Background
Meagher, Stephen L. was born on May 12, 1958 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States.
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Stephen L. Meagher
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Dartmouth College (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1980). University of Virginia (Juris Doctor, 1983).
Career
Worked at Phillips & Cohen. Admitted to the bar, 1985, California. Member, Editorial and Managing Boards, Virginia Law Review.
Law Clerk to Honorary Harrison L. Winter, United States.
Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Instructor, Boalt Hall School of Law, 1995.
Assistant United States. Attorney: Civil Division, 1987-1989.
Criminal Division, 1989-1994.
Founder and Chair, Health Care Fraud Task Force of Northern California, 1993-1994. Phillips & Cohen has the nation"s largest and longest standing False Claims Acting (qui tam) practice. In 1984, John R. Phillips began working with Senator Charles Grassley and Congressman Howard Berman as the Congress developed amendments to strengthen and modernize the Acting, which was first passed to fight Civil War profiteers.
The effort to amend the Acting was successful and in October 1986, the new amendments were signed into law by President Reagan.
The firm has a national practice and works with a network of litigation firms throughout the country.
Achievements
Membership
Member, Editorial and Managing Boards, Virginia Law Review. Law Clerk to Honorary Harrison L. Winter, United States. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Instructor, Boalt Hall School of Law, 1995.
Assistant United States.
