Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP

Whistleblower Representation

Partner

Mr. Bocian is a former federal prosecutor and leads KTMC’s Whistleblower and False Claims Act Litigation group.  Mr. Bocian's practice is dedicated to representing whistleblowers in cases brought under federal and state qui tam statutes, and through financial fraud whistleblower programs, such as the SEC, CFTC and IRS.  He has had the privilege of representing many types of whistleblowers, including health care professionals, financial analysts, physicians, sales and marketing employees, attorneys and compliance professionals.  Mr. Bocian additionally litigates complex securities fraud matters as a member of KTMC’s Securities practice.

Mr. Bocian has spent most of his legal career litigating fraud cases.  For more than a decade, Mr. Bocian served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of New Jersey, where he was appointed Senior Litigation Counsel and managed the Trenton U.S. Attorney’s Office.  His work as a prosecutor included overseeing complex investigations involving government corruption and federal program fraud; commercial and public sector kickbacks; government contractor fraud; tax fraud; and, other white collar and financial crimes.  Mr. Bocian tried numerous cases before federal juries and received awards for his work from the Department of Justice, as well as commendations from many law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and the IRS.

Mr. Bocian has extensive experience in the health care and life sciences fields as well. He has the distinction of being one of the few whistleblower attorneys in the United States to have been employed in the health care industry, having been responsible for implementing a system-wide compliance program for a complex health system. Mr. Bocian has also served as an adjunct professor of law at Rutgers Law School, where he has taught Health Care Fraud and Abuse and participated in numerous health law symposia.

Mr. Bocian is licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and the District of Columbia; USDC, District of New Jersey; USDC, Southern District of New York; USDC, Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Princeton University, A.B 1992, cum laude; University of Virginia School of Law, J.D. 1998