Julia Siegenberg is a Counsel with the firm.  Julia represents state agencies in a range of litigation matters arising from federal–state human services programs, including Medicaid and child welfare.  Julia regularly defends state agencies in class action litigation in federal court, and she represents state agencies in challenges to federal penalties before the HHS Departmental Appeals Board.

Julia has extensive experience assisting state agencies in navigating complex discovery issues that arise in complex litigation, from preservation and collection through review, production, and evidentiary analysis for summary judgment and trial.  She also regularly presents on common challenges facing state agencies with respect to discovery and management of voluminous data.

Julia’s representative matters include:

  • Defending a state agency in a class action lawsuit challenging the operation of its child welfare system and raising Constitutional and federal statutory claims.
  • Defending a state agency in an Americans with Disabilities Act “Olmstead” class action alleging that foster children were unnecessarily placed in residential treatment programs.
  • Representing a state agency in an administrative appeal of a disallowance relating to Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments.
  • Representing a state agency in an administrative appeal of a Child and Family Services Review penalty.
Julia also advises States on a range of issues relating to Medicaid, Medicare, Foster Care and Adoption Assistance, TANF, and SNAP.  This work includes counseling state agencies on compliance with Federal privacy, security, and confidentiality laws, including the application of HIPAA and Part 2 to government-sponsored health care programs and other public benefit programs.

  • Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2019
    • Food and Drug Law Journal
  • New York University, B.S., 2014