Caitlin Boucher is a litigation counsel in O’Melveny’s San Francisco office. Caitlin guides health care, technology, and other clients through complex civil litigation and high-stakes government and internal investigations. She has defended major managed care organizations in False Claims Act litigation involving Medicare Advantage regulations, and helped clients respond to government enforcement actions by the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Caitlin is equally dedicated to her pro bono practice. She has successfully appealed an adverse decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals before the Ninth Circuit and secured immigration relief and dismissal of removal proceedings for multiple clients.
- Defending a major managed care organization in consolidated lawsuits brought by the Department of Justice and qui tam relators under the False Claims Act alleging up to $1 billion in damages related to Medicare Advantage risk adjustment
- Coordinating responses to requests from the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General for a major managed care organization in connection with a multi-year investigation into Medicare Advantage risk adjustment practices
- Conducting efficient and thorough internal investigations on behalf of Fortune 500 companies, including various investigations implicating the False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback Statute, and Medicare Advantage regulations on behalf of a major managed care organization
- Representing a global financial services company in an investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including coordinating review and production of critical documents
- Advocating for clients in other complex civil litigation, including pursuing allegations of copyright infringement on behalf of a search and analytics company
Admissions
Bar Admissions
- California
Education
- University of California at Berkeley, J.D.; Order of the Coif; Second Place in Adam A. Milani Disability Law Writing Competition; Best Brief Award in Written and Oral Advocacy
- Dartmouth College, B.A., History
Honors & Awards
- Received UC Berkeley School of Law’s Prosser Prize in Advanced Legal Research and Business Associations, and the American Jurisprudence Award in White Collar Crime
Professional Activities
Publications
- Stephen D. Sugarman & Caitlin Boucher, Re-Imagining the Dignitary Torts, 14 J. Tort L. 101 (2021)