Andrew M. Beato

Andrew M. Beato is the Chair of the False Claims Act and Whistleblower Practice Group at Stein Mitchell Beato & Missner LLP.  His practice focuses on representing whistleblowers in the United States and abroad.  Mr. Beato has substantial experience representing clients in high-profile government fraud investigations with state and federal agencies, including the Department of Justice, State Attorneys General Offices, the Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Department of Defense.  In addition, Mr. Beato represents clients in complex international whistleblower claims involving financial entities alleged to have violated tax, securities, commodities, and health care laws. The whistleblowers represented by Mr. Beato have contributed to more than $3.5 billion in payments to federal and state governments, including $2.6 billion paid by Credit Suisse for conspiring to aid and assist taxpayers in filing false returns.

WASHINGTON’S TOP LAWYERS (2013-2020, 2025)

• WASHINGTONIAN Magazine selects Andrew Beato for his outstanding record of achievement as a Whistleblower lawyer.

THE NATIONAL TRIAL LAWYERS TOP 100 TRIAL LAWYERS (2014-2020)

American University, The Washington College of Law, J.D.

• Staff editor, The American University Journal of International Law and Policy

Boston University, 1991, summa cum laude with distinction, Phi Beta Kappa

• Maryland 
• District of Columbia
• Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

Member, American Bar Association

Member, Maryland State Bar Association

Member, District of Columbia Bar Association