Citera, Toni-Ann

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Toni Citera is a commercial litigator with a broad range of experience in civil litigation, criminal litigation, and in counseling clients in connection with government investigations and compliance issues. Toni has litigated cases in state and federal courts, including multidistrict litigation, class actions, and matters involving the False Claims Act, RICO, false statements, wire fraud, mail fraud, common law fraud, breach of contract, sexual harassment, retaliation, preference actions, and other general commercial matters.

For the last 10 years, Toni has participated significantly in the Firm's ongoing representation of pharmaceutical clients in connection with U.S. Department of Justice and state attorney general investigations and related litigation under the False Claims Act, consumer fraud acts, and other fraud-based claims related to the pricing, marketing, and sale of pharmaceuticals as well as the Medicare and Medicaid programs. She also has represented these same clients in connection with multidistrict and consumer class actions. In addition, Toni advises pharmaceutical companies on compliance issues related to pricing, marketing, and the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

Toni has coauthored articles related to pharmaceutical compliance issues and has been invited to speak about her work in the pharmaceutical industry.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice
• Health Care
• Litigation/Health Care
• Compliance Counseling & Defense
• Pharmaceuticals

Representative Cases

• Abbott and TAP Pharmaceutical defend against Average Wholesale Price (AWP) litigation , (2009)
• City alderman defends charges of mail fraud and tax evasion , (2009)
• City of Chicago sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit successfully dismissed on summary judgment
• IBM Credit involved in preference action
• KPMG acts as receiver for Euro United Corporation in bankruptcy action

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Disability, Elder Law, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Food & Drug Administration, Health & Health Care Law, Hospital Law, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Nursing Home, Patent Litigation, Social Security -- Disability, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

• Illinois
• New York

Education

• Northwestern University
• Syracuse University

Published Works

• 2009 Sunshine Act Reflects Congressional Intent to Regulate Drug, Device Industry Aggressively, 2009
• California Compliance: A new state law says pharma companies must establish internal compliance programs, Pharmaceutical Executive, January 2005), 2005

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