U.S. v. CLAY

No. 14-12373.

832 F.3d 1259 (2016)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Peter E. CLAY, Todd S. Fahra, Paul L. Behrens, William L. Kale, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Date Filed: August 11, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karin Bethany Hoppmann , Natalie Hirt Adams , Arthur Lee Bentley, III , Cherie Krigsman , Josephine W. Thomas , Jay Gilchrist Trezevant , U.S. Attorney's Office, Tampa, FL, John J. Bowers , U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, John Andrew Michelich , U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Division, Fraud Section, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross Appellant.

Lawrence Robbins , Donald Burke , Daniel Noah Lerman , Mark Thomas Stancil , Robbins Russell Englert Orseck Untereiner & Sauber, LLP, Washington, DC, William Jung , Paul M. Sisco , Jung & Sisco, PA, Tampa, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Jeffrey A. Lamken , Michael Gregory Pattillo, Jr. , MoloLamken, LLP, Washington, DC, John F. Lauro , Michael Gregory Califano , Todd J. Cooper , Lauro Law Firm, Michael Patrick Matthews , Lauren Lisette Valiente , Foley & Lardner, LLP, Tampa, FL, Gregory Robert Miller , Beggs & Lane, RLLP, Pensacola, FL, for Defendant-Appellant-Cross Appellee Paul L. Behrens.

Alan E. Schoenfeld , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, LLP, New York, NY, Seth Paul Waxman , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, LLP, Lenard Barrett Boss , Cozen O'Connor , Washington, DC, Peter Erik George , Douglas J. Titus, Jr. , Laura Vaughan , George & Titus, PA, Tampa, FL, Gregory Robert Miller , Beggs & Lane, RLLP, Pensacola, FL, for Defendant-Appellant-Cross Appellee Todd S. Farha.

Lauri Elizabeth Cleary , James Bradford McCullough , Stanley James Reed , Lerch Early & Brewer, Chtd., Bethesda, MD, Patrick Michael Donahue , Wise & Donahue, Annapolis, MD, Robert A. Leventhal , Robert A. Leventhal, PA, Orlando, FL, Gregory Robert Miller , Beggs & Lane, RLLP, Pensacola, FL, Larry Allen Nathans , Nathans & Biddle LLP, Baltimore, MD, for Defendant-Appellant-Cross Appellee William L. Kale.

William Newton Shepherd , Holland & Knight, LLP, West Palm Beach, FL, for Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Reason Foundation, Five Criminal and Health Law Scholars.

Before TJOFLAT and HULL, Circuit Judges, and HALL, District Judge.


In this Medicaid fraud case, defendants Todd Farha, Paul Behrens, William Kale, and Peter Clay appeal their convictions on multiple grounds, including insufficient evidence, evidentiary errors, and improper jury instructions. At the time of the fraud, the defendants were all high-level executives of WellCare Health Plans, Inc...

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