Matthew J.D. Hogan brings his experience as a former federal prosecutor to his representation of clients in connection with government investigations and white collar defense. Matt's practice focuses on assisting organizations and individuals targeted in government investigations and related litigation. He represents clients in a wide array of white collar matters, internal investigations, False Claims Act litigation, and other complex matters involving federal and state investigations and litigation. He has worked with boards of directors, audit committees, and corporate leadership to conduct internal investigations and he is an active member of the firm’s crisis management practice.
Extended Profile
Matt returned to Morgan Lewis in 2015 after working in the Government and Health Care Fraud Section in the Criminal Division of the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania for nearly four years. While at the US Attorney’s Office, his work focused on the investigation of individuals and corporations relating to health care, mail, and wire fraud; false documentation; off-label marketing; violations of the Anti-Kickback Act and the False Claims Act; identity theft; and drug distribution. His work included criminal trials relating to health care fraud, false documentation, wire fraud, and drug distribution. Matt received Integrity Awards from the Department of Health And Human Services, Office of the Inspector General, in 2011 and 2013 for trial-work investigating and prosecuting health care fraud.
Matt’s work with the firm has included the defense of cases involving allegations of health care fraud, federal and state False Claims Act violations, corruption of state officials, corporate fraud and embezzlement, civil forfeiture, contract disputes, civil rights claims, and federal criminal litigation. Matt’s work also includes defense of companies in investigations by numerous state Attorney’s General and coordinated federal and multistate attorney general investigations.
After joining the firm in 2003, Matt left to clerk for Judge Eduardo C. Robreno of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and then returned to the firm in 2004.
While attending the University of Virginia School of Law, Matt worked in the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office for Rockingham County as part of the Prosecution Clinic, helping to prosecute crimes against the Commonwealth of Virginia. He was also the recipient of a First Year Oral Advocacy Award.
Education
University of Virginia School of Law, 2003, J.D.
John Carroll University, 1999, B.A., Magna Cum Laude
Admissions
Pennsylvania
U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second and Third Circuits
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Clerkships
Clerkship to Judge Eduardo Robreno of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (2004)
Awards and Affiliations
Recognized, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Philadelphia, The Best Lawyers in America (2020)
