David L. Haron
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Phone: 248.952.0400
Fax: 248.952.0890
5435 Corporate Drive, Suite 225
Troy, Michigan 48098
Mr. Haron is a principal in the law firm, where he has represented numerous businesses and individuals in real estate and commercial transactional, planning and litigation related matters for over 30 years.
He has also represented whistleblowers in cases involving retaliatory termination of employment and in Federal False Claims/Qui Tam lawsuits in connection with false claims to the Federal Government. Mr. Haron represented the plaintiff in U.S. ex rel. Jeanne Byrne v. Damon Laboratories, Inc., a Qui Tam lawsuit resulting in a $119 million recovery for the United States because of over-billing of medical lab tests.
Mr. Haron is also an arbitrator and mediator for the American Arbitration Association and a mediator for the National Association of Securities Dealers.
Mr. Haron has written extensively regarding fraud in the Medicare and Medicaid fields and the False Claims Act. Mr. Haron has been very active in the Michigan and Oakland County Bar Associations and is a past chairman of the Professionalism Committees of both of those Associations. He is past-chairman of the Farmington Hills, Michigan Planning Commission, and past-President of the Oakland County Bar Foundation.
Mr. Haron's Health Law Blog is located at www.Healthcarelawyerblog.com
Education
J.D., The University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1969
Law Journal: Journal of Law Reform, Editorial Board
B.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1966
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
MichiganU.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. Tax Court
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
Professional & Bar Association Memberships
State Bar of Michigan
Professionalism Committee, Past Chairman
American Bar Association
Oakland County Bar Association
Professionalism Committee, Past Chairman
American Association for Justice
Michigan Association for Justice
Million Dollar Advocates Forum
American Health Lawyers Association
University of Michigan Alumni Association
Life Member
University of Michigan Victor's Club
Tau Epsilon Rho Legal Society
Farmington Hills Planning Commission
Michigan Psychoanalytic Foundation
Past President
American Arbitration Association
Arbitrator and Mediator
National Association of Securities Dealers
Mediator
National Arbitration Forum
Arbitrator
Representative Cases
Ranger v. American Way Life Insurance Company (Oakland County, MI) (Class Action)
United States ex rel. Jeanne Byrne v. Damon Clinical Laboratories Inc. ((U.S.D.C., E.D. MI) 1996)
United States ex rel. Mary Lent v. Donald L. Berman, M.D. (U.S.D.C., S.D.N.Y.)
Speaker Classes/Seminars Taught "Realtor/Attorney Cross-Fire", Oakland County Bar Association, 1993
"Americans with Disabilities Act Title III", Oakland County Bar Association, 1993
"Commercial Real Estate Transaction Checklist", Realtors Land Institute, 1997
"Research Revisited", Oakland University, 1998
"The False Claims Act and The Anatomy of the Whistleblower", Healthcare Financial Management Eastern Michigan Chapter, 1998
Lecturer, I.C.L.E., Health Law Institutes, 1998 - 2000
Published Works
A Commercial Real Estate Closing Checklist, Laches, August, 1992
The Landlords and the Medical Tenant: How the Michigan Medical Waste Regulatory Act Affects Their Relationship, Laches, June, 1993
A Commercial Real Estate Closing Checklist, The Practical Real Estate Lawyer, July, 1993 Professionalism: Two Authors-Two Views, Laches, May, 1996
The Professionalism Debate Moves to Cyberspace, Laches, August, 1996
Waste and Neglect: Fraud and Abuse in the Health Care Industry, The Health Care Supervisor Vol 16:4, June, 1998
Recognizing Fraud and What To Do About It, Advance for Physical Therapists & PT Assistants, (www.advanceforpt.com) July, 2000
Why Nursing Home Fraud Is Your Problem and How to Fight Back, Advance for Physical Therapists & PT Assistants, (www.advanceforpt.com) August, 2000
Keeping an Eye Out For Fraud - Two Schemes That Deserve Your Attention, Advance for Physical Therapists & PT Assistants, (www.advanceforpt.com) October, 2000
When Courtesy Turns Into Fraud, Advance for Physical Therapists & PT Assistants, (www.advanceforpt.com) December, 2000
Ex Parte Communications with Employees of a Defendant Corporation, Laches, April, 2001
Honors and Awards
Fellow, Roscoe Pound Foundation
Fellow, Michigan State Bar Foundation
SCRIBES The American Society of Writers on Legal Subjects
Who's Who in America
Recipient, City of Farmington Hills Citizen Appreciaion Award
Recipient, Mumford High School Distinguished Alumnus Award