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MARCUS WEEKS adymq6@r.postjobfree.com Washington, DC

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Investigative/Life Sciences/Healthcare Attorney

Twelve years Investigations

Six years Innovation and Process Re-engineering

Four years Audit and Analysis

Professional Profile

Innovative, results-driven Investigative Attorney and Veteran with 12 years of progressive experience in leadership, program management, strategic planning, investigations, criminal litigation, and healthcare compliance. Expert at auditing and analysis, identifying false claims and fraud, and turning around misuse of government funding. Builds relationships with internal and external partners, elevating and achieving mutual goals. A negotiator, creates consensus, uplifts collaboration, and leverages teamwork. Re-engineers processes, finding and applying improved paths, saving time and resources. Collaborates with internal team members and external partners, bringing together resources and resulting in solutions. Areas of Expertise

Leadership/Influence: Strategic Planning, Teamwork, Communication, Collaboration, Partnerships, Advocacy, Negotiation, Training and Development, Community Outreach, Analysis, Resolution. Execution: Revenue Recovery, Innovation, Process Re-engineering, Federal Contract/Grants, False Claims Act, Legal Research, Policy Development, Litigation, FOIA, Ethics Investigations, Government Contract Evaluation, Funds Recovery, Criminal/Civil Investigations, Legal Memoranda, Audits, Inspections, Project Management. Professional Experience

SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TROUBLED ASSET RELIEF PROGRAM (SIGTARP) 02/15/2020 – Present Attorney Advisor, Washington, DC

Innovative Investigative Resolution: Identified innovative legal disposition option, supporting monetary recovery in investigations declined by federal and state prosecutorial partners; added additional vehicle for SIGTARP to recoup program losses and civil penalties using Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act; pursued administrative actions against targets, expanding singular option used since 2008.

Legal Analysis/Damages Calculations: Collaborated with Federal and State Prosecutors, providing direct litigation support for SIGTARP investigations; resulted in false claim convictions at federal and state levels for false statements and various state criminal charges.

Auditing/Legal Sufficiency Review: As primary legal counsel for SIGTARP’s Audit Division’s 2022 audit projects for Congress.

Completed three audit projects, presented to Congress in 2022.

Assisted the Department of Treasury in identifying risks in government benefits programs.

Detailed opportunities for improvement on future government programs, ensuring federal dollars served desired purposes.

Financial Record Review/Analysis: Conducted settlement negotiations for SIGTARP’s first use of the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act since the agency’s inception in 2008; contributed to targets repaying losses to TARP program.

Communication/Collaboration: Partnered with investigative teams comprised of Special Agents, Auditors, Support Staff, and Federal and state prosecutors; helped secure criminal dispositions in SIGTARP investigations; recouped monetary losses to fraud committed within TARP program. Marcus Weeks – Resume

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL (DETAIL) 02/13/2023 – 07/03/2023 Assistant Counsel to the Inspector General, Washington, DC

Legal Analysis: Works independently and with internal partners to provide legal analysis on various matters such as FOIA, NDAA whistleblower investigations, and 450 Financial Disclosure review.

Communication/Collaboration: Partnered with Investigation Services and Audit to provide legal sufficiency review for matters related to pending investigations and audit projects. Offers legal guidance in oral and written forms to OIG leadership and staff on various issues that require legal review, including but not limited to ethics opinions and reviewing training materials for internal and external use. INNOVATIVE DISCOVERY, Washington, DC

Contract Attorney 10/11/2019 – 01/19/2020

Reviewed and analyzed documents for legal sufficiency and privilege.

Adapted to changing needs and deadlines and remain calm when under pressure.

Analyzed documents for complex civil litigation issues related to contract disputes, Stark violations, and Anti-Kickback violations.

Experience with Relativity and Ringtail Software. OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, Medical Fraud Control Unit, Washington, DC Assistant Inspector General 06/24/2016 – 10/5/2019

Leadership/Process Development: Provided organizational leadership to an investigative unit comprised of 23 FTEs, including Special Agents, Attorneys, Auditors, and Support Staff; led process development, increasing the number of criminal dispositions by 17.2% from 2016 – 2019.

