Reuben A. Guttman
Washington DC Editor

Mr. Guttman's practice involves complex litigation and class actions. He has represented clients in claims brought under the Federal False Claims Act, the Price Anderson Act, Department of Energy (DOE) statutes and regulations, securities laws, the WARN Act, RICO, and various employment discrimination, labor and environmental statutes. He has also litigated and/or tried claims involving fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, antitrust, business interference, and other common law torts.

Mr. Guttman has been counsel in some of the largest recoveries under the Federal False Claims Act including U.S. ex rel Johnson v. Shell Oil Co., 33 F. Supp. 2d 528, 1999, where over $300 million was recovered from the oil industry. He also served as lead counsel in a series of cases which resulted in the recovery of more than $30 million under the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act. Litigation brought by Mr. Guttman on behalf of Nuclear Weapons Workers at "Manhattan Project" nuclear weapons sites resulted in congressional oversight and changes in procurement practices affecting the nation's nuclear weapons complex. He also served as lead counsel in litigation brought on behalf of prison workers in the District of Columbia which resulted in injunctive relief to protect workers against exposure to blood-borne pathogens. In 1997, Mr. Guttman served as lead counsel in a mediation before the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission which resulted in new work place standards and back pay for minority employees at a Texas oil refinery.

Mr. Guttman's publications include: The False Claims Act: Holding Employers Accountable For Workplace Rights (co-author, Employee Rights Quarterly, Aspen, Fall 2000); The Dormant Commerce Clause and Interstate Transportation of Waste, University of Pennsylvania, Journal of Resource Management and Technology, June 1993; Impact of OSHA Bloodbourne Disease Rule, Medical Waste, Vol. 1, No. 1, Oct. 1992; Supreme Court Holdings Benefit Landfill and Incinerator Operators, Medical Waste, Vol. 1, No. 3, Dec. 1992; Supreme Court Upholds Preemptive Powers of OSH Act, Medical Waste, Vol. 1, No. 4, Jan. 1993; EPA Dialogue May Result in Rules for Commercial Buildings, 2 Nat'l Journal of Asbestos in Buildings Litigation, 13, 1989; The Asbestos Model: Labor and Citizens Groups and a Multi-Pronged Approach to Regulatory Change, paper first presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Ill., Sept. 1, 1987; published as a chapter in "Conflict Resolution and Public Policy," edited by Miriam K. Mills, Greenwood-Quorum Press, October 1990; At Issue: Should Congress Pass Legislation That Would Extend The Asbestos Hazard Energy Response Act To All Public and Commercial Buildings, Congressional Quarterly's Editorial Research Reports, Vol. 1, No. 9, 1990; Representation Campaigns and the Future of Labor: a Legal and Theoretical Perspective, paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Ill., April 4, 1988.

He has served as Consulting Editor for The Regulatory Analyst: Medical Waste, a monthly publication, (Warren Gorham Lamont, New York, N.Y., 1992-1994) and a Chapter Author and Advisory Board Member for, Environmental Management in Healthcare Facilities, (W.B. Saunders Company, April 1998).

Mr. Guttman has appeared on ABC Nightly News and CNN, and has been quoted in major publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and national wire services.

In addition to his writings, Mr. Guttman has testified on environmental issues before committees of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate, and in 1992 advised President-elect Clinton's transition team on labor policy. He has been an invited speaker on privatization and procurement issues at conferences sponsored by the United States Department of Energy (Oakland, California, 1997; Denver, Colorado, 1995). He was also invited to speak on employment discrimination by the Houston Regional Office of the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) at its Fall, 1997 Technical Conference in Beaumont, Texas. He has guest lectured at Swarthmore College, the University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins University, The George Washington University, and Jiao Tong University Law School in Shanghai, China. He is a faculty member at the Emory University School of Law Trial Advocacy Program.

In 2004, Mr. Guttman was appointed by the District of Columbia Bar Board of Governors to serve on the Bar's Committee on Continuing Legal Education.

Mr. Guttman is a founding member of the American Trial Lawyers Association (ATLA) Qui Tam Litigation Committee and was a featured speaker on the False Claims Act at the ATLA July 2001 National Conference in Montreal, Canada. He also served two terms as co-chair of ATLA's "Labor Liaison Committee."

Mr. Guttman graduated from the University of Rochester in 1981 where he received a BA in history. He graduated from Emory University Law School in 1985 where he received a JD. Mr. Guttman is admitted to practice law in Georgia (admitted in 1985), the District of Columbia (admitted in 1988), Pennsylvania (admitted in 1991) and New Jersey (admitted in 1991).