Vernon Lewis
Vernon Lewis
Vernon Lewis
Biography
Vernon is a former Assistant United States Attorney and Chief of the Fraud Section for the United States Attorney’s Office Southern District of Texas.
Vernon is a highly regarded lawyer who prosecuted or supervised the prosecution of tax fraud, healthcare fraud, wire fraud, and computer crimes cases, among others, for 21 years.
Vernon began his legal career by clerking for a federal judge in Houston. Vernon then joined a law firm in Miami, Florida, where he later became a partner.
Civic Involvement & Honors
- Recipient, U.S. Attorney’s Professionalism Award
- Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney, USAO-SDTX (2011-2015)
- Chief of Fraud Section (2018-2021)
- Senior Litigation Counsel, USAO-SDTX (2005-2007)
- Ethics Advisor, USAO-SDTX (2012-2014)
- Detailee to General Counsel’s Office, Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys, Washington, D.C. (2010-2011)
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Trained IRS Agents in Houston on Tax Fraud - 2018
- Trained FBI Agents Nationwide on Financial Crimes -2020
Admissions
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Florida, 1993
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Texas, 1991
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Supreme Court of the United States, 2020
Education
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Texas Southern University-Thurgood Marshall, J.D., 1991
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University of Florida, B.S., 1988
Related Practice Areas
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Business & Commercial Disputes
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Intellectual Property and Technology
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Litigation & Dispute Resolution
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Regulation, Compliance & Advisory
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Class Actions & Mass Torts
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False Claims Act
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Healthcare & Life Sciences
Experience
- Successfully prosecuted foreign national for manufacturing and distributing counterfeit pharmaceutical drugs, including counterfeit cancer drugs and counterfeit Viagra.
- Successfully prosecuted physician for Medicare Fraud in the sale of durable medical equipment.
- Successfully prosecuted 7 defendants in a multi-million-dollar construction fraud scheme.
- Successfully prosecuted 3 companies for Antitrust violations.
- Successfully prosecuted senior credit union officer for bank fraud.