Anne Hartman

Anne represents whistleblowers reporting fraud in numerous industries, including healthcare, information technology, defense contracting, commercial products and services, utilities, and finance.  She has worked extensively on qui tam lawsuits brought under state false claims laws, including the representation of the whistleblower and numerous California political subdivisions in litigation against major wireless carriers which resulted in the recovery of over $138 million, including a whistleblower reward of $52 million. In another matter involving multiple government agencies, Anne represented the whistleblower in a case alleging the sale of software that failed to meet government cybersecurity standards.  Her successful whistleblower matters include cases involving sleep clinics, “sand pirates,” military shipping, and municipal utilities.

In addition to her qui tam work, Anne also represents individuals reporting under agency whistleblower reward programs, and has extensive complex commercial litigation and trial experience. She has represented clients in business disputes and the litigation of financial and securities fraud, director and officer liability, professional malpractice, unfair business practices, consumer rights, and antitrust actions. In 2020, she was recognized as one of the Top 100 Women Lawyers in California by the Daily Journal, and LawDragon has included her among its 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers every year since 2019.

In school, Anne earned a Master’s in Public Policy in addition to her law degree, and has a continuing interest in matters that involve complex regulatory schemes, statistical analysis, and quantitative proof. At Berkeley, she served as a teaching assistant for Quantitative Methods for Policy Analysis, and she enjoys the challenge of making technical topics understandable to different audiences and decision-makers