Former Justice Department Litigator Aleza Remis Joins Hicks Thomas

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hicks Thomas LLP announced today that , former assistant deputy chief of the Department of Justice Health Care Fraud Unit, has joined the firm's Houston office as senior counsel.
'We are thrilled to welcome Aleza to the firm,' said Hicks Thomas partner John B. Thomas. 'She is an experienced and talented trial lawyer. Given her Department of Justice background, not only will she be a great resource to our managed care practice, but her standup trial experience will be in great demand given our firm's active civil trial docket.'
During nearly 10 years at the Department of Justice, Ms. Remis investigated and prosecuted white-collar crime within the health care industry. In her role as assistant deputy chief of the Health Care Fraud Unit, she led the Texas Strike Force, which targets fraudulent providers and works to combat the opioid crisis.
In addition to trying multiple federal criminal trials, her litigation experience includes countless investigations and securing trial convictions and guilty pleas against medical professionals, executives and company owners involved in fraud, Anti-Kickback Statute violations and pharmaceutical drug crimes.
'I am looking forward to this next stage of my career,' said Ms. Remis. 'Joining a firm with such an active trial docket will allow me to keep my trial skills sharp as I apply my litigation experience to the civil trial arena.'
Before joining the Justice Department, Ms. Remis clerked for the Honorable Gregg J. Costa on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She also served as an adjunct professor at The University of Texas School of Law, her alma mater. Ms. Remis received her undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University.
Founded in 1997, Texas-based Hicks Thomas LLP is a premier litigation firm representing plaintiffs and defendants across the nation. With offices in Houston, Austin, Beaumont, Amarillo, and Sacramento, California, the firm provides in-depth experience in cases involving oil and gas (upstream, midstream and downstream), construction, environmental, complex commercial, toxic tort, products liability, corporate governance, securities, banking, insurance coverage, transportation, trade secrets and general business litigation. Learn more: http://www.hicks-thomas.com.

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