Hannah F. Preston

Hannah F. Preston concentrates on defending clients facing qui tam actions, class action lawsuits, commercial disputes and appellate litigation. She represents clients in both federal and state courts throughout the United States.

Often defending manufacturers of consumer products and healthcare clients, Hannah’s work includes handling critical motions, appeals and amicus briefs, as well as managing discovery in complex litigation and responses to government subpoenas.

Corporate clients seek Hannah’s legal advice on a range of substantive matters involving regulatory compliance, state consumer protection laws, the False Claims Act, common law claims and discovery issues.

Prior to joining Dowd Bennett, Hannah was an associate at Dentons US LLP in the litigation group, where she was part of a national class action defense team. She served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable John R. Gibson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit before entering private practice.

Representative Matters

• Defends healthcare client in FCA litigation involving Medicare billing and Anti-Kickback Statute issues.
• Defends client in federal class action litigation involving beer labeling and marketing.
• Responds to government subpoenas on behalf of healthcare client.
• Handled briefing on venue, merits, and discovery issues, prepared bellwether case for trial and managed complex discovery in mass tort cases pending in multiple jurisdictions including federal MDL.
• Obtained reversal of class certification and denial of certification in federal class action involving tool power ratings.
• Prior to joining Dowd Bennett, drafted successful oppositions to class certification and motions for decertification in several consumer class actions for insurance client.