Process Re-engineering/Monetary Recovery: Developed investigative process guaranteeing timely investigations; maximized District of Columbia (D.C.) monetary recovery potential under the federal False Claims Act; recouped $3+ million annually, exceeding unit’s annual budget allocated by the Department of Health and Human Services and District government.

Trusted Advisory/Fraud Mitigation: Advised senior leadership in D.C. and the federal government on identifying and prosecuting D.C.’s Medicaid fraud.

Partnered with D.C.’s U.S. Attorney’s Office, FBI, DEA, HHS, District’s Attorney General, and Office on Aging; developed process to achieve common goals by partnering on federal and D.C. level task forces.

Increased prosecutions, community awareness of reporting, and identified fraud and patient abuse.

Strategic Planning/Community Outreach: Developed annual strategic plan, championing and defining MFCU engagement in community discussion sessions to teach/inform D.C. residents on MFCU services and resources; increased complaints to Agencies hotline by 20% from 2010-2022.

Process Re-design/Medicaid Fraud: Reorganized organizational structure of Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, improving process; increased complaint process efficiency; reduced Special Agent caseload from 18 to 10 cases; focused on evidence-based prosecution and high potential for monetary recovery and prosecutorial impact on the community.

Deputy Assistant Inspector General 06/13/2015 – 06/24/2016

Training and Development: Delivered training to various disciplines on federal and D.C.’s False Claims Act; upgraded understanding of Special Agent role in False Claims Act (FCA); recovered millions of dollars from and leveraged statutes more effectively, capturing money illegally obtained from Medicaid.

Project Management: Implemented systematic principles of project management, leading four multi- disciplinary teams comprised of Attorneys, Special Agents, Auditors, and Support Staff; achieved strategic goals on assigned abuse and neglect investigations within the 45-day period necessary to guard evidence.

Internal Investigations: Conducted internal investigations into agency employees accused of criminal and ethical misconduct; made recommendations to Senior leadership based on investigative findings. Attorney Advisor 12/18/2013 – 06/13/2015

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Negotiation/Funds Recovery: Led multi-state task forces, determining and evaluating D.C.’s stance in federal multi-state false claim litigation; conducted interviews, drafted legal memoranda, negotiated settlements, and calculated damage models; recouped $2+ million in losses to D.C.’s Medicaid program.

Healthcare Providers/Fraud/Abuse: Conducted fraud investigation in D.C.’s Medicaid program of healthcare providers illegally distributing Schedule II drugs, such as oxycodone and fentanyl; provided litigation support for prosecuting doctors, including podiatrists and general practitioners, who illegally distributed Schedule II drugs.

Experience in conducting government investigations related to violations of the False Claims Act, Anti- Kickback violations, Qui Tam complaints, and stark violations.

Obtained training and investigated healthcare abuse and mismanagement of funds in Medicaid-funded facilities.

NORTH CAROLINA, Durham, NC, Assistant Public Defender 10/3/2010 – 12/18/2013

Criminal Litigation: Served as lead attorney in all aspects of criminal litigation, including motions practice, bench trials, and jury trials; litigated misdemeanor and felony cases, delivering favorable dispositions for clients.

Time Management/Detail-driven: Effectively managed caseload of 1000+ clients per year; zealously represented by effective time management; met with clients, conducted interviews with witnesses, and represented numerous clients per day in Superior and District court. UNITED STATES ARMY, HR Manager, Senior Security Supervisor 05/24/2001 – 05/24/2005 Education, Credentials, Training, Scholarship

NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF LAW, 2010, Juris Doctor, cum laude COPPIN STATE UNIVERSITY, 2006, Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice, magna cum laude Bar Admissions: Washington, DC, and North Carolina Executive Leadership Program, George Washington University, 2018

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