Kelly Hightower Hibbert focuses her practice on complex healthcare litigation, government investigations, and affirmative recovery matters for healthcare and life sciences clients. She represents clients in high‑stakes disputes before federal and state courts, administrative agencies, and arbitral forums and has extensive experience defending matters involving alleged violations of the False Claims Act.
Kelly represents clients across a broad range of the healthcare industry, including health benefit plans, electronic health record providers, pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers and distributors, acute‑care hospitals, skilled nursing and long‑term care providers, rehabilitation facilities, and individual health care professionals. Her experience spans all phases of litigation, from pre‑suit investigations through trial and appeal. Kelly’s practice includes:
- Managed Care – Representing clients in reimbursement, compliance, and recovery disputes and affirmative recovery actions involving fraud, waste, and abuse.
- Healthcare Fraud & Abuse – Defending providers, manufacturers, and distributors in matters involving alleged False Claims Act violations.
- Government Investigations – Counseling clients in Department of Justice and other federal and state agency investigations; defending companies in investigations involving regulatory and compliance requirements; advising on matters from initial inquiry through litigation and appeal.
Prior to joining Bass, Berry & Sims, Kelly was a partner at Crowell & Moring LLP and an attorney at Reed Smith LLP. After law school, she served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Robert A. Greenberg of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland.
