Partner Matthew Umhofer Named Attorney of the Year

The California State Bar’s magazine lauded Matthew Umhofer for his work on a False Claims Act case in which an alleged whistleblower had claimed Planned Parenthood defrauded the federal government of hundreds of millions of dollars. Over the course of nearly five years of litigation, the case was dismissed three times.  Umhofer argued the appeal before the Ninth Circuit and scored a resounding appellate victory, with a unanimous opinion vindicating Planned Parenthood.