Shelley Slade, Esq received her BA from Princeton University in 1980 and her J.D. from Stanford University Law School in 1984. As a partner at Vogel, Slade & Goldstein, LLP, a law firm representing individuals bringing cases nationwide under the federal False Claims Act, Ms. Slade has represented qui tam plaintiffs under the federal False Claims Act and state false claims law for 24 years. In 2022 and 2024, Ms. Slade was named Qui Tam Lawyer of the Year in Washington, D.C. by the Best Lawyers of America organization, a group that ranks lawyers based on peer reviews. Ms. Slade received substantial assistance in the research and writing of this article from her firm’s paralegal, Samantha Gould, a 2021 graduate of Johns Hopkins University.