Laurie A. Witek

Partner

Laurie focuses her practice on complex litigation, including defense of government contracts disputes, false claims act cases, and other civil enforcement and regulatory actions. She has extensive experience with internal investigations, responding to government requests for information, subpoenas, and Civil Investigative Demands, and defending lawsuits involving the Department of Justice and other federal agencies. She represents defense contractors, financial institutions, heath care providers, and other corporations in all phases of investigation and enforcement litigation. Her experience includes disputes involving environmental, health care, and banking regulations, as well as a variety of government contracting issues, including commercial item and other cost allowability determinations, defective pricing, and labor mischarging. She has also advised a major defense contractor on government contracts matters as a seconded in-house attorney. Laurie has also defended clients in banking and financial services litigation, including consumer-related claims, class actions, and government investigations.

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Credentials

Education

University of Cincinnati College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2008)

Wright State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 2005)

Bar admissions

  • Ohio

Court admissions

  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Affiliations and memberships

  • Cincinnati Bar Association
  • Ohio State Bar Association

Distinctions

  • Ohio Rising Star® for General Litigation

Publications
  • August 4, 2025

    Receive Federal Dollars? Check Your DEI Compliance

  • May 22, 2025

    Trump Administration Announces New Enforcement Efforts Targeted at DEI

  • March 5, 2025

    Court Blocks Enforcement of Anti-DEI Executive Orders

  • February 13, 2025

    DEI Executive Orders Pose Risks for Federal Contractors

Events
  • September 12, 2025

    Dinsmore’s whistleblowers, false claims & enforcement frontiers: a CLE deep dive

  • December 3, 2021

    Dinsmore’s Annual Continuing Legal Education Seminar