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 Corrupt Practices Act internal investigations, and patent and trademark infringement litigations, among others• Clients have included hospitals and hospital systems, pharmaceutical companies, health clinics, a medical device manufacturer, large financial institutions, media and telecommunications companies, manufacturers of personal consumer products, a food science company, a chemical manufacturer, a major consulting firm, and the city of Chicago• 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• Majority of work has utilized Relativity review platform; other software has included Microsoft Office Suite (particularly Excel and Access), Concordance, Recommind, and Logikcull

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 defeat of local bill that would have stripped client hospital organization of control of hospital in Citrus County, Florida• 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)