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Grande Law Offices and Thomas Grande have litigated public interest cases for almost twenty-five years. Our commitment to service in the public interest for consumers, small business and whistleblowers has resulted in:
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Millions of dollars awarded to consumers, seniors and small business. |
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Legislation to protect consumers, seniors, small business and the poor. |
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The only personal injury class action certification in Hawai'i. |
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The highest unfair competition award in Hawai'i. |
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The highest Medicare and Medicaid fraud settlements in Hawai'i. |
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The first national qui tam settlement for fraud on a foreign US military base. |
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Cy Pres awards to help fund the Hawai'i Center on Law Medicine & Aging, the Red Cross, Hawai'i Community Foundation, Legal Aid & others. |
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Thomas Grande's Interview on Sky Radio's "Tribute to America's Best Lawyers" - Whistleblower Protection in America | | |
$2.5 Million Recovered in Queens Whistleblower Case
Thomas Grande and co-counsel Warren Price of Price Okamoto Himeno & Lum recovered $2.5 million in a qui tam case filed on behalf of two pharmacy technicians at The Queens Hospital in Honolulu.
The case alleged that Queens filed fraudulent Medicare and Medicaid claims by allowing residents to perform unsupervised medical procedures and allowing medications to be prescribed without the authorization of a supervising physician.
"This case ensures that hospitals and doctors will follow public health insurance guidelines for the elderly who are served by Medicare and the poor who are served by Medicaid," said Mr. Grande. "These guidelines ensure that quality and appropriate medical treatment is given to all of our citizens, especially those who are most vulnerable in our population," he said.
The lawsuit was filed under the federal False Claims Act and Hawaii False Claims Act and was settled with the assistance of the United States Attorneys Office and state Medicaid fraud unit.
Edward H. Kubo, Jr., United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii, praised the two whistleblowers for their courage in coming forward with the case.
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To see Honolulu Star-Bulletin news coverage, click here.
Recent Honors & Awards
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Dean's Alumnus of the Year
William S. Richardson School of Law
University of Hawai'i |
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Mr. Grande was recently honored at the 5th Annual All Class Reunion of the William S. Richardson School of Law. Mr. Grande is a member of the Class of 1985, where he received the Susan McKay Memorial Moot Court Award, was a two-year member of the National Moot Court Team, an academic selection to the University of Hawai'i Law Review and selected to be a law clerk to the Honorable Edward King, Chief Justice, Federated States of Micronesia Supreme Court in Pohnpei, Micronesia. |
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Mr. Grande has been named a 2008 Super Lawyer, which recognizes outstanding legal professionals each year. Mr. Grande was selected for work in two of his practice areas -- class actions/mass torts and consumer litigation. |
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Editor in Chief Emeritus
American Bar Association
Survey of State Class Action Law |
Mr. Grande was named editor in chief emeritus of the ABA Survey of State Class Action law, a publication co-founded by him in 1999. The Survey is published in Newberg on Class Actions and Consumer Class Actions, two of the pre-eminent publications on class actxion law and practice and is a source book for the ABA 12th Annual National Institute on Class Actions
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Homeowner Class Action Certified
Grande Law Offices and Wayson Wong have obtained certification of a construction defect class action on behalf of homeowners at the SummerHill Subdivision in Ewa, Hawaii. The case, which was filed in 2001, will go forward on behalf of more than 100 homeowners who were sold defective houses by Defendants Gentry Homes and Gentry Realty. The houses have a defective foam skit that allows ground termites to enter the homes undetected.
"This was a case that required tremendous perservence," said Thomas Grande. "The case was first dismissed because of an arbitration clause that we defeated in an important Hawai'i Supreme Court decision on homeowner arbitrations," Grande noted. "After our first certification hearing, Defendants were allowed to take nineteen depositions of potential class members. We are extremely pleased that the Court made what we believe was the best decision for the homeowners -- allow them to go foward as a class."
Grande commended co-counsel Wayson Wong, who handled all of the nineteen depositions. "Wayson displayed true dedication to this case. The SummerHill homeowners made the right choice when they asked him to represent them in the case," Grande noted.
To read a copy of the Supreme Court decision,
Some of Our Current Cases
Grande Law Offices' current cases include:
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