Lisa C. Dykstra is a seasoned litigator and trial lawyer who represents pharmaceutical manufacturers, medical device manufacturers, and other healthcare and technology organizations. Lisa’s practice focuses on civil and criminal government investigations, internal investigations, complex and parallel civil litigations, and regulatory proceedings involving compliance with FDA regulations, product marketing and promotional activities, product liability issues, securities fraud, and antitrust violations, among others. She routinely develops and executes strategies to address and exit large-scale, high-profile crisis situations in cases arising under the False Claims Act (FCA), the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA), the Anti-Kickback Statute, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and the Medicaid Rebate Statute. Lisa serves as a core member of the firm’s crisis management team.
In addition, Lisa represents individuals, including executives and board members, involved in white collar investigations and litigation. Lisa advises on complex compliance issues, supervises compliance and ethics audits, and has negotiated and monitored compliance agreements with the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General and state attorneys general. Separately, Lisa serves as national discovery counsel to a major pharmaceutical client, managing and counseling on complex discovery strategies across its portfolio of litigation and investigations. In this role, she manages strategy across product liability matters, government investigations, and civil litigation to ensure consistent advocacy and positions.
Lisa served as an assistant US attorney in the District of New Jersey Criminal Division.
Lisa has an active pro bono practice. She is a participant in the Pennsylvania Innocence Project and has served on the Criminal Justice Act Panel for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.. In addition, Lisa is the co-chair of the Vetri Community Partnership’s board of directors, and serves on the USC Shoah Foundation’s leadership council and The Wistar Institute’s leadership council.
Lisa regularly lectures on FCA litigation, compliance issues, white collar crime, ethics, and internal investigations. She frequently participates in seminars and advises in-house counsel on managing internal investigations, creating and implementing compliance programs, and decision-making around indemnifying employees.
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers
Medical Devices
General Healthcare Fraud and Abuse
False Claims Act/Qui Tam Litigation
Antitrust
Discovery Strategy
Government Contract Fraud
Compliance
Miscellaneous
Co-chair, Board of Directors, Vetri Community Partnership
Leadership Council, The Shoah Foundation
Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Philadelphia (2022–2025)
Listed, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Influencer of Law, White Collar (2019)
Listed, Benchmark Litigation, Future Star, Pennsylvania (2010–2014, 2017, 2018)
Member, The Legal Intelligencer, Pennsylvania Product Liability, Department of the Year (2014)
Member, The Wistar Institute Leadership Council
Board Co-Chair, Vetri Community Partnership
Former Member, Board of Directors, The Miquon School
Member, American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section White Collar Crime Committee
Served on Criminal Justice Act Panel
Member, Villanova Law Review
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