Ty E. Howard

Ty Howard is a partner in Bradley’s Nashville office and has chaired its Government Enforcement & Investigations Practice Group for almost a decade. Drawing on 20 years of experience as a state and federal prosecutor and defense lawyer, he represents clients in white-collar criminal defense, False Claims Act matters, sensitive internal investigations and high-profile litigation.

Healthcare fraud and abuse accounts for a substantial part of Ty’s practice. He has represented corporations, physicians, physician-owned entities, nurses and healthcare executives in matters that often involve parallel criminal and civil investigations. His work has included significant cases involving skilled nursing facilities, pharmacies, hospice providers, ophthalmologists and optometrists, orthopedic practices and primary care providers. He founded and edits Bradley’s annual False Claims Act Year in Review and speaks regularly on FCA enforcement.

Ty also handles criminal and civil enforcement matters involving telehealth and telemedicine. He advises physicians, companies and other clients on telehealth compliance and represents them in cases involving alleged telemedicine schemes, including matters concerning durable medical equipment, compounded drugs and cancer-genomic testing. He has written and spoken extensively on telehealth compliance, enforcement and policy.

His investigations practice extends to developing areas of enforcement, including actions involving COVID-19-related programs such as the CARES Act and Paycheck Protection Act, as well as investigations concerning wound care and skin substitutes. His recent work has also involved corporate DEI programs and allegedly discriminatory practices, immigration compliance and customs fraud. For government contractors, Ty advises on government investigations and conducts sensitive internal investigations; he has represented contractors in inquiries by the Department of Defense, military investigative services, the FBI and other law-enforcement agencies.

Ty represents banks, banking executives, brokers, financial institutions and investment professionals in regulatory matters involving the SEC, FINRA and related federal and state agencies. His prosecution and defense experience includes anti-money laundering and securities fraud. He also works with companies on compliance with global anti-corruption laws and represents clients in investigations under the FCPA, UK Bribery Act and similar laws.

Before joining Bradley, Ty spent nearly a decade as a federal and state prosecutor, most recently serving in the White Collar and Economic Crimes division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Tennessee. As an Assistant U.S. Attorney, he led investigations and prosecutions of major fraud cases in Tennessee, first-chaired numerous jury trials and successfully argued before the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Earlier in his career, he was a litigation associate at two large international firms based in Philadelphia.

Ty handles cases and investigations across the United States. He has led internal investigations for businesses of all sizes, from large public companies to small local businesses, and negotiated and litigated cases in multiple federal and state jurisdictions.

Medical Practice and Medicare Fraud
Represented a medical practice in a parallel criminal-civil investigation stemming from a False Claims Act lawsuit

HHS-OIG Regulatory Matters
Represented employee of medical-device company in petition for reinstatement

Mortgage Regulation
Represented mortgage broker in regulatory proceeding before Fannie Mae

Financial Institutions
Represented a financial institution in civil suit stemming from alleged misconduct. Financial institution’s motion to dismiss all charges granted

SEC
Represented publicly held company in SEC investigation

Home Health
Represented home health company in parallel criminal-civil investigation and False Claims Act case

Pharmacy
Represented pharmacy in parallel civil-criminal investigation and False Claims Act case

Food and Drug Administration
Represented physicians in FDA investigation

Hospice
Represented several hospice executives in government False Claims Act investigation stemming from a False Claims Act lawsuit

Manufacturing
Represented large international manufacturer in criminal antitrust investigation

Tax Fraud
Represented small-business owner charged with state-law criminal tax offenses

• Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2000, cum laude
• University of Pennsylvania, M.P.A., 1997
• Pennsylvania State University, B.A., 1994, with distinction

• Tennessee
• Pennsylvania
• Texas

• Listed in Chambers USA
  • Healthcare: Government Investigations & Fraud, 2021-2023
  • Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, 2023-2026
• Listed in Benchmark Litigation, "Future Star," Tennessee, 2015-2016, 2018-2021, 2023-2026
• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America^®
  • Commercial Litigation, 2018-2027
  • Health Care Law, 2018-2027
  • Litigation – Health Care, 2018-2027
  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar, 2023-2027
  • Qui Tam Law, 2023-2027
• Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers, 2025

• American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section
• Defense Research Institute
• Government Enforcement and Corporate Compliance Committee
  • Chair, 2016 
  • Vice Chair, 2015
  • Seminar Chair, 2014
• American Health Law Association, Fraud & Abuse Practice Group
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, White Collar Committee
• Tennessee Bar Association, Criminal Justice section
• Nashville Bar Association