Tarra DeShields is an Assistant United States Attorney in the Civil Litigation Division of the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland. Currently serving as the Deputy Civil Chief and the Health Care Fraud and Affirmative Civil Enforcement Coordinator for the Maryland USAO, she specializes in investigations and prosecutions of federal False Claims Act violations related to health care fraud, government contract and grant fraud, Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Act violations. In addition, Ms. DeShields served in the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s Criminal Division where, for six years, she prosecuted financial fraud, tax fraud, racketeering, narcotics and violent crime and technology smuggling.
Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Ms. DeShields was an Assistant Attorney General in the Criminal Appellate Division of the Maryland Attorney General’s Office. There, she briefed and argued cases before the state and federal appellate courts involving issues of state and federal constitutional and statutory law. She also authored amicus briefs, both criminal and civil, in the United States Supreme Court and was a Fellow to the National Association of Attorneys Generals.”