Ronald Chapman II - Detroit, MI

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

Current Employment Position(s)

• CEO, Federal Attorney

Past Positions

• Operational Law Attorney, U.S. Marine Corps, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, 2013
• Senior Legal Advisor, U.S. Marine Corps, Kajaki, Afghanistan, 2012
• Prosecutor, U.S. Marine Corps, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, 2011
• U.S. Marine Corps, Cherry Point, North Carolina, Assistant Defense Counsel, 2009 - 2010
• Chapman Law Group, Law Clerk, 2008 - 2009

Languages

• English (Primary)

Classes and Seminars

• “Controlled Substances Boot Camp: Introduction to the Fundamentals, Summit on Controlled Substances,” Washington Plaza, Washington, D.C., January 29, 2018
  
• “Principles For Safe Opioid Prescribing: Best Practices, Guidelines and Regulations,” Michigan State Medical Society 2017 Annual Scientific Meeting, Sheraton Detroit, Novi, Michigan, October 25, 2017
  
• CME Webinar: “Protect Yourself and Your License: DEA Compliance and Opioid Abuse,” Urgent Care Association of America (UCAOA), October 12, 2017
  
• “How To Prepare And Respond To State And DEA Inspections and Medicaid Audits“, Florida Pharmacy Association Regulatory and Law Conference. December 3, 2016
  
• “Responsible Opioid Prescribing and Monitoring For Pain Management: How To Prescribe Opiates”, Michigan State Medical Society’s 151st Annual Scientific Meeting. October 26, 2016
  
• “Evidence-Based Best Practice for Opioid Prescribing and Monitoring: Medicolegal Pain Management Expert Symposium”, International Conference on Opioids, Journal of Opioid Management, Harvard Medical School, June 6, 2016
  
• “Preparing for and Defending Regulatory Investigations”, Michigan Medical Society Spring Conference. May 2015
  
• “Responsible Opioid Prescribing and Monitoring for Pain Management: Evidence-Based Best Practice”, Michigan State Medical Society’s 150th Annual Scientific Meeting. October 23, 2015
  
• Building an Ironclad Compliance Program: Building, Maintaining, and Evolving in a Highly Regulated Area, American Conference Institute 4th Annual Summit on Controlled Substances — Regulation, Litigation, and Enforcement, June 15, 2021.
  
• Health Care Fraud Statute vs. False Claims Act: Why Prosecutors Choose the Health Care Fraud Statute Again and Again, National Alliance of Medical Auditing Specialists, March 16, 2021
  
• Current Trends in Health Care Fraud and Abuse Enforcement, Institute of Continuing Legal Education 27th Annual Health Law Institute, March 11, 2021
  
• DEA Site Visit Checklist: Tailoring Inspection Strategies for Every Link of the Supply Chain, American Conference Institute, July 21, 2020
  
• Compliance Think Tank: Building and Enhancing an Effective Controlled Substances Compliance Program, American Conference Institute, July 20, 2020

Representative Clients

• United States v. Bothra Et. Al. Fifty Four Count Acquittal in Healthcare Fraud and Drug Distribution Prosecution

• United States v. Pompy Complete Acquittal in Healthcare Fraud and Drug Prosecution

• United States v. Hansen Complete Acquittal in Healthcare Fraud and Drug Prosecution

• United States v. National Behavioral Health Investigation Dismissed into Large Behavioral Health Clinic

• United States v. Reyes Pre Trial Dismissal of Healthcare Fraud Charges

• United States v. Naum Supreme Court Reversal of Conviction

• United States v. Aggarwal Trial Acquittal of Drug Charges

• People v. Oesterling Trial Acquittal of Drug Charges

• People v. Dr. S. S. Dismissal of Drug Charges at Preliminary Hearing

• United States v. Sachy Plea Overturned and Dismissal of Distribution Causing Death Counts

Representative Cases

• United States v. S. (M.D. Ga. 2023)
• United States v. K. (E.D. Ky. 2023)
• Ruan v. United States (2022)

Published Works

Articles

• “Criminal Accusations Cause Health Care Professionals to Face Potentially Debilitating Collateral Consequences. Part Two.” State Appellate Defender Office, Criminal Defense Newsletter, June 2016
  
• DEA Is Cracking Down On Physicians Who Overprescribe Pills. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Aug. 12, 2016
  
• “Criminal Accusations Cause Health Care Professionals to Face Potentially Debilitating Collateral Consequences. Part One.” State Appellate Defender Office, Criminal Defense Newsletter, June 2016
  
• “Physician’s Guide to DEA Administrative Inspections.” Pain Medicine News, April, 18, 2016
  
• The Black Cloud of a Medical Board Investigation. Medscape. Dec 23, 2015
  
• Top 10 Tips for Physician to Avoid Prosecution for Overprescribing, AVVO 2015
• “When Prescribing Controlled Substances Becomes Drug Trafficking.” Pain Medicine News, Aug. 2015: 48-51
• A Physicians Guide to Avoid Unlawful Prescribing or Dispensing, September 18, 2014
• Vicodin and Other hydrocodone to Become Schedule II Drugs – DEA Says September 3, 2014
• CMS Proposed Prescribing Rules Would Lead to Increased Health Professional Investigations and Penalties January 7, 2014
• HPRP Is Not For Everyone September 20, 2013
• “Defending Hippocrates: Representing Physicians in the Wake of the Opioid Epidemic,” National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’ The Champion, September-October 2017
• “4 Steps Every Provider Must Take Before Prescribing an Opioid,” Pain Medicine News, November 9, 2018
• “Anti-Terror Tech to Fight Rx Fraud,” MedPage Today, July 12, 2018
• “Responding to Government Investigations,” State Bar of Michigan, Health Care Law Section, August 2018
• “New Center for Physician Rights Helps Protect, Guide Doctors” (with Pauline Anderson), Medscape, November 9, 2018
• “Litigating the Loss Amount in Health Care Fraud Cases,” National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’ The Champion, December 2017
• “DEA Begins Targeting Off-Label Prescribing of TIRF Products,” Pain Medicine News, October 23, 2017
• Author, Fight the Feds: Unraveling Federal Criminal Investigations
• Author, Truth & Persuasion: In the Digital Revolution

Bar Admissions

• Michigan
• U.S. Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan
• U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin
• U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia
• U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas

Other Affiliations

• State Bar of Michigan
• The Marine Corps League
• Michigan State Bar Criminal Law Section
• Michigan State Bar Administrative Law Section
• Michigan State Bar Health Care Law Section (Vice Chair of Legislative Committee)
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL)