Matthew L.J.D. Dowell

• Represented the operator of behavioral health hospitals in a False Claims Act investigation that resulted in DOJ declination and whistleblower dismissal of claims. 
• Represented one of the nation’s largest health care services companies in massive, parallel criminal and civil proceedings related to alleged violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute. 
• Represented multiple physicians, executives, and other individuals in False Claims Act investigations relating to alleged violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute, unnecessary laboratory testing, Medicare Advantage plans, and other issues. 
• Managing the processing of thousands of subpoenas each year for a major international package handling company.
• Counsel to one of the nation’s largest pharmacy benefits managers in several cases involving any-willing-provider laws. Obtained complete dismissal of claims in state appellate court and federal district court.
• Obtained a complete victory in Oregon Supreme Court for one of the nation’s largest long-term care insurers in an important case that precluded the plaintiffs from suing insurers under state elder-abuse laws. 
• Representing a major pharmacy chain in litigation involving the alleged disclosure of confidential health information. 
• Compelled arbitration against more than 18,000 class members while representing the nation’s largest flooring manufacturer in multidistrict antitrust litigation. 
• Advised multinational companies on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act liability. 
• Represented an independent auditor in a nationwide review of allegedly improper foreclosure practices by mortgage servicers. 
• Assisted a major online automobile advertiser in ensuring its practices complied with a patchwork of state regulations governing automobile sales. 

Matthew Dowell focuses his practice on government investigations, health care litigation, and other complex litigation matters. Matthew has conducted extensive internal investigations and worked on criminal and civil proceedings related to alleged violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute, False Claims Act, and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Matthew has also worked on multidistrict litigation, antitrust class actions, and complex commercial disputes in state and federal courts. 

In 2014, the U.S. Department of State recognized Matthew for his service with the Hague Convention Attorney Network, a group of lawyers that provides pro bono legal services to parents whose children have been abducted to the U.S. Matthew has secured the return of children to their parents in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Mexico.

Matthew received his J.D., with honors, from Emory University School of Law in 2011. At Emory, Matthew was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as an articles editor on the Emory Law Journal. While in law school, he interned for the Honorable T. Jackson Bedford, Jr., of the Superior Court of Fulton County and at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia.

Before law school, Matthew worked as an analyst for a trade organization in Washington, D.C. He received a Diplôme du Programme International in 2005 from the Institut d’Études Politiques (Sciences Po), in Paris.

Bar Admissions

• Georgia

Education

• Emory University (J.D., 2011)
• Johns Hopkins University (B.A., 2006)
• Institut d’Études Politiques (Diplôme du Programme International, 2005)

Memberships