J. Scott Gilbert - Lawyer in Jackson, MS

Scott practicesprimarily in the areas of white-collar criminal defense, asset forfeiturelitigation, criminal appellate litigation, criminal and civil healthcarelitigation, False Claims Act litigation, and governmental and corporateinvestigations. He has represented clients who were under state orfederal criminal investigation, successfully guiding them through the processand avoiding charges. Scott has trial experience defending criminal casesand represents clients in the federal and state courts throughout the UnitedStates in criminal matters, civil False Claims Act matters, and in both civiland criminal asset forfeiture cases. He is an adjunct professor at MississippiCollege School of Law, where he teaches Federal Criminal Practice and Asset ForfeitureLaw.

Before joining the firm, Scott served as an Assistant UnitedStates Attorney in the Criminal Division of the Southern District ofMississippi, where he litigated white-collar criminal matters, including healthcare fraud, money laundering, Bank Secrecy Act, bank fraud, asset forfeiture,and public corruption. Scotts criminal practice also included appellatework in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Besides criminal cases, Scottlitigated civil health care fraud cases and other False Claims Act and qui tam matters. Whilewith DOJ, Scott was a frequent lecturer on money laundering and assetforfeiture at the Department of Justice training facility in Columbia, SouthCarolina. Scott also spent time at «Main Justice» in Washington, D.C.managing the Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering program for the 94 UnitedStates Attorney's offices.