Caitlyn Silhan is a partner at Waters Kraus Paul & Siegel in the Dallas office. Caitlyn focuses her practice on complex civil litigation, including primarily qui tam whistleblower/False Claims Act cases and toxic torts. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Boston University, and was awarded her Juris Doctor degree from Tulane University Law School, where she was a Dean’s Scholar and selected to the Order of the Coif before graduating magna cum laude. Caitlyn is a member of the State Bars of Texas and California, the Dallas Bar Association, and the American Association for Justice – Qui Tam Litigation Group, and The Anti-Fraud Coalition. Caitlyn is a recipient of the 2016 Kristi Couvillon Pro Bono Award granted by the Texas Civil Rights Project, and maintains an active pro bono practice focusing on voting rights and First Amendment cases. She has been recognized for inclusion on the Super Lawyers Texas Rising Stars lists, published by Thomson Reuters, Legal since 2019.
Bar Admissions
- California, 2015
- Texas, 2011
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, 2012
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, 2012
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 2012
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas, 2012
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, 2018
Education
- Tulane University Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana, J.D, magna cum laude, 2011
- Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, B.A., 2007
Highlights
- Dedicated to Justice: WKPS & the Texas Civil Rights Project
- Waters Kraus Paul & Siegel Secures Whistleblower Fraud Recovery
- Medical Imaging Company and CEO to Pay Record $85.4M Whistleblower Settlement
- Private Equity Firm and Co-Defendants to Pay $25 Million to Resolve Whistleblower’s Medicaid Fraud Claims in Qui Tam Settlement
- Caitlyn Silhan Joins ABA’s False Claims Act Mock Trial Faculty
- Nursing Home Operator to Pay $11 Mil Resolving Rehab Fraud Claims by Waters & Kraus Client and Others
- Milestone Reached in Texas Online Voter Registration
- Texas Orthodontist Found Responsible for Medicaid Fraud
- $1.6M Settlement Reached in Medicare Fraud Case
- Mental Health Center Settles Whistleblower Case for $4M
- $7M Verdict Reached in Lengthy Asbestos Trial
- Texas Now Allows Limited Online Voter Registration
- Texas in Violation of Voting Registration Law
- Four Firm Attorneys Recognized on 2020 Texas Rising Stars List
- TCRP: Court Rules in Favor of Texas Voters
- Voters Move Forward with Suit Against Texas
- State Called Out for Continuing to Violate the Federal Voter Law
- Dallas Attorneys Honored on Texas Super Lawyers Rising Stars List
- Lawsuit Seeks to Restore Voting Rights of Miss.’s African-American Voters
- State Ordered to Comply with NVRA
- A Win for Texas Motor Voter Registrants on All Counts
- Federal Judge Rules that Texas is Violating “Motor Voter” Law
- Federal Court Denies Texas’ Motion to Dismiss “Motor Voter” Case
- Caitlyn Silhan to Receive 2016 Kristi Couvillon Award for Pro Bono Work with Battleground Texas
Professional Associations & Memberships
- American Association for Justice
- Dallas Bar Association
- State Bar of Texas
- State Bar of California
- State FCA and Whistleblower Group Committee
- The Anti-Fraud Coalition
Publications & Speeches
- Faculty, ABA False Claims Act Mock Trial Institute (2024, 2022)
- Speaker, Private Equity Liability for Healthcare Fraud — National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association, 2023 Annual Training Conference (2023)
- Speaker, Litigating Private Equity Liability — Office of the Attorney General of Texas MFCU Annual Training Program (2023)
- Panelist, Investors Beware: Examining the Rise in FCA Enforcement Against Private Equity Firms — American Conference Institute, False Claims and Qui Tam Enforcement (2023)
- Panelist, Litigating Private Equity Liability Under the FCA — National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units, 2022 NAMFCU Annual Training Program (2022)
- Panelist, Holding Private Equity Accountable — Taxpayers Against Fraud, The Future of Fraud is Now (2022)
- Panelist, Public Disclosure Update — Taxpayers Against Fraud Annual Conference (2022)
- Panelist, Negotiating with the Government During Settlement — Taxpayers Against Fraud Annual Conference (2021)
- Moderator, Partnering with the Government — Taxpayers Against Fraud, Whistleblower Law Practice Accelerator (2021)
- “The Dodd-Frank Act Opens the Door to FCPA Whistleblowing,” Vol 19, No 2, American Association for Justice Newsletter, Business Torts Section (Spring 2012)
- The Present Case Does Involve Minors: An Overview of the Discriminatory Effects of Romeo and Juliet Provisions and Sentencing Practices on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth, 20 Tul. J.L. Sexuality 97 (2011)
Honors & Awards
- Texas Civil Rights Project, Kristi Couvillon Pro Bono Award, 2016
- Thomson Reuters, Super Lawyers Texas Rising Stars list, published by Thomson Reuters, 2019-2024
- Tulane University, Dean’s Scholar, 2008-2011
- Tulane University, Order of the Coif, 2011
