Certified Health Care Compliance (2010)
Certified Health Care Privacy Compliance (2011)
Certified Fraud Examiner (2014)
Professional Profile
Alice specializes in advising clients in internal investigations, white-collar civil and criminal defense, and helping companies comply with federal laws. With over 38-years’ experience successfully prosecuting and defending individuals and companies investigated and accused of various white-collar crimes, her experience in and out of the courtroom, provides skillful guidance. As former United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, and former Chief Deputy Attorney General for the State of Alabama, her experience includes litigation in complex public corruption and white-collar matters, including health care fraud, pharmaceutical fraud, securities fraud, financial institutions fraud, and consumer fraud. Alice is an experienced trial attorney successfully first-chairing civil and criminal trials, as well as arguing on appeal. She uses her prosecutorial experience to successfully represent corporate clients and individuals in internal investigations, regulatory compliance matters, and to resolve white collar civil and criminal charges.
Representative Matters
- Represented national compounding pharmacy in civil and criminal federal investigations
- Represented Hospital Board in health care billing fraud investigation
- Represented Hospital Board in compliance risk assessment and program evaluation
- Served as Interim Compliance Officer and represented Hospital successfully through Year 2 Annual Evaluation under a Corporate Integrity Agreement
- Represented Biotechnology company Board in internal sexual harassment investigation
- Represented regional construction company in state housing authority ethics investigation
- Represented private and government hospitals and medical providers in medical malpractice litigation
- Represented major asbestos manufacturer in product liability litigation
- Prosecuted $2.8B accounting fraud of HealthSouth
- Supervised the successful prosecution of 125+ state and local officials in federal public corruption convictions of mail, bank, and wire fraud; Hobbs Act; conspiracy and state ethics charges
- Supervised the successful prosecution of environmental and OSHA criminal violations
Other Distinctions
Corporate Crime Reporter “Top 10 Corporate Crime Prosecutor” in the United States
IRS Director’s Award (highest non-IRS employee award honor)
Prior Experience
Registered Nurse (1978-1983)
Assistant United States Attorney, Western District of Tennessee (1983-1989)
Circuit Court Judge – State of Alabama (1999-2001)
United States Attorney, Northern District of Alabama (2001-2009)
Vice President Ethics & Compliance – RegionalCare Hospital Partners (now LifePoint) 2010-2012)
Deputy Attorney General & Chief Deputy Attorney General – State of Alabama (2012-2017)