Gavin Bell handles complex criminal cases, regulatory matters, and government investigations. He defends individuals and organizations in a wide variety of highly sensitive matters involving allegations of healthcare fraud, False Claims Act violations, Anti-Kickback Statute violations, and public corruption, among other things. Gavin also conducts internal investigations for corporations and compliance reviews for businesses in highly regulated sectors.
His experience representing whistleblowers in qui tam actions brought under the federal False Claims Act and its various state analogues has allowed Gavin to assist federal and state authorities in uncovering complex fraud schemes spanning industries from healthcare to Department of Defense procurements. He has been able to develop strong working relationships with various United States Attorney’s Offices and state attorneys general around the country.
During law school, Gavin studied under a prominent white-collar criminal defense attorney in Raleigh. He helped guide a variety of clients through unique challenges, including representing the North Carolina wing of a political party during a federal corruption investigation, representing a witness in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible coordination between a foreign government and a presidential campaign, and representing a bank president facing fraud allegations who ultimately obtained a full acquittal after a federal jury trial.
Gavin studied under U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert T. Numbers II in the Eastern District of North Carolina, where he gained significant insight into the full gamut of federal practice and honed his legal writing skills.