Erica Hitchings

Biography

Erica Blachman Hitchings is a member of the Whistleblower Law Collaborative LLC where she represents in matters involving violations of the federal and state False Claims Acts as well as violations of laws regulating securities, taxes, commodities and futures, customs tariffs and duties, foreign practices, and the banking industry. Prior to joining the Whistleblower Law Collaborative LLC, Ms. Hitchings spent nine years in the US Department of Justice where she successfully investigated, litigated, and settled a wide range of False Claims Act cases.

Ms. Hitchings joined the Department of Justice as a member of the prestigious Attorney General’s Honors Program in 2009, after spending two years clerking for the Honorable Patti B. Saris, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. She first served as a trial attorney in the Civil Fraud section in Washington, DC and then as an assistant US attorney in the Northern District of California. Over the course of her career at DOJ, Ms. Hitchings conducted dozens of healthcare, procurement, and other fraud investigations that resulted in the recovery of hundreds of millions of dollars by the United States.

In addition to her fraud enforcement work, as an assistant US attorney, Ms. Hitchings coordinated the civil rights enforcement program of her division and defended government agencies in an array of civil litigation, including administrative, constitutional, and environmental matters. She was also a member of the office’s diversity committee.

Ms. Hitchings has been a frequent speaker on topics of healthcare fraud and False Claims Act developments, and she designed a training curriculum that will boost the affirmative investigation and litigation skills of government attorneys throughout the country.

Ms. Hitchings was a member of the Dartmouth College women’s soccer team and spent four years prior to law school teaching history, coaching soccer and basketball, and serving as a social justice program coordinator for teens.