Courtney Finerty-Stelzner

Courtney Finerty-Stelzner is an associate at Getnick Law, where she is actively involved in the firm’s whistleblower, anti-fraud litigation, and business integrity practices.

Ms. Finerty-Stelzner represents clients in a range of matters in federal and state court, including whistleblowers in qui tam cases under the federal and New York False Claims Acts, commercial disputes, and complex anti-fraud cases. For example, she was a key member of the team that represented approximately 40 health insurers in a lawsuit against GlaxoSmithKline, LLC, alleging that GSK knowingly manufactured drugs under conditions that violated federal manufacturing standards, which was settled in 2019.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Finerty-Stelzner was a litigation associate at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, where she represented clients in complex commercial litigation matters and served on the Monitoring Team for the Newark Police Division, responsible for overseeing NPD’s compliance with a Consent Decree entered into with the U.S. Department of Justice. Prior to that, she served as a law clerk to the Honorable Raymond J. Dearie of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Ms. Finerty-Stelzner is an active member of several professional associations. Her positions include serving as a:

• Chair, New York State Bar Association (NYSBA), Commercial and Federal Litigation Section, Civil Prosecution Committee
• Member of The Anti-Fraud Coalition (“TAF Coalition”), a public interest non-profit organization dedicated to fighting fraud against the government by working to protect whistleblowers and strengthen whistleblower laws
• Chair, TAF Coalition Young Lawyers Division Board
• Member of the TAF Coalition Government Relations Committee, Legacy Committee, and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee

Ms. Finerty-Stelzner is a thought leader in the legal community and has published in Law360. She has also advocated for legislation to expand the New York State whistleblower law in her role as Co-Chair of NYSBA’s Commercial and Federal Litigation Section, Civil Prosecution Committee. She is admitted in New York State, and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.