Jon Dean is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and is based in the Firm’s Los Angeles office. He represents corporations and their directors, officers and professionals in class actions, shareholder derivative actions, SEC enforcement proceedings, employment matters, unfair competition and consumer class actions, and business crimes. He also defends publicly traded and nonprofit healthcare institutions in connection with healthcare fraud and abuse issues.
During his career, Jon has served as lead trial counsel on both complex civil actions and criminal matters. Some of Jon’s noteworthy cases include:
- Lead trial counsel in successfully decertified class action case involving allegations of consumer fraud and improper labor practices against a major marketing and distribution company. During the third week of trial, the fifteen named plaintiffs dismissed their case in its entirety and received no award of damages.
- Lead trial counsel or co-counsel on high profile matters involving misdated stock options by NASDAQ and NYSE companies, including his work on securities litigation involving the largest Restatement issued to date. He also helped secure the dismissal of criminal charges and a related SEC action pending against his client in connection with that matter.
- Lead trial co-counsel for NASDAQ company involving alleged breaches of founding partnership agreements and related employment contracts. After a trial lasting more than two months, the jury returned a complete defense verdict in favor of his client. At the time, this was one of the longest jury trials in the Northwestern Division of the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
- Lead trial co-counsel for major hospital system in a qui tam action involving 19 separate allegations of Medicare fraud and abuse, as well as a claim of unlawful retaliation. After securing the dismissal of all but two of the 19 claims, the matter was resolved with the dismissal of all claims and a settlement solely related to the non-fraud based retaliation claim.
- Lead counsel for healthcare client in successful defense of an arbitration action involving allegations of improper stock pricing and related derivative claims. After confirming the arbitrator’s finding for his client, as well as a seven figure fee award, the matter was successfully resolved on appeal.
- Counsel in successful defense of a variety of shareholders’ class actions, derivative actions and qui tam matters, including actions involving healthcare companies and technology firms.
- Counsel in the successful defense of professionals and directors of technology companies, healthcare systems, manufacturing firms, import companies and government contractors in a variety of actions or investigations pursued by the SEC, USAO, DOJ, OIG, OSHA and local law enforcement.
Jon previously served as a Deputy District Attorney. While working for the District Attorney’s office, he successfully tried and prosecuted numerous criminal cases and worked closely with law enforcement during the government’s investigation of those matters. Since leaving the Office of the District Attorney, he has represented companies and individuals in connection with civil and criminal government investigations, including investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice, Securities & Exchange Commission, the Office of Inspector General and local district attorneys regarding alleged False Claims Act violations, securities matters, trade secrets matters and OSHA violations.
At present, Jon handles a wide variety of matters involving health care fraud and abuse issues, including both Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement matters, qui tam litigation and alleged violations of the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute. His clients include both publicly traded and nonprofit providers of hospital, SNF, TCU and therapy services.
Immediately after law school, Jon served as law clerk to the Honorable Judge A. Andrew Hauk, Senior Judge and Chief Judge Emeritus, United States District Court, Central District of California (Los Angeles).
In law school, Jon won U.C. Berkeley’s James Patterson McBaine Honors Moot Court Competition and was the senior articles editor of the Berkeley Journal of International Law. Also during law school, he worked for the Honorable Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong, United States District Court, Northern District of California (San Francisco).
Jon is admitted to practice in California and is active in the Los Angeles legal community. He is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the Mexican American Bar Association. He also currently serves as chair of the Los Angeles office’s Pro Bono Committee, and serves on the boards of directors of the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA) and the Western Justice Center (WJC).
For the third straight year, Jon was recognized in Benchmark Litigation The Definitive Guide to America’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys.
Education
- University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, J.D., 1996
- University of California-Los Angeles, B.A., 1992
