Alejandro J. Salicrup is a trial attorney with over a decade of experience spanning personal injury, complex civil litigation, federal criminal prosecution, and high-profile government investigations. He brings to every case a rare combination of courtroom skill, courtroom instincts, and academic rigor — honed across some of the most demanding legal environments in the country.
At Williams Hart & Boundas, LLP, his civil practice focuses on product liability, commercial motor vehicle incidents, and qui tam/whistleblower actions. Alejandro has represented clients in cases involving a wide range of products, including defective firearms, vehicles, and power tools. He also represents individuals who were injured in motor vehicle crashes or injured in their workplace.
False Claims Act/Whistleblower Actions: Alejandro also represents whistleblowers in False Claims Act qui tam actions, drawing on years of experience as a federal prosecutor who built and tried the very same kinds of fraud cases that whistleblowers help expose. He understands these cases from the inside — how the government investigates them, what the Department of Justice looks for when deciding whether to intervene, and how to position a qui tam case for maximum recovery.
As a Trial Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Health Care Fraud Strike Force, Alejandro investigated and prosecuted some of the most complex health care fraud schemes in the country, including large-scale conspiracies involving fraudulent cancer genetic testing (CGx) and COVID-19 testing fraud — precisely the types of schemes that frequently give rise to False Claims Act liability. Before that, as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, he prosecuted a broad range of federal fraud matters. That prosecutorial background gives Alejandro a critical advantage when evaluating a whistleblower’s information: he knows what makes a case and how to present it to the government in a way that commands serious attention.
Alejandro also brings a rare investigative perspective to his whistleblower practice. He served as Special Counsel to former FBI Director Louis Freeh during Director Freeh’s tenure as Special Master of the Deepwater Horizon Settlement Program, where he helped expose and dismantle sophisticated, large-scale fraud — work that required the same careful documentary analysis and source development as effective qui tam litigation demands.
Whistleblowers who come to Alejandro benefit from a lawyer who has sat on the other side of the table — one who spent years working alongside FBI agents, building fraud cases, and understanding how federal investigators evaluate evidence and credibility. That experience translates directly into better-prepared qui tam complaints, stronger government presentations, and more effective advocacy for clients who have taken a courageous stand against fraud.
Alejandro is a native Spanish speaker and is highly proficient in Portuguese.
Educational Background
- Juris Doctorate, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 2010
- Dean’s Scholarship
- University of Pennsylvania Law School Journal of International Law, Senior Editor
- University of Pennsylvania Law School East Asia Law Review, Editor-in-Chief
- Willem C. Vis International Arbitration Moot Court, Vienna, Austria
- Master of Latin American Studies, Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service, 2006
- Bachelor of Science in Anthropology, cum laude, University of Chicago, 2002
Professional Associations
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania, 2010
- Texas, 2023
Court Admissions
- Pennsylvania State Courts
- Texas State Courts
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Awards
- Multiple awards from the FBI, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and the ATF, including the National Honor Award
Practice Areas
- Personal Injury
- Qui Tam/Whistleblower Claims
- Product Liability
- Commercial Motor Vehicle Incidents
Case Victories / Representative Matters
- While at the Department of Justice, Alejandro tried cases involving allegations of sexual assault, child pornography, and related offenses. He also tried novel fraud cases, including the first trial addressing cancer genetic testing fraud and one of the first COVID-19 cases in the country.
- Alejandro has extensive experience working in parallel proceedings that involve qui tam/whistleblower claims and related criminal investigations, including investigations regarding:
- The fraudulent sale of compounded creams billed to TRICARE at an exorbitant price.
- The fraudulent sale of genetic testing tests billed to Medicare.
- The fraudulent sale of orthopedic equipment billed to Medicare.
- Fraudulent practices by a health care insurance provider were billed to the United States government.
- $445,581.62 arbitration award on a non-subscriber work injury where the person fell and injured back.
- $500,000 jury trial award to plaintiff injured in a traffic collision in a highly contested case. The defense offered $30,000 to settle the case.
Judicial Clerkships
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, Boston, Massachusetts
- Law Clerk, Former Chief Judge Juan R. Torruella (2015-2016)
- U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Law Clerk, Judge Jay A. García-Gregory (2011-2012)
- U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Law Clerk, Judge Juan M. Perez-Gimenez (2010-2011)
Alejandro’s federal clerkships give him a perspective that few litigators possess. Serving first in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and later on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, he spent years inside the chambers where federal judges deliberate — reading briefs, researching dispositive legal questions, and observing firsthand what moves courts and what falls flat. Having seen hundreds of motions evaluated from a judge’s vantage point, Alejandro knows how courts work and how judges think, and how to write and argue in a way that anticipates those concerns rather than reacts to them. His clerkship experience is not a line on a résumé — it is a lens through which every brief, every filing, and every courtroom argument is shaped.