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Jeffrey J. Downey

Jeffrey J. Downey (born February 14, 1963) is a U.S. trial attorney focusing his practice on medical malpractice, personal injury and the prosecution of civil malpractice cases, including cases against long-term care facilities for the neglect and abuse of nursing home residents.

Bio

Downey was born in New York, N.Y. to Norma (Morgillo) and Thomas A. Downey Jr. He is the brother of former congressman Thomas Downey, from New York. He graduated from West Islip High School, in 1981 and earned a B.A. Degree from the State University of New York in 1985. He attended Hofstra Law School on Long Island N.Y., graduating in 1989 with a juris doctor degree. Career

Mr. Downey started his career doing defense work for the Department of Health and Human services and a Northern Virginia defense firm. After becoming a partner at the national firm of Robins Kaplan, Mr. Downey started his own law firm in 2007, in Washington DC. Throughout his career Mr. Downey has been an advocate for elders subject to abuse and neglect in nursing homes and assisted living facilities. His clients have testified before the U.S. Congress, and he has established numerous legal precedents in this area of the law. He represented the lead whistleblower in a case alleging Medicare fraud and False Claims Act allegations against the nursing home chain HCR ManorCare. He was lead counsel for Plaintiff in the Lorazepam & Clorazepate antitrust litigation, where a jury awarded $76,823,943 for violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act. Mr. Downey also educates other attorneys in Continuing Legal Education programs involving elder abuse and neglect.

Practice Areas

With over 30 years of litigation experience, Mr. Downey has handled a wide variety of civil matters from antitrust to whistleblower cases. References

Obituary: Thomas A. Downey Jr., Published in Newsday on July 9-10, 2004. Retrieved March 1, 2018. (https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/newsday/name/thomas-downey-obituary?id=5082823)

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Downey)

( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robins_Kaplan_LLP)

(https://www.jeffdowney.com/legal-precedents/)

(https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/law-office-of-jeffrey-j-downey-justice-department-intervenes-in-false-claims-act-whistleblower-case-regarding-hcr-manorcare-nursing-facilities-300069979.html)

(https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-dc-circuit/1552769.html)

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_living)