and Jeffrey Poston.
· "Current and Emerging Trends in Managed Care Litigation," Crowell & Moring's 2007 Healthcare Ounce of Prevention Seminar (HOOPS) (October 2007). Co-Presenters: Julie A. Barnes, William J. Flanagan, Chris Flynn, David Florin and Jeffrey L. Poston.
· "HIPAA for Behavioral Health Organizations," Institute for International Research (June 11-12, 2002). Co-Presenters: Jeffrey L. Poston and Julie A. Barnes.
· American Managed Behavioral Health Association HIPAA Seminar, (October 30, 2001). Co-Presenters: Jeffrey L. Poston and Julie A. Barnes.