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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

My personal practice includes representing individuals and organizations accused of healthcare fraud and assisting and advising healthcare organizations on corporate governance and compliance matters.

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

His practice includes representing individuals and organizations accused of health care fraud and assisting and advising health care organizations on corporate governance and compliance matters. He has extensive criminal, civil and appellate trial experience in administrative, state and federal courts and has personally handled leading national cases concerning criminal and civil health care fraud and abuse and health care law and policy. He has also handled numerous matters involving the formation of integrated delivery systems and managed care organizations. He is considered a national leader on fraud and abuse, reimbursement and antitrust matters in the health care field and has lectured and published numerous articles on these subjects. He has been instrumental in the development of the firm’s nationally recognized health law and white collar practice, which represents clients in Florida and throughout the United States.He has been recognized the last nine consecutive years by Chambers USA: A Guide to America’s Leading Business Lawyers as a leading healthcare attorney, and in 2009 - 2015, he achieved the highest ranking possible for a healthcare attorney. In 2006-2016, he was recognized by the top legal guide "The Best Lawyers in America®," published by Woodward and White. He was also designated a "Florida Legal Elite" in Florida Trend Magazine in 2007 and 2010, a "Florida Super Lawyer" by Law & Politics magazine in 2006 - 2015, and a "Top Attorney" in healthcare by the South Florida Legal Guide in 2008, 2013 and 2014. He was named to the 2014 Power Leaders in Law list by the South Florida Business Journal.

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

The responsibilities of this position included development and direction of the firm’s Florida Health Care Practice which assisted the full spectrum of health care providers and suppliers with their general and unique legal needs associated with the delivery of health care. The Health Care practice group advised and represented hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies, adult congregate living facilities, alternative delivery systems, peer review organizations, health care provider trade associations, medical staffs, physicians and physician groups in matters involving corporate acquisitions and mergers, joint ventures and business planning and tax and estate planning matters.The Health Care Practice Group also advised and represented its health care provider and supplier clients in matters involving federal and state regulation concerning health care delivery, including reimbursement and regulatory compliance, fraud and abuse and anti-trust liability, peer review, risk management and standard of care. The Health Care Practice Group also advised and represented all types of health care providers and suppliers in administrative and judicial litigation involving fraud and abuse under Medicare and Medicaid, anti-trust matters, licensing and disciplinary proceedings by federal and state authorities and general civil liability and litigation matters.

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

The responsibilities of this position included development and administration of the firm’s health law section, which assisted health care providers with their general legal needs, but even more importantly, with their unique legal needs associated with health care delivery. The Health Law Section under his direction represented physicians, physician groups, medical staffs, health care provider associations, home health agencies in matters involving joint ventures, acquisitions and corporate mergers, as well as with business, tax and estate planning matters. The Health Law Section also advised and represented health care provider clients in matters involving federal and state laws and reimbursement and regulatory compliance, risk management, peer review, standard of care and fraud and abuse. The Health Law Section also represented health care providers in all staffing privileges and by-law procedures, licensing and disciplinary proceedings and general civil liability and litigation matters. Furthermore, the Health Law Section under his direction provided advice and representation to individuals with respect to claims under the Social Security Act and the Medicare and Medicaid statues. This position also involved representation of the firm’s non-health care provider clients in civil litigations matters.

Dallas, Texas

The responsibilities of this position included management of the Office of the General Counsel, Department of Health and Human Services, Dallas, Texas, which consisted of 35 full-time attorneys and 20 additional support personnel. The Office of the General Counsel provides representation and advice to the many components of the Department of Health and Human Services, including the Health Care Financing Administration, the Office of the Inspector General, the Public Health Service, the Social Security Administration and the Office of Human Development Services. As the Deputy Chief Counsel he was directly responsible for all administrative and judicial litigation involving the agency in the five state region of Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, New Mexico and Oklahoma.This responsibility involved practice in federal district and appellate courts in the five states as well as before the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, the Merit Systems Protection Board, the Office of Hearings and Appeals, Social Security Administration, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Grant Appeals Board. These responsibilities required experience and familiarity with civil and administrative procedure and agency regulations and programs as well as health care law (Medicare, Medicaid and disability), contract law, personnel labor law and civil rights law. The responsibilities of the Deputy Chief Counsel also involved first chair trial practice in administrative and judicial proceedings, the drafting of legal memoranda and documents and regular contact with high level officials of the Department of Justice, the Department of Health and Human Services, representatives of the five states in the region and a variety of opposing counsel.

Baltimore, Maryland

Representation of the Social Security Administration in defensive individual and complex class action litigation in courts of original and appellate jurisdiction throughout the nation involving issues of national impact with respect to administration regulations and policies relating to the disability insurance program. The responsibilities of this position often involved first chair trial practice in federal courts throughout the nation as well as extensive appellate practice in the circuit courts of appeal. Duties required familiarity and experience with medical evidence and medical proof, regulations and policies of the agency and constitutional and statutory law relating to the disability insurance program as well as experience and familiarity with federal law, including civil trial and appellate practice and procedure.

Chicago, Illinois

Managerial, administrative and substantive supervision of the Social Security Litigation Unit (four attorneys, 20 clericals and 41 law students), responsible for individual and class action litigation in district and appellate court filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Section 405 (g) within the agency’s six state Midwest region. Duties included direct representation of the agency in defensive individual and class action litigation in courts of administrative, original and appellate jurisdiction involving issues arising under the disability insurance programs of the Social Security Act and the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act with extensive appearances before the district courts of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio and courts of appeal of the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Circuits. Duties also included representation of the Health Care Financing Administration, Public Health service, Office of Human Development Services and the Office of the Principal Regional Official, requiring: rendering of legal advice and opinions involving interpretation of statutes, regulations and contracts; review of state and local legislation, regulations and guidelines; negotiating with federal, state and local government officials, private officials and their legal representatives.

Doctor Of Law (J.D.)

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.)