About Me

Rory Delaney

Rory Delaney is an attorney licensed to practice in federal courts across the United States. He graduated from the University of Cambridge, England with a degree in law in 1990.

He worked as a solicitor for the global law firm of Freshfields, Bruckhaus, Deringer in their London and Paris offices between 1992 and 1994 and subsequently Steptoe & Johnson, Rakisons in London until 1996. That year he became a barrister of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn and concentrated his practice on criminal litigation, defending serious crimes and prosecuting on behalf of the Crown and Her Majesty’s Customs and Excise.

In the years 1996 to 2001, Rory conducted over seventy jury trials, covering tax evasion, importation offenses, computer crimes and armed robbery, and just before he left England, completed the successful prosecution of ten defendants in a $30 million drug importation conspiracy. In 2001, Rory and his American family moved to Boston. After taking the Massachusetts Bar in July 2002, Rory was admitted to practice.

Since 2003 Rory has concentrated on whistleblower cases including
  • 2024 – U.S. ex rel. John Doe et al v. QOL Medical, Inc. $47 million settlement
  • 2023 – United States ex rel. John Doe v. Johnson & Johnson et al. $9.75 million settlement
  • 2020 – U.S. ex rel. Ruckh v. CMC II et al. $250 million jury verdict upheld on appeal
  • 2018 – United States ex rel. Doe v. Stanton Health Care Center et al. $415,000 settlement
  • 2018 – United States ex rel. Bennett v. Abiomed $3.1 million settlement
  • 2017 – U.S. ex rel. Clarke, et al. v. Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al. $35 million settlement
  • 2016 – U.S. ex rel. Lokosky v. Acclarent $18 million civil settlement
  • 2012 – U.S. v Amgen et al. $762 million criminal and civil penalties
  • 2010 – U.S. v. Elan Corporation, PLC, et al. $203 million criminal and civil penalties
  • 2009 – U.S. ex rel. Collins v. Pfizer Inc. $2.3 billion criminal and civil penalties
  • 2007 – U.S. ex rel. Johnson v. Aggregate Industries $42 million criminal and civil penalties
Bar Admissions
  • 2003, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
  • 2003, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
  • 2002, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  • 1996, Barrister of the Honorable Society of Lincoln’s Inn
  • 1994, Solicitor enrolled to practice in England & Wales
Memberships
  • Board Member of Amigos de Santa Cruz — Guatemalan Non-Profit
  • Taxpayers Against Fraud
  • Suffolk Lawyers for Justice
  • Boston Bar Association
  • The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn
  • Magdalene College, University of Cambridge
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