Vivian Egbu
Associate Attorney
Vivian Egbu advises FDA-regulated companies on healthcare compliance, regulatory risk, enforcement matters, and complex disputes across the product life cycle. She brings prior experience as an Assistant Attorney General, providing insight into how regulators and enforcement agencies assess risk, conduct investigations, and pursue enforcement strategies.
Her work is shaped by experience inside both enforcement and regulatory environments. She worked closely with federal prosecutors on whistleblower actions and collaborated across agencies to pursue coordinated enforcement strategies. Her government experience further informs her understanding of licensing, sanctions, reimbursement disputes, and regulatory enforcement across healthcare systems. She applies that enforcement perspective to help clients proactively identify risk areas and design compliance strategies that align with real-world enforcement priorities.
Vivian brings a practical, solutions-oriented approach grounded in hands-on litigation experience, including trial preparation, administrative hearings, and settlement negotiations. Her experience managing full case lifecycles allows her to align legal strategy with broader policy and operational priorities.
Clients engage Vivian in matters involving fraud investigations, regulatory enforcement actions, compliance disputes, and complex reimbursement and contractual issues. Her work often involves partnering with businesses to structure compliant programs and integrate compliance into day-to-day operations, and obtain counsel on a wide range of compliance topics.
Her background also includes private practice litigation and healthcare compliance investigations and enforcement readiness, which gives her a balanced perspective on how enforcement decisions impact providers and businesses. This combination of government and private sector experience allows her to approach matters with both rigor and practical awareness of industry realities.
Focus Areas
- Healthcare fraud litigation and enforcement
- Healthcare regulatory compliance and investigations
- Medicaid and government program enforcement matters
- Pharmaceutical and medical device regulatory issues
- Administrative law and agency proceedings
- Healthcare reimbursement and payer disputes
Representative Experience
- Prosecuting complex civil healthcare fraud cases involving pharmaceutical companies, manufacturers, hospitals, and medical providers, resulting in multimillion-dollar recoveries
- Managing full life cycle of whistleblower actions, from investigation through trial, appeal, and settlement negotiations
- Representing state agencies in litigation and administrative proceedings involving Medicaid programs, formularies, and drug rebate compliance
- Coordinating with federal prosecutors on cross-jurisdictional Medicaid fraud investigations and FDA enforcement actions
- Handling regulatory enforcement matters involving licensing, sanctions, contract disputes, and credentialing issues for healthcare entities
- Litigating administrative cases before the State Office of Administrative Hearings and related appellate bodies
Differentiators
- Combined experience in state enforcement, regulatory agencies, and private practice litigation
- Direct involvement in high-value healthcare fraud recoveries and statewide enforcement strategy
- Hands-on experience with both litigation and administrative proceedings in healthcare matters
- Background in healthcare operations and compliance through prior industry role in home health services
Thought Leadership, Teaching, & Ventures
- Speaker at law schools on legal career development and professional pathways
- Presenter on motivational and values-based topics within professional and community settings
Education
- J.D., Mitchell Hamline School of Law
- B.A., Political Science, Texas State University
Admissions & Affiliations
- State Bar of Texas
- District of Columbia Bar
- Certified in Healthcare Compliance (CHC)
- Christian Legal Society, Houston Chapter, President
Personal
Vivian is actively involved in mentoring young professionals. She participates in community service and pro bono efforts, supporting residents through legal assistance initiatives and volunteer organizations focused on health and community well-being.