Best Lawyers in America for Health Care Law
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Sandra (Sandy) M. DiVarco focuses her practice on the representation of hospitals and health systems. She has counseled health care facility and system clients regarding all aspects of health law transactions and health system restructurings. Read full biography: https://www.mwe.com/people/divarco-sandra-m/
Kristen is considered one of the nation’s leading “Big Data” and HIPAA compliance attorneys. She also has deep experience in data breaches, health information exchange, data sharing for research and clinical integration initiatives, clinical research compliance, clinical trials contracting, and biobanking and genomic privacy. Kristen is a sought-after national speaker on these issues and has been active in national healthcare policy. She is Past President (2013-2014) of the ...
Kate McDonald represents clients across the healthcare industry on complex regulatory matters and high-stakes mergers and acquisitions, affiliations and other investments. She has particular expertise in federal and state laws applicable to health insurers and HMOs, including the downstream implications of these rules for the provider organizations and vendors that work with them, as well as the reimbursement landscape of federal healthcare programs. Read full biography: https://www.mwe.com/p...
Mark Wilson chairs Dickinson Wright’s Health Care Practice Group. He is a central part of the health care team currently acting as outside general counsel for a large health system which covers all aspects of the health care environment including providing regulatory, transactional and corporate services as well as practical advice to health system operations, including compliance program effectiveness, compliance with Medicare and Conditions of Participation and hospital governance. He...
Nathan D. Plantinga has been practicing law since 1997 and is the chair of the firm's employment and labor section. He enjoys a busy counseling practice for union and nonunion clients, advising employers on the full spectrum of employment matters, including civil rights charges, difficult medical leave issues, employee discipline and discharge, wage and hour, and unemployment. Mr. Plantinga also specializes in traditional labor work involving collective bargaining, labor arbitrations, unfair ...
Leslie Parker is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Administrative / Regulatory Law and Health Care Law. Leslie practices law in Providence, Rhode Island Best Lawyers has recognized Leslie Parker since 2024. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Leslie Parker is held by other lawyers.
Benjamin Geizhals concentrates his practice in the counseling and representation of healthcare providers in transactional and regulatory matters. His clients include healthcare companies, doctors, dentists, other healthcare practitioners, nursing homes, medical billing and practice management companies. In addition to negotiation and documentation of mergers and acquisitions of practices, and corporate, partnership and employment relationship issues, Mr. Geizhals provides guidance on corporat...
Katie Mannino serves her clients best when in the courtroom. As an experienced litigator, Katie is no stranger to the trials of health care, labor and employment, and general business-related court cases. Her passion for going before a judge is demonstrated in her experience representing insurers and managed care entities in various litigation issues. She also has represented hospitals and other health care providers in medical staff governance issues and peer review and credentialing matters...
Businesses and health care providers across the country rely on Brad Smyer for sound advice during their most difficult commercial disputes, whistleblower suits, and government enforcement actions. He uses his experience as a multiyear federal law clerk and his Certification in Healthcare Compliance (CHC) to help clients navigate high-stakes investigations and address corporate compliance concerns. Brad helps clients navigate complex litigation, government investigations, and whistleblower la...
Eric Fader is a partner at Rivkin Radler LLP in New York, New York, where he focuses his practice on Health Care Law . For more than 35 years, he has advised healthcare providers and other corporate clients on business planning, contractual arrangements, transactional matters, and compliance with federal and state healthcare regulations. His work regularly involves providers of the technical and professional components of intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring (IONM) services; telehealth,...
Lee Muldrow has been engaged in general litigation and workers’ compensation defense for over thirty years. His litigation practice involves a wide variety of insurance defense cases but also includes copyright, trademark and trade dress litigation. His workers’ compensation practice entails representing employers, self-insured companies and insurance carriers. Muldrow’s more recent experience includes: Lead counsel defending a national insurance company in connection with a...
Rick Powers graduated with honors from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1975 and was Order of the Coif. He has more than 40 years of general civil trial practice experience with more than 350 jury trials. His practice areas now primarily include health care liability for hospitals, nursing homes, and physicians; insurance defense in trucking, automobile, and homeowners’ cases; and other commercial litigation. Over the last five years, Mr. Powers has successfully tried five ...
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