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Jerry Solomon

Special Counsel

"It's gratifying to be able to assist clients by providing services to our most vulnerable citizens and navigating investigations and audits conducted by government agencies."

Overview

Biography

The former Erie County assistant district attorney and bureau chief and the former NYS Attorney General Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) Rochester regional director, Jerry primarily concentrates his practice on representing health care providers and facilities in various defense, advisement, and compliance matters. He has extensive experience handling investigations and prosecutions of white-collar fraud involving the NYS Medicaid program, the Medicare program, and third-party insurers as well as allegations of abuse and neglect in health care facilities.

Jerry has coordinated investigations with the US Department of Health and Human Services, the NYS Office of the Medicaid Inspector General, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the US Department of Justice, and other investigative agencies. Jerry has also worked closely with health care providers and their counsel on “self-referrals” to the MFCU, OMIG, and HHS-OIG.

Bar Associations

  • Monroe County Bar Association
Experience

Representative Experience

  • Currently representing several Medicaid providers in investigations by the NYS Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and the Department of Justice.
  • Represented pharmacies in a records and controlled-substances inventory audit by the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
  • Represented the former owner of an adult-care home that was charged with theft from a resident in an indictment by the NYS Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. Obtained a dismissal of the indictment and settled the matter civilly.
  • Conducted training to residential health care facilities on patient abuse, neglect, and mistreatment.

Prior Experience

  • Hiscock & Barclay, LLP, Of Counsel
  • NYS Attorney General’s Office, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, Rochester Regional Director
  • Erie County District Attorney’s Office, Assistant District Attorney and Bureau Chief

Selected Honors

  • New York State Attorney General, Louis J. Lefkowitz Memorial Award, 2007

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