Andrew Goodman

Andrew Goodman is a business and healthcare litigator with extensive experience at all stages of the litigation process, from the initial pleadings, to law and motion, to written discovery, depositions, summary judgment, trial, and appeal. Andrew has successfully handled numerous challenging cases involving the federal False Claims Act, the California False Claims Act, the Insurance Frauds Prevention Act, the federal securities laws, the civil forfeiture laws, Stark Law, the Anti-Kickback statute, the anti-SLAPP statute, eminent domain laws, business torts, and commercial contracts.

Over the course of his career, Andrew has represented durable medical equipment companies, sleep centers, radiology centers, speech pathology centers, physicians, nurses, chiropractors, dentists, real estate and finance professionals, private money lenders, entrepreneurs, commercial landlords, real estate investment companies, high-net-worth investors, and wireless accessory companies. Clients and colleagues alike generally appreciate Andrew’s work ethic, attention to detail, practicality, and creativity.

Since joining Novian & Novian, LLP in 2018, Andrew has, among other things, achieved successful published opinions in both the Ninth Circuit and California Court of Appeals. Before joining Novian & Novian, LLP, Andrew spent nearly six years at a boutique firm in Orange County that specialized in representing healthcare providers in Medical Board investigations; administrative hearings, writs, and appeals; Medicare and Medicaid audits; white collar criminal defense matters; and civil matters arising out of healthcare fraud and abuse allegations.

Andrew graduated Phi Beta Kappa and with Comprehensive Honors from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2005. After taking a year off to intern with a United States senator and teach at the Kaplan Center, Andrew attended the UCLA School of Law. Andrew obtained his Juris Doctor from the UCLA School of Law in 2009 and was a Senior Articles Editor for the Journal of Law and Technology.

In the greater community, Andrew is a long-standing member of the Bet Tzedek New Leadership Council. In that capacity, since 2010, Andrew has raised money to support free legal services for low-income Los Angeles residents and provided free legal services at Bet Tzedek sponsored volunteer clinics. Additionally, since 2018, Andrew has been on the Publications Committee for the California Society of Healthcare Attorneys, where he is responsible for editing and contributing topical articles for the quarterly newsletter.

Experience

Andrew’s representative matters include:

• Winter ex rel. United States v. Gardens Regional Hospital and Medical Center, Inc., 953 F.3d 1108 (9th Cir. 2020): published opinion involving successful reversal of district court’s dismissal of complaint and setting forth new law regarding pleading standards for false certifications of medical necessity in False Claims Act matters.*
• Heshejin v. Rostami (2020) 54 Cal.App.5th 984: published opinion affirming dismissal with prejudice of complaint against investors in cold storage business.
• United States v. $4,931.28 in Bank Account Funds From Golden State Bank Account Number ‘2059, et al., Case No. SA CV 15-0427-DOC (RNBx), ECF No. 71 (C.D. Cal. January 6, 2017): as first-chair trial counsel in civil forfeiture matter against durable medical equipment company, obtained judgment that the government was not entitled to forfeiture of any of the defendant assets, which approximated $500,000 in seized properties.*
• Achieved dismissal of pain management physician from action alleging violations of the California False Claims Act and California Insurance Frauds Prevention Act (currently being appealed).
• Represent international investors in federal fraud-based action against publicly traded company and its officers and directors.
• Represent investors in federal securities fraud action involving multi-million dollar private money loan for golf course.
• Represent wireless accessories company in multi-million dollar commercial litigation matters in state and federal court in California, Washington (admitted pro hac vice), Nevada (admitted pro hac vice), and Colorado.
• Represented Santa Monica landlord in multi-million dollar declaratory-relief dispute with international commercial tenant; resolved favorably before summary judgment hearing.

*Denotes work done at prior firm.

Bar Admissions

California, 2009

United States District Court, Southern District of California, 2012

United States District Court, Central District of California, 2013

United States District Court, Northern District of California, 2015

United States District Court, Eastern District of California, 2016

United States Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California, 2017

United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, 2017

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2017

United States District Court, District of Colorado, 2019

United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio, 2020

Professional Associations & Memberships

California Society of Healthcare Attorneys