Katherine J. Seikaly

Katherine J. Seikaly is a distinguished attorney whose practice primarily centers on government and internal investigations, regulatory compliance, and enforcement matters, with a pronounced focus on False Claims Act (FCA) litigation. She regularly advises clients across diverse sectors, including health care, manufacturing, energy, defense, technology, communications, and financial services, on issues involving the FCA, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), antitrust law, consumer protection laws, and banking regulations. Her work frequently involves complex electronic discovery challenges, where she is a member of her firm's Records and E-Discovery (RED) practice group.

Currently, Ms. Seikaly is a Managing Partner at Reed Smith LLP, leading the Tysons office. While the provided case data indicates a single appearance as lead counsel for a plaintiff in an untitled patent litigation case with Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, her publicly available professional profile consistently highlights her extensive experience in government enforcement defense rather than patent matters. Her experience in FCA litigation includes successfully arguing for dismissal, securing declinations, and negotiating favorable settlements in parallel civil and criminal cases.

Ms. Seikaly’s notable achievements in her primary practice area include securing the dismissal of FCA complaints in cases such as U.S. ex rel. Jameson v. WBI Energy Transmission, Inc. et al. (S.D. Tex. 2024), U.S. ex rel. Hlywiak v. Navient Corp. (D.N.J. 2022), and U.S. ex rel. Holloway v. Heartland Hospice, Inc. (N.D. Ohio 2019), which was affirmed by the Sixth Circuit. She also served as co-lead counsel in the successful defense of a skilled nursing facility chain against FCA allegations, leading to the Department of Justice dismissing all claims with prejudice. There is no publicly available information indicating a focus on PTAB or IPR proceedings.

Ms. Seikaly earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2005 and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Economics from the University of Colorado in 2001. She is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© for Criminal Defense: White-Collar and as a Stand-out Lawyer by Thomson Reuters.