John Palys Email & Phone Number

Chicago, IL

• Review, analyze and categorize documents and correspondences pertaining to ongoing litigation and compliance matters
• Matters have included detailed review of foreclosed mortgages, mortgage-backed securities litigation, Medicare billing-practice investigations, Department of Justice antitrust reviews of proposed mergers, Foreign.
• Clients have included hospitals and hospital systems, pharmaceutical companies, health clinics, a medical device manufacturer, large financial institutions, media and telecommunications companies, manufacturers of.
• Selected for three-attorney team to continue long-term mortgage review after initial team was reduced from 100+ attorneys (Huron Consulting)
• Selected for quality assurance and quality control duties, as well as second-level review, privilege log drafting, redacting confidential information including PHI and PII, and supervisory roles
• Agencies/firms, beginning with most recent: McDermott, Will & Emery (law firm), Etera Consulting, LegalPeople, Plante Moran, Synergy Legal (a.k.a. Huron Consulting), Advanced Discovery, Mindcrest, and Daegis

Tampa, FL

• Practice was primarily in health care, particularly for client hospitals
• Conducted legal research, drafted memoranda and correspondences, and drafted motion papers for dispute between client hospital organization and governmental hospital district
• Assisted with governmental relations practice in Tallahassee, including conferences with hospital executives and legislative staff, leading to substantive changes in state Medicaid reimbursement bill and successful.
• Reviewed and analyzed hospital agreements, bylaws, and rules/regulations, and conducted legal research in disputes and potential disputes between client hospital organization and medical staff
• Other research included Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement, fraud and abuse, health care antitrust, Stark/antikickback issues, medical malpractice, and then-pending Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Chicago, IL

• Practice areas included health care, false advertising and trade libel, medical licensure, antitrust, products liability, employment, commercial litigation
• Drafted response brief in successful defeat of summary judgment motion on a seven-figure Lanham Act false advertising claim; drafted proposed jury instructions for later use at trial in same case
• Part of team that negotiated and secured $75,000 settlement for pro bono plaintiff in employment race discrimination case
• Other experience included drafting pleadings, motions and discovery documents, conducting legal research and drafting memoranda, arguing motions and making other court appearances, and deposing witnesses;
• Clients included property owners and developers, health care entities and physicians, manufacturers, distributors, retailers, employers, and individuals

J.D., Law

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Economics, Politics (Double Major)