John T. Brennan

John was named an American Health Lawyers Association Fellow in 2007, an honor bestowed on only 70 of the Association’s 10,000 members. He served for three years as chair of the AHLA’s 1,700-member Fraud and Abuse, Self-Referrals and False Claims Specialty Law Committee, the AHLA’s largest Specialty Committee, and prior to that, he was vice-chair of that Committee. John was uniquely ranked as a Band One healthcare attorney on both a nationwide and District of Columbia level. He had been Band One rated by Chambers for 14 consecutive years and was an Acritas Star, Acritas Star Independently Rated Lawyers (2016, 2018, 2019). John was also named one of the nation’s Top Health Care Attorneys by Best’s each year since 2006, in addition to appearing in multiple editions of The Best Lawyers in America since 2008 and Super Lawyers since 2007.

John lectured and wrote regularly on health care fraud and abuse topics. He frequently conducted the Health Care Fraud Primer session at the AHLA’s Annual Conference and presented at the annual Health Care Fraud Update for Physicians and Hospitals at the AHLA Medicare/Medicaid Conference. He also spoke regularly at the ABA White Collar Health Care Fraud Institute. John authored law journal articles on the False Claims Act and co-edited numerous AHLA Members Briefings on the Stark Law, including the Stark II Phase I, Phase II, and Phase III Final Rules. He also served on the AHLA’s prestigious Stark Law Convener Panel, which, in 2010, made specific recommendations for changes in the law that were later adopted by CMS or Congress.

John was a member of the District of Columbia Bar and appeared in numerous federal and state courts and in administrative proceedings nationwide.