From In-House Counsel to Inmate: Meet the Former GC of WellCare Health Plans

Add to Calendar: Add to Calendar: 2022-11-11 10:00:00 2022-11-11 11:00:00 From In-House Counsel to Inmate: Meet the Former GC of WellCare Health Plans Event Description An inside account of one lawyer’s fall from billion dollar public company executive to criminal defendant in a major healthcare fraud prosecution, to federal prison inmate, and…back. Speaker Bio Thad Bereday was Senior Vice President and General Counsel of WellCare Health Plans from 2002-2008. Thad’s legal career ended when WellCare was raided by 200 federal agents, setting off a decade long odyssey through the criminal legal system.  So began a grueling descent during which Bereday lost his job, his law license, his health, his family, and his freedom. He later received a presidential pardon. Today, he is an advocate for criminal justice reform and the possibility of redemption. Edmund W. Searby (moderator) is a partner at Porter Wright and an adjunct faculty member at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. He is a former federal prosecutor in Florida and a Special Deputy Independent Counsel in Washington, D.C. He represented an executive (other than Bereday) in the criminal investigation of WellCare.   CLE Reading Materials Case Western Reserve University School of Law George Gund Hall Room A59, Moot Courtroom 11075 East Blvd., Cleveland, OH 44106 School of Law School of Law America/New_York public