The Health Law Practice has represented the health care industry for more than 90 years, and we currently maintain one of the largest national practices in the representation of health care organizations. Our Health Law Practice was awarded the prestigious #1 ranking among the nation's premier health care practices by Chambers USA in 2005 (the last year health care was ranked nationally), calling us "one of the grand old firms of healthcare law."
Our practice serves clients nationwide and our health lawyers have in-depth knowledge of this complex, highly regulated industry and the rapidly changing issues that impact the various sectors of the health care industry (including providers, health care vendors, health professional associations, provider-sponsored managed care organizations, group purchasing organizations and pharmaceutical manufacturers). Our group's knowledge comes from years of hands-on experience representing diverse health care clients.
Like the health care industry that we serve, our Health Law Practice is fluid and dynamic; we are committed to staying ahead of the industry and to the challenge of anticipating any developments.
Our teams of business and finance health lawyers encompass the practice concentrations of:
Our health lawyers are highly experienced in the complex intricacies of today's technological health law regulatory environment , including:
And in the many critical aspects of provider operations:
Lawyers in our Health Law Practice have been named among the nation's Outstanding Hospital Lawyers, Outstanding Fraud & Compliance Lawyers, Outstanding Young Healthcare Lawyers, Outstanding Healthcare Litigators, Outstanding Healthcare Transaction Lawyers and Outstanding Physician Practice Lawyers by Nightingale's Healthcare News, and Leaders in the Law by the Wisconsin Law Journal .
We also help clients build and develop industry consortia in order to facilitate a consensus-building process, and we assist companies in efficiently devising and executing their common initiatives in the United States, the European Union and elsewhere. We have an impressive network of contacts with health and environmental regulatory officials in major markets around the world, and, along with our Government Relations lawyers, we offer bipartisan government relations experience and services to help clients navigate the public policy process at the federal and state levels. Outside the United States, we are particularly well-versed in European drug laws and have developed constructive relationships with policymakers in the EMEA, the European Commission and Member State regulatory agencies. Our Health Law Practice integrates our strengths in these areas and in the fields of regulated industries, administrative law, trust law and litigation.
Our clients include a wide variety of health care companies and individuals ranging from solo practice physicians to large faculty practice plans - from small community hospitals and startup medical device manufacturers to large multi-state tax-exempt hospital systems and international pharmaceutical companies. We represent clients who finance health care services, including insurance companies, HMOs, physicians, medical groups and faculty practice plans, provider-sponsored networks, health care venture capital funds and health care REITs. We also provide services to companies that manufacture health care products, such as drug and pharmaceutical companies, medical supply companies and medical device manufacturers. In addition, we serve as general counsel and secretary to several industry associations in the pharmaceutical area and related fields.
Closely Related Services and Practices with Significant Health Law Capabilities
As part of our commitment to the health care industry, we formed Innovative Health Strategies LLC , a wholly owned subsidiary that delivers strategic advisory services to hospitals, health systems and academic medical centers, with a focus on procurement and outsourcing strategies.
Our HR Law practice lawyers are highly experienced in the healthcare industry, including labor and employment counseling and litigation as well as employee benefits and executive compensation.
Our firm is recognized as having one of the premier Health Law Litigation practices in the nation.
The Health Law practice and the Government Relations practice have extensive experience advancing client interests before the legislative and executive branches of government at the federal, state, and municipal levels.