Overview
Erin Hoyle concentrates her practice on government investigations, corporate internal investigations, and white collar criminal defense, with a focus on the False Claims Act (FCA), whistleblower complaints, allegations of health care fraud, securities litigation, and cybersecurity and privacy compliance.
Her FCA experience includes defending health care clients in civil qui tam actions alleging the submission of false claims for payment, federal anti-kickback and Stark Law violations, and employer retaliation claims. Erin counsels companies on how to best avoid and detect potential FCA violations, and how to most effectively respond when faced with such allegations.
Erin also defends companies, executives, and employees in other government and criminal investigations and conducts internal investigations. Her experience in this area includes government contracting fraud, cybercrime, trade secret misappropriation, video voyeurism, theft of government property, health care technology, bribery of public officials, initial coin offerings, securities, public company accounting, and compliance with professional standards of conduct. The internal investigations have been prompted by government enforcement proceedings, as well as company-initiated investigations based on suspected wrongdoing by employees, competitors, and other third parties.
Erin advises clients on data breach and similar cyber incident preparation and response, related state attorney general investigations, and further action stemming from those incidents.
Before joining the firm, Erin worked in academic fundraising, preparing state universities for national fundraising campaigns. She now advises educational institutions on an array of sensitive matters, including employment issues, records retention, student safety, administrative best practices, and compliance.
Erin serves as a member of the Rankings and Endorsements Committee and the Young Professionals Committee of the Women’s White Collar Defense Association, an organization promoting diversity for female attorneys who specialize in the defense of government enforcement actions and internal investigations. She is a frequent speaker and author on the False Claims Act, corporate compliance, and telehealth issues.
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