With nearly a twenty years of focusing exclusively on False Claims Act litigation, JULIE KEETON BRACKER knows that her passion–and her mission–is to protect people who are willing to stand up and expose the truth. And if she can bring down those who profit from corruption along the way, all the better.
Julie fell in love at first sight with the False Claims Act. Unfortunately, her first sight was across the Bar– from the defense side! After wrapping up her first and only case as a lawyer for an FCA defendant, Julie upended her practice to switch sides–or, as she says, to don a white hat and fight for the good guys. For the next eight years, she worked exclusively in an FCA boutique firm, where she was named partner after only two years and closed more than 30 cases, bringing more than 80 million dollars back to the taxpayers.
In 2015, Julie and Jason Marcus opened Bracker & Marcus LLC and set out to “do well by doing good.” Their partnership is the foundation for a team of attorneys with the same mission. Over the last decade, the firm has expanded to a nationwide scope, and consults regularly with attorneys across the country to evaluate FCA claims and strategize about the best means of protecting their heroes, the whistleblowers.
Julie served on the Board of the Georgia Chapter of the National Employment Lawyer’s Association (NELA) and had the honor of serving as its President in 2014. She currently serves in the mentor program for National NELA, the Success program for Georgia NELA, and speaks regularly at the state and national level on the qui tam and retaliation provisions of federal and state False Claims Acts.
In fall 2021, the Department of Justice announced the Civil Cyber Fraud Initiative, and Julie (who, as the wife of a technologist turned privacy attorney, has been a “plus one” to many cyber events) finally found a use for her “cyber as a second language” skills. Since that time, she has established herself as a national expert on cyberfraud cases. She has been featured on many podcasts explaining the intersection of the FCA and cybersecurity regulations, [link to podcast page] and frequently speaks on the topic in a variety of venues, including the American Conference Institute’s Advanced Forum on the False Claims Act and Qui Tam Enforcement (which she co-chaired in 2023), the Taxpayers Against Fraud annual conference, the Federal Bar Association’s Qui Tam section annual meeting, the cybersecurity section’s conference of the National Industrial Association, CMMC Con Southeast, and many others. In 2024, the Anti-Fraud coalition published her blog, “Cybersecurity Whistleblower Theatre: A Play in Three Acts,” a tongue-in-cheek retelling of a common cybersecurity scenario.
Julie was named one of Georgia’s Top Rated Lawyers by Legal Leaders, is annually selected as a Super Lawyer by Super Lawyers Magazine, and maintains the highest ratings of AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell and 10.0 by Avvo. She has also received the Women in Law Award from Lawyer Monthly since 2016. In 2025, she was named to The Best Lawyers in America.™
Julie lives just outside of Atlanta in East Cobb, with her technologist-turned-privacy attorney husband, two neuro-spicy children, and two feline overlords. Since 2021, she has served on Vanderbilt Law School’s Advisory Board.
EDUCATION
Vanderbilt University Law School, J.D. summa cum laude, 2002; Order of the Coif; Executive Student Writing Editor of the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law; Moot Court Board; HeadNotes a capella singing group
Vanderbilt University, Peabody College, B.S., magna cum laude, 1993 in Cognitive Studies and Education; John Windrow Scholar, Peabody College of Education (1989-1993); Outstanding Promise in Cognitive Studies Award (1993); Peabody Young Alumni Award; Dean’s List, four years.
AWARDS
AV preeminent rating, Martindale-Hubbell (2014-present); Georgia Top Lawyers (2015 to present); Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine (2017-present); Best Lawyers in America (2024 to present); Order of the Coif (2002); Vanderbilt Law School scholarship (1999-2002); Coca-Cola Educator of the Year (1998-99); Teacher of the Year, Ridgeview Middle School (1997-98, 1998-99); Alabama Youth Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1989).
REPRESENTATIVE SPEAKING EXPERIENCE
Taxpayers Against Fraud Annual Conference – Panel Moderator, “Privilege: Balancing the Sword and the Shield” (November 2017); NELA National Convention – Speaker, “Leadership Development, Diversity, and Succession” (June 2015); The Sedona Conference – Faculty, E-Discovery Negotiation Training: Practical Cooperative Strategies (March 2015); Whistleblower Law Symposium, State Bar of Georgia CLE – Speaker, Health Law Update (March 2015); Tri-State 11th Circuit Convention – Georgia Liaison, panel moderator (March 2014); Taxpayers Against Fraud Educational Fund – Speaker, “Developments in Damages Law under the FCA,” (2014); “The Government Knowledge Defense,” (2013); Florida NELA Fall Convention – Speaker, “Retaliation Claims Under the FCA” (2014); Florida NELA Spring Convention – Speaker, “The FCA: Perils and Pitfalls” (2013); Georgia NELA: CLE Committee Chair and Speaker – “Litigating the Plaintiff’s Employment Case” Parts 1, 2 and 3 (2011, 2012, 2013).
PUBLICATIONS
“Guarding the Henhouse: False Claims Act Accountability for PPP Processors and Lenders,” The Federal Lawyer, Fall 2024.
“The Basics of E-Discovery and the Rule 26(f) Conference,” American Journal of Trial Advocacy, Vol. 37, No. 3 (Spring 2014), with Carrie Fowler; to be presented at E-Discovery Symposium, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama
“Arbitration in the Corporate Context,” Columbia Business Law Review, Vol. 2003, No. l, with Larry D. Soderquist (2003).
Secules, T., Swink, J., Keeton, J., & Millican, C. (April, 1995). Restructuring the school day: A sixth grade classroom. Presented at annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association.
Cote, N., Goldman, S.R., Gjellstad, L., Keeton, J., & Millican, C. (November, 1994). Children’s use of prior knowledge and experience in understanding informational text on nutrition. Presented at annual meeting of the Mid-South Educational Research Association.
Keeton, J. (October, 1992). Effects of Bilingualism on the Lexical Decision Task. Presentation at Vanderbilt Summer Research program.
Julie K. Bracker
