Andrew J. Hull Director 202-737-9630
Andrew J. Hull

Overview

Andrew Hull represents companies and individuals facing government investigations, enforcement actions, whistleblower complaints, and inspections, and counsels clients on risk mitigation and readiness for such actions.  Most recently an Assistant U.S. Attorney, he uses his experience investigating and prosecuting violations of the FDC Act, the Controlled Substances Act, the False Claims Act, and other federal healthcare laws to now defend clients facing criminal, civil, and administrative enforcement actions.  As a litigator, Mr. Hull’s civil and criminal trial practice in federal court and before DEA’s Office of Administrative Law Judges enables him to expertly advise clients through the entire course of a federal investigation and to zealously defend them in court, should it come to that.  He has negotiated dozens of complex settlements using his in-depth knowledge of the life sciences and healthcare space and government regulation at DOJ, FDA, DEA, HHS, and CMS to obtain successful resolutions.

As a counselor, Mr. Hull uses his enforcement and litigation experience to advise clients on compliance with FDA and DEA requirements across the food, drug, and device supply chains, including training for inspection-readiness, developing best-in-class compliance programs, and responding to administrative actions.

As an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Western District of Michigan, Mr. Hull was the Affirmative Civil Enforcement Coordinator and the Healthcare Fraud Coordinator in the office’s Civil Division, spearheading a large volume of False Claims Act qui tam investigations and other enforcement actions.  He also worked on numerous parallel criminal-civil healthcare prosecutions and tried multiple criminal cases to jury verdict.  Prior to his time as a federal prosecutor, Mr. Hull was an associate at Hyman, Phelps & McNamara.  Mr. Hull started his legal career as a law clerk to DEA Chief Administrative Law Judge John J. Mulrooney, II, a position he was awarded through the Department of Justice’s Attorney General’s Honors Program.

Education & Admissions

Education

J.D. (summa cum laude), Regent University School of Law
B.A. (summa cum laude), Patrick Henry College

Admissions

District of Columbia
Virginia
Michigan
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Experience

Recent Government Experience

  • Negotiated a consent decree with an infant formula manufacturer involving alleged violations of FDA’s infant formula cGMP requirements and recall of product during the 2022 nationwide infant formula shortage crisis.
  • Investigated and negotiated a consent decree and civil penalty settlement with a behavioral health and addiction treatment services network and its officers for alleged violations of the CSA.
  • Co-led the Western District of Michigan’s parallel investigation and prosecution of numerous medical practitioners for alleged participation in national telemedicine fraud schemes by ordering medically unnecessary orthotic braces and genetic testing.
  • Investigated and resolved a multi-million-dollar False Claims Act settlement with a toxicology laboratory, its corporate owners, and officers involving alleged medically unnecessary urine drug testing.
  • Filed and prosecuted a civil False Claims Act complaint against a medical device manufacturer for allegedly causing the submission of false claims to Medicare by encouraging reuse of single-use and single-user devices on multiple patients, ultimately resulting in a settlement.
  • Investigated and prosecuted the theft of FDA-regulated pre-retail medical products (diabetic test strips) under the Strengthening and Focusing Enforcement to Deter Organized Stealing and Enhance Safety Act (the “SAFE DOSES Act”), ultimately securing the conviction of the remaining defendant in the supply chain after a federal criminal jury trial.
  • Investigated and negotiated a consent decree with a pharmacy and its owner for alleged violations of the CSA involving controlled substance dispensing and recordkeeping.
  • Served as co-counsel in the parallel prosecution of a physician and his practice involving alleged healthcare fraud and adulteration of medical devices, resulting in a $1.2 million False Claims Act settlement and healthcare fraud and FDC Act criminal convictions for the physician and his staff.

Honors & Awards

  • Prosecution Appreciation Award, FDA Office of Criminal Investigations (2022)
  • Case of the Year Award, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (2020)

Speaking Engagements

  • Administrative Agencies in a Post-Chevron World, West Michigan Federal Bar Association Conference (Thompsonville, MI, Sept. 19, 2024)
  • 2024 Fraud & Abuse Update, State Bar of Michigan – Health Care Law Section (Plymouth, MI, Mar. 15, 2024)
  • Top Ten List of Avoidable Compliance Issues for Michigan Healthcare Professionals, Community Mental Health Association of Michigan Improve Outcomes Conference (Troy, MI, Dec. 7, 2023)
  • Top Ten List of Avoidable Compliance Issues for Michigan Healthcare Professionals, Health Care Compliance Association Regional Conference (Ann Arbor, MI, June 16, 2023)
  • 2023 Fraud & Abuse Update, State Bar of Michigan – Health Care Law Section (Plymouth, MI, Mar. 10, 2023)
  • 2022 Fraud & Abuse Update, State Bar of Michigan – Health Care Law Section (Webinar, Mar. 23, 2022)
  • Telehealth Enforcement: DME, Genetic Testing, and Other Telehealth Fraud Schemes, State Bar of Michigan – Health Care Law Section (Webinar, Sept. 23, 2021)
  • Update on Fraud in Home Healthcare, 2021 Michigan HomeCare & Hospice Association Annual Conference (Webinar, May 13, 2021)
  • Legal Updates and Insights: DEA in 2016-2017, 20th Annual Controlled Substance & State Regulatory Conference (Orlando, FL Apr. 27, 2017).
Education

J.D. (summa cum laude), Regent University School of Law
B.A. (summa cum laude), Patrick Henry College

Admissions

District of Columbia
Virginia
Michigan
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Practice Areas
Industries
FDA Regulatory Categories