Asher Alavi, a Partner of the Firm, concentrates his practice exclusively on whistleblower litigation, particularly cases brought under the qui tam provisions of the federal False Claims Act.
Asher has worked on a variety of whistleblower cases involving fraud against government programs, including cases involving healthcare fraud, kickback violations, and government contract fraud. Asher has devoted his entire post-college career to working on behalf of whistleblowers, both as a lawyer and as an advocate for whistleblower rights. During law school, Asher served as a Note Editor for Boston College Law School’s Journal of Law and Social Justice, and interned with the Department of Justice’s Office of Professional Responsibility.
Memberships
- Taxpayers Against Fraud
- American Health Lawyers Association
Awards/Rankings
- The National Law Journal Elite Trial Awards, Rising Star, 2024
- Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Star 2022
- Note Editor, Boston College Journal of Law & Social Justice, 2010-2011
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Published on June 16, 2026
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Published on July 17, 2024
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Published on October 2, 2023
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News Item: Bayer to Pay $40 Million To Settle Whistleblower Claims Alleging Fraud in Marketing Three DrugsPublished on September 2, 2022
“Kelo Six Years Later: State Responses, Ramifications, and Solutions for the Future”- Boston College Journal of Law and Social Justice (formerly known as Boston College Third World Law Journal), 31 B.C. Third World L.J. 311 (2011), https://lawdigitalcommons.bc.edu/twlj/vol31/iss2/4
“Legal Battlegrounds of the False Claims Act” – ALI/ABA – April 30, 2008 (available at https://www.ali-cle.org/doc/frontmatter/VCN0430_fm.pdf)
“The Tar Heel State Steps Up Its Fight Against Fraud“– Legal Intelligencer, June 26, 2012 edition (contributing author)
Practice Areas
Education
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Northwestern University
B.S. 2007
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Boston College Law School
J.D. 2011, cum laude
Admissions
- Pennsylvania
- Maryland
- USDC, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- USDC, Maryland
