UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

DALAL A. AKOURY, also d/b/a AWAREmed 

Health and Resource Center; 

DALAL AKOURY MD, PLLC, a South 

Carolina limited liability company, also d/b/a 

AWAREmed Health and Resource Center; and 

AWAREMED WHOLISTIC URGENT CARE, 

PLLC, a South Carolina limited liability 

company, also d/b/a AWAREmed Health and 

Resource Center, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:23-CV-00026 

JOINT MOTION FOR ENTRY OF 

PROPOSED STIPULATED 

ORDER FOR PERMANENT 

INJUNCTION, CIVIL PENALTY 

JUDGMENT, AND OTHER 

RELIEF 

Plaintiff the United States of America, acting upon notification and authorization to the 

Attorney General by the Federal Trade Commission, filed its Complaint for Permanent Injunction, 

Civil Penalties, Monetary Relief, and Other Relief against Defendants Dalal A. Akoury, Dalal 

Akoury MD, PLLC, and AWAREmed Wholistic Urgent Care, PLLC, for alleged violations of the 

Opioid Addition Recovery Fraud Prevention Act of 2018, 15 U.S.C. § 45d, and the Federal Trade 

Commission Act, 15 U.S.C § 45 et seq. See Dkt. No. 1. The parties have resolved all issues in this 

matter through the attached proposed Stipulated Order for Permanent Injunction, Civil Penalty 

Judgment, and Other Relief. In light of this agreed-upon resolution, the parties respectfully request 

that the Court enter the proposed Stipulated Order and render Judgment in this case. 

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Dated: March 16, 2023 

FOR DEFENDANTS: 

/s/ Zachary D. Miller 

Zachary D. Miller (BPR # 032674) 

Samuel A. Morris (BPR # 034878) 

BURR & FORMAN LLP 

222 Second Avenue South, Suite 2000 

Nashville, TN 37201 

Telephone: (615) 724-3200 

Facsimile: (615) 724-3358 

E-Mail: zmiller@burr.com 

E-Mail: smorris@burr.com 

Counsel for Defendants 

DALAL A. AKOURY, DALAL AKOURY MD, 

PLLC, AND AWAREMED WHOLISTIC URGENT 

CARE, PLLC 

Respectfully submitted, 

FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: 

BRIAN M. BOYNTON 

Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General 

Civil Division 

ARUN G. RAO 

Deputy Assistant Attorney General 

AMANDA N. LISKAMM 

Director 

Consumer Protection Branch 

GABRIEL H. SCANNAPIECO 

Assistant Director 

Consumer Protection Branch 

/s/ Zachary L. Cowan 

ZACHARY L. COWAN (NCBN #53432) 

AMY P. KAPLAN (DCBN #1010279) 

Trial Attorneys 

Consumer Protection Branch 

U.S. Department of Justice 

450 5th Street, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20530 

Tel: 202-353-7728 (Cowan) 

Tel: 202-598-8153 (Kaplan) 

Fax: 202-514-8742 

Zachary.L.Cowan@usdoj.gov 

Amy.P.Kaplan@usdoj.gov 

FRANCIS M. HAMILTON III 

United States Attorney 

Ben D. Cunningham (TN BPR #030122) 

Alexa Ortiz Hadley (TN BPR #036892) 

Assistant United States Attorneys 

800 Market Street, Suite 211 

Knoxville, Tennessee 37902 

Tel: 865-545-4167 

Ben.Cunningham@usdoj.gov 

Alexa.Hadley@usdoj.gov 

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Of Counsel: 

SERENA VISWANATHAN 

Associate Director 

RICHARD A. QUARESIMA 

Assistant Director 

JAMES A. PRUNTY 

SHIRA MODELL 

ELIZABETH JONES SANGER 

Attorneys 

Division of Advertising Practices 

Federal Trade Commission 

600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Mail Stop CC-5201 

Washington, D.C. 20580 

Tel: 202-326-2438 (Prunty) 

Tel: 202-326-3116 (Modell) 

Tel: 202-326-2757 (Sanger) 

jprunty@ftc.gov 

smodell@ftc.gov 

esanger@ftc.gov 

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