John LoCurto

Biography

John J. LoCurto, J.D., practiced law for 20 years, devoting most of his career to public service at the United States Department of Justice. He first served as a Trial Attorney in Washington, D.C., and later as an Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) for the Western District of Texas in San Antonio, Texas. As an AUSA, John’s practice focused on health care fraud, whistleblower cases and controlled substances investigations. He rose through the ranks at the United States Attorney’s Office to become Deputy Chief of the Civil Division. In this role, he managed the District’s Affirmative Civil Enforcement, Civil Health Care Fraud, Civil Drug Diversion and Parallel Proceedings programs.
LoCurto began his career in higher education in 2018. He is an interdisciplinary educator who teaches legal writing as well as public health law, policy and ethics. His scholarship focuses on health care fraud, waste, and abuse; public health policy and bioethics.
He earned his J.D. from New York University School of Law and his B.A. from the College of William & Mary.

• LoCurto, J. J. et al. (2024). Corporate Takeover: A New Clash in the Old Struggle Between Corporate Rights and Public Health. Journal of Health and Life Sciences Law, 19(1), 45-96
• ​LoCurto, J. J. (2023). Medicare Advantage? If You Say So. Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in Medicare Part C. Journal of Healthcare Ethics & Administration, 9(1), 1-24
• LoCurto, J. J. (2022). Medicare Disadvantaged: A Raft of Lawsuits Exposes Fraud in Medicare Part C. San Antonio Medicine, 75(12), 24-25
• ​Katz, A., & LoCurto, J. J. (2022). One Age Does Not Fit All: Late Career Practitioner Policies and Managed Care. Health Law Connections, 3(5), 12-17
• ​LoCurto, J. J., & Ratner, A. V. (2022). Educating the Whole Physician: The Case for Teaching the Business of Medicine. San Antonio Medicine, 75(3), 12-13
• ​LoCurto, J. J. (2022). Will the Real Mens Rea Please Stand Up: Assessing the Fifth Circuit’s Kickback Jurisprudence After United States v. Nora. St. Mary’s Law Journal, 53(1), 129-151
• ​ LoCurto, J. J. (2021). A Lawyer Walks into a Medical School. San Antonio Medicine, 74(6), 28
• ​ LoCurto, J. J. (2020). Through the ICU Darkly: Transparency and the Texas Advance Directive Act. San Antonio Medicine, 73(10), 20-21