Stinson, Lyons & Bustamante, P.A. v. United States

OPINION

REGINALD W. GIBSON, Judge:

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff, STINSON, LYONS & BUSTAMANTE, P.A., is a law firm (“plaintiff’ or “Stinson”) alleging it is due money damages from the United States (“defendant” or “government”) under certain qui tam1 provisions of the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3730(c)(5) and (d)(1) (1988 & Supp. V 1993). Specifically, pursuant to the foregoing provisions, plaintiff is seeking to recover a statutory share of the government’s proceeds of $27 million derived from a settle*475ment with the qui tam defendant, where the government elected not to intervene in plaintiffs case…