William Tucker

Counsel | He/Him/His

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.

His litigation practice spans both plaintiff-side and defense work, including False Claims Act cases and claims recovery suits. Will also represents clients bringing contract claims before the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals and in bid protests before the Government Accountability Office.

In his counseling practice Will helps clients navigate investigations and other relationships with federal and state regulators, often regarding the use of emerging technologies and implementation of new business models. His counseling practice covers fraud and abuse compliance and investigations, Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act compliance audits, state licensure guidance, and state procurement procedures, among other issues.

Will maintains an active pro bono practice, including as a member of Crowell’s Racial Justice Pro Bono Task Force. He currently represents a diverse group of plaintiffs in a federal voting rights lawsuit. Will previously contributed to an amicus brief regarding the constitutional consequences of participation in insurrection, counseled a nonprofit on the HIPAA and fraud and abuse implications of a proposed business relationship, represented a mother in custody proceedings, and assisted on an affirmative asylum petition.

Will received his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he served on the management board of the Virginia Journal of International Law and on the inaugural board of the Law, Innovation, Security, and Technology Society. Will was also a member of the First Amendment Litigation Clinic.

Before law school, Will received his B.A. from Bowdoin College, where he majored in government and legal studies and minored in music composition.

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
      Virginia Journal of International Law: management board
    • Bowdoin College, B.A., 2014
    • District of Columbia
    • 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....

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....