Posted on Firm News December 20, 2012 by author
After only 30 minutes of deliberation, a federal jury in Fort Pierce returned a defense verdict in favor of our medical practice client in a federal age and disability discrimination case. Nicholson & Eastin, LLP’s Managing Attorney, Robert Nicholson, represented the medical practice during the trial. Mr. Nicholson employed his years of federal litigation and trial experience Read more →
Posted on Firm News December 14, 2012 by author
Nicholson & Eastin, LLP obtains dismissal of unlawful retaliation claim by summary judgment motion in employment discrimination case. After establishing that the plaintiff had not met the jurisdictional requirements to bring the claim in court, the court dismissed the claim. Nicholson & Eastin, LLP attorneys Robert Nicholson and Nicole Kwapisz prepared the successful motion. The remaining Read more →
Posted on Firm News October 25, 2012 by author
Three years after having been identified as a target of a federal grand jury investigation and being told that an indictment on health care fraud charges was imminent, grand jury investigation closes with no charges against the Firm’s client after Nicholson & Eastin, LLP mount aggressive pre-indictment defense. During the pre-indictment grand jury investigation, Robert Read more →
Posted on Firm News September 25, 2012 by author
An overpayment assessment by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration against a physical, occupational and speech therapy practice represented by Nicholson & Eastin, LLP was reduced by nearly 60% following a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge. During the hearing, Nicholson & Eastin, LLP attorney Erin Bengele aggressively attacked the basis for the overpayment, citing multiple Read more →
Posted on Firm News August 31, 2012 by author
Parker Eastin, Partner at Nicholson & Eastin LLP, persuaded the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to close their investigation into and attempts at implementing a Medicare exclusion of a provider following a federal criminal conviction. Mr. Eastin successfully argued that the conviction was unrelated to the provider’s practice of medicine, and that the criminal conviction was only a Read more →