Samuel S. Saltman

In a three-week federal jury trial involving two former business partners alleging fraud and breach of fiduciary duty against each other, Obtained a $27 million verdict in his client’s favor, the highest jury verdict in the State of Arizona in 2016.

Appellate

In an ERISA case, I jointly wrote appellate briefs filed in the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which set favorable precedent in a published opinion (Mirza v. Insurance Administrator of America, Inc., 800 F.3d 129 (3d Cir. 2015)).

In another ERISA case in the Third Circuit that set precedent in a published opinion, I wrote the opening, reply, and supplemental briefs and argued before a three-judge appellate panel (Am. Ortho. & Sports Medicine v. Independence Blue Cross Blue Shield, et al., 890 F. 3d 445 (3rd Cir. 2018)).

Litigation – General Commercial

In a qui tam action under the False Claims Act alleging Medicare and Medicaid fraud, I represented a non-traditional whistleblower — an insurance company that claimed to have been previously defrauded under the same scheme — and successfully opposed the defendant’s motion to dismiss. The case later settled on favorable terms.

In a federal jury trial involving two former business partners alleging fraud and breach of fiduciary duty against each other, Obtained a $27 million verdict in his client’s favor, the highest jury verdict in the State of Arizona in 2016.

Litigation – Civil

Representing defendants in a civil RICO case, I obtained a dismissal of all claims against his clients, arguing that the plaintiff had only further undermined the legal sufficiency of its claims after amending the complaint for a fourth time.