Reuben Guttman
American University School of Public Affairs
Reuben Guttman is a founding member of Guttman, Buschner & Brooks PLLC (GBB). His practice involves complex litigation and class actions. He has tried and/or litigated claims involving fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, environmental derelictions, antitrust, business interference and other common law torts or statutory violations.
The International Business Times called Mr. Guttman “one of the world’s most prominent whistleblower attorneys,” and he has been recognized as a Washingtonian Top Lawyer by Washingtonian Magazine. A February 19, 2015 profile of Mr Guttman by the Boston Globe’s STAT NEWS referred to him as the “Lawyer Pharma Loves to Hate.” Citing a $98 million recovery from Community Health Systems, Inc., Law 360 named Mr. Guttman a “Health Care MVP” and profiled him in a December 1, 2014 article. Author David Dayen, writing in his Book, Chain of Title (The New Press, 2016) cited Mr. Guttman’s work on behalf of robo-signing whistleblower, Lynn Szymoniak, noting “he had won some of the largest awards in the history of the False Claims Act; there was really nobody better for the case.” Writing in their book, The Corporate Whistleblower’s Survival Guide, (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 2011), authors Tom Devine and Tarek F. Massarani wrote that “in settling qui tam litigation, [Mr. Guttman] has aggressively and successfully negotiated for corrective action against public health and safety consequences from prescription drug fraud.” In the book, When Good Companies Go Bad, (ABC CLIO, 2014), authors Donald Beachler and Thomas Shevory profiled Mr. Guttman’s off label marketing case against Abbott labs, involving the drug Depakote, which resulted in a $1.6 billion recovery in 2012 for state and federal governments.
- Antitrust Law
- Stockbroker & Investment Fraud
- Health Care Law
- Civil Rights
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Discrimination, Employment, Fair Housing, Police Misconduct, Privacy Law
- Whistleblower Suits
- False Claims Act
- District of Columbia
- District of Columbia Bar
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- Georgia
- State Bar of Georgia
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- New Jersey
- New Jersey Courts
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- Pennsylvania
- Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Professorial Lecturer
- American University School of Public Affairs
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- Founding Partner
- Guttman, Buschner & Brooks
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- Adjunct Professor of Law; Senior Fellow, Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution
- Emory University School of Law
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- Founded and served as Senior Advisor to the Emory Corporate Governance and Accountability Review; served as Team Leader and/or Faculty Member of the Kessler-Eidson Trial Techniques Program; Co-taught course on complex litigation using the False Claims Act and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
- Manager of False Claims Act Practice
- Grant & Eisenhofer PA
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- Partner and Manager of DC Office
- Wolf, Haldenstein, Adler, Freeman & Herz
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- Of-Counsel and Manager of DC Office
- Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman LLP
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- Partner and Manager of DC Office
- Provost & Umphrey Law Firm LLP
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- Of-Counsel
- Elliott, Rehiner, Siedzikowski & Egan
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- Partner
- Shur & Guttman
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- Counsel
- Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO
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- Served as one of two Washington, D.C. counsel, under International Union President John Sweeney, to 1,000,000-member labor union.
- University of Rochester
- B.A. (1985) | History
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- Emory University
- J.D. (1985)
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- Washington DC's Best Lawyers: Whistle Blowers
- The Washingtonian
- Alumni Service Award
- Emory University School of Law
- For significant, sustained leadership and outstanding service to the Emory Law community
- MVP
- Law 360 Life Sciences
- Super Lawyer
- SuperLawyers
- American Bar Foundation
- Fellow
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- State Bar of Pennsylvania # 61206
- Member
- Current
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- District of Columbia Bar
- Member
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- Mass Tort Deals: Must Read-Interviews for a Must-Read Book
- National Institute for Trial Advocacy Blog
- Anger Over High Drug Prices in U.S.
- The New York Times
- On the Rule of Law: The Truth About Hearsay (A Guide for the Impeachment Viewing)
- National Institute for Trial Advocacy Blog
- The Sondland Syndrome and the Importance of Whistleblowers
- Medium
- Whistleblowers and the Rule of Law
- American Constitution Society Blog
- Website
- Guttman, Buschner & Brooks
Getting Started
Getting started as a whistleblower.
Interview of Reuben Guttman, Attorney for Whistleblower in Lawsuit against Abbott Laboratories
Interview with Reuben Guttman, Attorney for Whistlerblower in Lawsuit against Abbott Laboratories, concerning the off-label marketing of Abbott's drug, Depakote. Settled for $1.6 billion.
