Kelly Begg Lawrence

Kelly Begg Lawrence is a partner in Nutter’s Litigation Department. With two decades of experience at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Massachusetts, including five years as the Chief of the Health Care Fraud Unit, she possesses significant experience in investigating and prosecuting federal health care fraud. Kelly represents medical device manufacturers, institutions, and medical professionals in state and federal trial and appellate courts, as well as before regulatory agencies. Clients rely on her sound judgment as an accomplished trial prosecutor to guide and defend them in complex litigation, from investigation through trial and appeal.

Kelly has an extensive track record in litigating violations of federal health care laws, including Medicare/Medicaid and wire fraud, conspiracy, and criminal offenses under the Anti-Kickback statute, Controlled Substances Act, False Claims Act, and Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act.

Previously at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Kelly was a trial attorney in the Major Crimes Unit and Organized Crime and Gang Unit. She also served as the Deputy Ethics Advisor and LGBTQ Special Emphasis Program Manager, and was a member of the Diversity Committee and Hiring Committee.

Earlier in her career, Kelly was a litigation and government enforcement attorney at Ropes & Gray. She also served as a law clerk for the Hon. Joan B. Gottschall, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and for the Hon. Joel M. Flaum, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Honors

• Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award
• Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) Award for Excellence

Education

Northwestern University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, Order of the Coif
Dartmouth College, A.B.

Admissions

• Massachusetts