Houston litigation firm Hicks Thomas announced Monday that Aleza Remis, former assistant deputy chief of the Department of Justice Health Care Fraud Unit, has joined the firm as senior counsel.
Remis, who clerked for Judge Gregg Costa on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, spent nearly a decade at the Department of Justice, where she specialized in investigating and prosecuting white-collar crime in the healthcare industry. In her role as assistant deputy chief of the Health Care Fraud Unit, she led the Texas Strike Force, which targets fraudulent providers and works to combat the opioid crisis.
“Given her DOJ background, not only will she be a great resource to our managed care practice, but her standup trial experience will be in great demand given our firm’s active civil trial docket,” Hicks Thomas partner John Thomas said in a statement.
AREAS OF FOCUS
Remis’ white-collar crime litigation experience includes numerous investigations and securing trial convictions and guilty pleas against medical professionals, executives, and company owners involved in fraud, Anti-Kickback Statute violations, and pharmaceutical drug crimes.
EDUCATION
Undergraduate: Vanderbilt University (B.A. in Latin American Studies and Political Science)
Law School: The University of Texas School of Law