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Greater Boston Area

Partner in the firm’s nationally ranked Health Care group. Serves as as trusted counsel to health care delivery organizations on complex business, regulatory and risk mitigation projects. Provides strategic and nuanced legal advice to senior management, governing boards, and investors on health sector mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, facility closings and reconfigurations, service innovations, joint ventures, major contractual initiatives, and other significant enterprise events.

Greater Boston Area

Partner in the Corporate Group, leading efforts to build out the Boston-based health law practice. Represent health provider and service clients on complex regulatory and transactional projects.

Chicago, Il

Responsible for Offices of Legal Affairs and Risk Management; 20 reports. Oversight of multi-million-dollar budget. Advisor to Board of Trustees, senior management and medical staff leadership. Identified areas of improvement, collaborating across functions to redefine the role of Legal Affairs and Risk Management. Major contributor in the positioning of joint ventures and M & A. CHANGE AGENT: As the first GC with a seat at the Senior Executive Table, shepherded an organizational culture shift, restructuring internal transactional and regulatory resources and infrastructure to strengthen Legal Affairs’ key role in the organization.RISK MANAGEMENT: Spearheaded innovations designed to improve quality of care and reduce litigation exposure, utilizing external resources.Co-chaired implementation of Enterprise Risk Management program.INNOVATION: Innovated to develop a centralized telemedicine infrastructure that included clinical, IT, finance, compliance, legal and executive leadership.

Chicago, Il

Recruited to head the Health Law Practice in the Chicago office, bringing intimate knowledge of governance structures, compliance, transactions and regulatory affairs. Served as a member of the Chicago Executive and Partner Compensation Committees. Represented hospitals, health systems, academic medical centers and other health providers in complex transactional and regulatory matters.HIGH-PROFILE CASES: Won state regulatory approval for fiercely contested, high-profile hospital closings, amidst public protest, union opposition and heavy media attention, presenting before public state health planners and liaising with public officials and hospital leadership. Counsel to large health care merger and acquisition transactions, including due diligence, deal structure and regulatory approvals.

Chicago, Il

With a focus on legislation and litigation, reported directly to the Attorney General. Managed multiple public policy and legislative initiatives. Member of the Senior Leadership Team, Litigation Review Committee, and the Opinions Review Committee.PUBLIC POLICY: Reorganized the Opinions and Health Fraud Litigation Divisions, and assisted in implementing the Public Integrity Unit.

Chicago, Il And Springfield, Il

Became Chief Counsel, Chief Ethics Officer and Chief Privacy officer to IDPH in 2001. In 2003, added responsibilities as Chief Counsel to the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board. Oversaw all legal matters around operations, regulation and legislation for 200 statewide public health programs. Led a staff of 15, and managed external counsel.ETHICS LEADERSHIP: Directed ethics-related interpretation, enforcement, and training.PRIVACY: Spearheaded HIPAA compliance across 26 state agencies.LEGAL TRANSACTIONS: Guided substantive and procedural legal matters and compliance for both IDPH and the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board, representing both agencies in administrative hearings and litigation

A.B.

Doctor Of Law (J.D.)

Activities and Societies: Editorial Board, American Journal of Law & Medicine