Kimbark Lee Email & Phone Number

Orlando, Florida Area

Flourish in Place Home Care Solutions provides loving and compassionate care for seniors and people with disabilities. Our mission: to help them not just "age in place"​, but flourish in their chosen home environment. Our Registered Nurse and our Certified Senior Care Managers develop care plans to keep clients safe and well nourished, while also helping to feed their bodies, minds and souls. Our "family room"​ application helps families stay abreast of all developments on a real time basis. We offer free in-home assessments designed to match the unique needs of our clients and their families to specially selected companions and home helpers. All of our caregivers are W-2 employees who are fully bonded and insured. They are finger printed and must pass a Level 2 background screening through the FBI and Florida Department of Law Enforcement databases. We specialize in helping families find solutions to pay for the appropriate level of care. This includes our unique program to help veterans receive 15-30 hours of free in-home care from the VA. Don't just age in place--flourish!Flourish In Place, LLC d/b/a Flourish in Place Home Care Solutions is a Florida licensed Homemaker & Companion Services Agency: Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) Registration No. 234579.

Orlando, Florida

Managed all aspects of the corporate legal function for Rotech. Rotech generates annual revenues of $500 million as the third largest national provider of home oxygen, respiratory equipment, sleep therapies, and durable medical equipment. Rotech’s 112 subsidiaries employ 3500 people, servicing patients out of 400 operating centers across the United States.Led Risk Management, Information Security, and Real Estate Departments in addition to managing Legal Department consisting of another attorney and two paralegals. • Directed the company’s response to major security breach of protected health and personal identification information of 12,000 individuals, and concluded the resulting Health and Human Services, Office of Civil Rights investigation without imposition of fines or penalties• Managed bankruptcy claims conciliation process and obtained final decree from Bankruptcy Court • Implemented Board-directed rapid changes in senior executive management and negotiated severance settlements for CEO, CFO, CPO, CHRO, SVP of Operations, Assistant Treasurer and CIO• Lobbied for relief from CMS price reduction rule through industry coalition and meetings on Capitol Hill with senators, congressmen, and legislative aids • Reduced outside counsel spending by $800,000 during first full year managing legal budget• Replaced Rotech’s business insurance broker and negotiated reductions in fixed costs valued at more than $600,000 and reduced WC/Auto carrier’s cash collateral requirement by $2.1 million• Won bid protest litigation in the Court of Federal Claims against the VA, resulting in preservation of a contract providing $22 million in annual revenues• Directed the company’s response to pending federal criminal investigation related to self-reported billing error and related $6.5 million Medicare refund

Orlando, Florida

Managed all litigation and claims (commercial, employment, workers comp, general liability), directed outside counsel, counseled HR, handled acquisitions, drafted and negotiated contracts, and provided regulatory guidance and legal advice to executive and field management. • Developed corporate program for entering into professional services agreements with sleep labs under circumstances and terms compliant with safe harbor factors under the Anti-Kickback Statute• Administered pre-packaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization during 2013 and directed strategy to defeat and disband statutory equity committee, leading to approval of plan of reorganization, which eliminated public shareholders and second-lien bondholder debt of $330 million• Defended and settled “bet the company” qui tam action arising under the False Claims Act, which included negotiation of a Corporate Integrity Agreement with the Office of Inspector General• Brought a complex commercial arbitration proceeding against a major healthcare claims administrator and obtained a multimillion-dollar settlement • Won NLRB elections in favor of management after leading two campaigns against the Teamsters Union• Successfully defended the company before a three-member arbitration panel in a former CEO’s claim for substantial compensation and benefits• Recovered a $750K jury verdict for damages after trial of a claim against former employees for violation of restrictive covenants• Tightly managed reserves and rapidly closed out claims across product lines by hiring an internal risk claims manager and instituting quarterly claims review sessions with third-party adjusters• Curtailed exposure of loss and expense in numerous Title VII, whistleblower, and other actions through aggressive defense and negotiation

Orlando, Florida

• Chair of Commercial Litigation Department and Senior Trial Attorney for 33-attorney Orlando law firm• Oversaw high-volume commercial litigation practice, managing a team of 6 lawyers and 4 paralegals

Orlando, Florida Area

• Practiced as Trial Lawyer for prominent Orlando 120-attorney general business law firm• Tried jury and bench trials as "first chair" lead trial attorney• Representative clients included major pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, technology companies, theme park attraction owners, and casualty insurance companies• Chaired the firm’s Attorney Development Committee

Orlando, Florida

• Gained broad business law experience rotating through firm departments • Practiced commercial real estate and general corporate legal work prior to specializing in general commercial litigation, products liability, and insurance defense• Promoted to partner (shareholder) within 4 1/2 years

J.D., Law

Activities and Societies: Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity

B.S., Psychology, Cum Laude Graduate