William Tucker
Areas of Focus
Overview
Will Tucker is a counsel in the firm's Washington, D.C. office, where he practices in the Government Contracts and Health Care groups. Will represents clients in a range of complex litigation and counseling engagements.
Career & Education
- University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 2020
Virginia Journal of International Law: management board - Bowdoin College, B.A., 2014
- University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 2020
- District of Columbia
William's Insights
Client Alert | 4 min read | 05.18.26
(Not) All’s Weld That Ends Weld: Duty Evasion Scheme Ends in Historic $549.5M FCA Settlement
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the cross-agency Trade Fraud Task Force have upped the ante by an order of magnitude in the government’s pursuit of customs fraud. On May 1, 2026—only a few months after setting its previous record-high customs-related False Claims Act (FCA) settlement of $54.4 million with Ceratizit USA, LLC—the DOJ shattered that record with a $549.5 million settlement with Perfectus Aluminum Inc., its subsidiary Perfectus Aluminum Acquisitions LLC, and a set of four affiliated warehousing companies. The Perfectus settlement resolves allegations that the defendants violated the FCA by evading antidumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD). The settlement resolves three separate qui tam complaints filed by two individual relators and the Aluminum Extruders Council, an international industry association. Defendants were previously criminally convicted on charges related to the same scheme, and those convictions were affirmed by the Ninth Circuit in 2024.
Client Alert | 5 min read | 05.05.26
DOJ Launches FOCUS Initiative, Seeks Data Miners to Assist in Identifying and Building Fraud Claims
Speaking Engagement | 04.23.26
Blog Post | 04.08.26
Insights
Let’s Talk FCA: Developments Regarding Constitutional Challenges to the Qui Tam Provisions
|02.10.26
Crowell & Moring’s Government Contracts Legal Forum
Record-Setting False Claims Act Settlement Highlights DOJ Commitment to Customs Enforcement
|12.29.25
Crowell & Moring’s Government Contracts Legal Forum
Record-Setting False Claims Act Settlement Highlights DOJ Commitment to Customs
|12.24.25
Crowell & Moring’s International Trade Law
Eleventh Circuit Hears Argument on False Claims Act Qui Tam Constitutionality
|12.15.25
Crowell & Moring’s Government Contracts Legal Forum
William's Insights
Client Alert | 4 min read | 05.18.26
(Not) All’s Weld That Ends Weld: Duty Evasion Scheme Ends in Historic $549.5M FCA Settlement
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the cross-agency Trade Fraud Task Force have upped the ante by an order of magnitude in the government’s pursuit of customs fraud. On May 1, 2026—only a few months after setting its previous record-high customs-related False Claims Act (FCA) settlement of $54.4 million with Ceratizit USA, LLC—the DOJ shattered that record with a $549.5 million settlement with Perfectus Aluminum Inc., its subsidiary Perfectus Aluminum Acquisitions LLC, and a set of four affiliated warehousing companies. The Perfectus settlement resolves allegations that the defendants violated the FCA by evading antidumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD). The settlement resolves three separate qui tam complaints filed by two individual relators and the Aluminum Extruders Council, an international industry association. Defendants were previously criminally convicted on charges related to the same scheme, and those convictions were affirmed by the Ninth Circuit in 2024.
Client Alert | 5 min read | 05.05.26
DOJ Launches FOCUS Initiative, Seeks Data Miners to Assist in Identifying and Building Fraud Claims
Speaking Engagement | 04.23.26
Blog Post | 04.08.26




