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‘Relentless,’ How Reese Marketos Secured $150M False Claims Verdict Against Janssen 

By the time Dallas-based firm Reese Marketos was hired in 2022 onto a False Claims Act case brought by two former Janssen Products sales representatives over the company’s off-label promotion of HIV drugs, the whistleblower case had spanned a decade and the evidence was mounting.

The trial team of five lawyers hunkered down in their war room at Reese Marketos and scoured through hundreds of thousands of documents, name partner Pete Marketos said Friday in an interview with The Texas Lawbook, detailing the trial preparation that resulted in a $150M federal jury verdict Thursday. 

Krista Torralva

Krista Torralva covers pro bono, public service, and diversity matters in the Texas legal market.

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