Sheryl Xavier

With an academic and professional focus illustrative of her passion for public health policy, Sheryl Xavier works at the intersection of health policy and administrative law.

Sheryl represents health care providers and provider associations in complex federal and state matters involving the Administrative Procedure Act, False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback Statute, constitutional claims, and federal and state privacy laws. Her practice focuses on government investigations and challenges to agency action and regulatory enforcement, particularly in matters concerning Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement.

Sheryl manages cases from strategy through resolution, including dispositive motion practice, fact and expert discovery involving large-scale document review, and development of briefing strategy in high-stakes regulatory disputes. She has appeared in matters before both trial and appellate courts and regularly analyzes emerging federal and state legislation, agency rulemaking, and regulatory guidance. She has written and presented on developments in Medicaid enforcement, reproductive health law, and health data privacy.

In addition to her provider-side litigation practice, Sheryl represents individual clients in civil protection proceedings and advises nonprofit organizations on compliance with federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements. She earned her J.D., with a certificate in Law & Health Care, from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, where she was a Merit Scholar and served as Notes and Comments Editor of the Journal of Health Care Law and Policy.