Overview

Kim Friday’s practice focuses on civil litigation and government investigations, representing both whistleblowers and defendants. Kim spent over a dozen years investigating, litigating, and resolving matters involving the False Claims Act on behalf of the federal government as both a Senior Trial Counsel at the Department of Justice’s Civil Fraud Section in Washington, D.C., and as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Northern District of California, in San Francisco. As the Deputy Chief of the Civil Division in the Northern District of California, Kim led the office’s civil enforcement group, handling and supervising a wide range of matters involving healthcare fraud, financial fraud, and procurement fraud. While in the Civil Fraud Section, Kim focused on matters involving cybersecurity and alleged fraud involving pandemic relief programs. Kim began her legal career at a leading Am Law 50 law firm, representing clients in high-stakes litigation and internal investigations involving allegations of criminal and civil securities fraud, breach of contract, and violations of the False Claims Act.

Representative Matters

  • U.S. ex rel. Doe v. Raytheon Co. (D. D.C. 2025) – $8.4 million settlement to resolve allegations of noncompliance with cybersecurity requirements in federal contracts.
  • U.S. ex rel. Decker v. University of Pennsylvania (E.D. Pa. 2025) – $1.25 million settlement to resolve allegations of non-compliance with cybersecurity requirements in federal contracts.
  • U.S. v. Wells Fargo Corporation (N.D. Cal. 2018): $2.09 billion settlement for violations of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act based on the bank’s alleged origination and sale of residential mortgage loans with misrepresented borrower income.
  • U.S. v. Sutter Health (N.D. Cal. 2019): $30 million settlement to resolve allegations that company received overpayments from Medicare due to the submission of inaccurate information about the health status of beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage Plans.
  • U.S. ex rel. Hayes v. Covidien (N.D. Cal. 2019): $17.5 million settlement to resolve allegations that company violated the Anti-Kickback Statute through market development and program development assistance to healthcare providers.
  • U.S. ex rel. West v. Skilled Healthcare (N.D. Cal. 2017): Settlement to resolve allegations of medically unnecessary and grossly substandard care at skilled nursing facilities. Settlement obtained as part of a global settlement of $53.6 million with the company.
  • U.S. v. Sprint Communications (N.D. Cal. 2015): $15.5 million settlement in an action alleging that Sprint overcharged the federal government for performing court-ordered wiretaps.
  • U.S. ex rel. Fragoules v. Daiichi Sankyo, et al. (D. Mass. 2015): $39 million settlement in health care fraud case alleging violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute.
  • U.S. ex rel. Heesch v. Diagnostic Physicians Group, P.C., et al. (S.D. Ala. 2014): $24.5 million settlement to resolve allegations of Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute violations.
  • U.S. ex rel. Strom v. Scios and Johnson & Johnson (N.D. Cal. 2013): Settlement of health care fraud litigation alleging off-label marketing of a drug. Settlement obtained as part of a global settlement of $2.2 billion with the company.

Awards

  • Attorney General’s Award for Fraud Prevention
  • Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General, Office of Investigations, recognition for leadership in the fight against health care fraud, 2019
  • Drug Enforcement Administration recognition for prosecution of individuals violating the Controlled Substances Act, 2019 Attorney General’s Award for Fraud Prevention, 2014

Insights

Speaking Engagements

  • Panelist, “DOJ’s Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative,” American Bar Association, Civil False Claims Act Conference, June 2024
  • Panelist, “Loan and Grant Fraud,” American Bar Association, Civil False Claims Act Conference, December 2020
  • Panelist, “How the U.S. Attorney’s Offices and Main Justice Cooperate on False Claims Act Cases,” Federal Bar Association Qui Tam Section, October 2020
  • Panelist, “Discussing DOJ Civil Enforcement and False Claims Act Strategy – Investigation through Intervention,” Practising Law Institute, October 2019
  • Panelist, “Discussing DOJ Civil Enforcement and False Claims Act Strategy – Intervention Through Trial,” Practising Law Institute, October 2019
  • Panelist, “Discussing DOJ Civil Enforcement and False Claims Act Strategy – Settlement and Damages,” Practising Law Institute, October 2019
  • Podcast, Public Disclosure: Good Faith and Bad Intent, April 2020