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Former Mississippi U.S. Attorney to Monitor Medical Technology Company

By Leah Nylen

James B. Tucker (Butler Snow)

The former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi will act as a federal monitor to review compliance at a Tennessee medical technology company as part of a Deferred Prosecution Agreement, the Justice Department said Thursday.

James B. Tucker, who served as a U.S. Attorney during the Bush administration, will monitor compliance at Wright Medical Technology Inc. The company is based in Arlington, Tenn., and manufactures and distributes orthopaedic implant devices. According to the criminal complaint, Wright entered into consulting agreements with certain orthopaedic surgeons to encourage the doctors use its artificial hip and knee reconstruction products in violation of federal anti-kickback laws. As part of the DPA, the company will install new compliance procedures and install Tucker as a monitor.

Tucker, now a partner at Butler Snow O’Mara Stevens and Cannada PLLC, served as U.S. Attorney in the Jackson-based office from January 2001 through September 2001. Before becoming U.S. Attorney, he served as the office’s Criminal Division Chief from 1985 to 2001. He also spent time at Justice Department headquarters, serving as a trial attorney and senior litigation counsel in the DOJ’s Criminal Division.

Full post as published by Main Justice on September 30, 2010 (boomark / email).