Med Law Blog

Michael A. Cassidy, a shareholder in the firm's Business and Finance Group and chair of the firm's Health Care Practice Group, focuses his practice on the fundamental business transactions relating to the formation and governance of healthcare entities, including PCs, LLCs, non-profit corporations, partnerships, and integrated delivery systems. Mike has extensive experience in third party reimbursement, managed care contracting, fraud and abuse, medical staff and credentialing issues, corporate compliance, and tax exempt organization issues. Mike's healthcare experience also includes HIPAA privacy and transaction issues.

Richard W. Cramer is a shareholder in the firm's Business and Finance Department. His practice is concentrated in the tax, business and health care areas where he represents individuals and business clients with respect to business, tax, health care, and financing matters, including selecting the appropriate form of business entity, buy-sell agreements, business acquisitions and dispositions, buying and selling physician practices, business succession, and the admission and withdrawal of business partners. He also is counsel to several tax-exempt organizations, including long term care facilities, with respect to tax exemption, unrelated business income tax and private foundation/public charity issues.
 

J. Kent Culley, a shareholder in the firm's Business and Finance Department, focuses his practice in the area of corporate law, primarily in the health care field, representing health care providers, hospitals, closely held corporations and not-for-profit corporations including health care trade associations and foundations. Kent also assists in government relations issues and lobby activities on behalf of clients. Kent is a member of the firm's Health Care and Government Relations Practice Groups.

 William T. Harvey, a shareholder in the firm's Business and Finance Department, has focused his practice for the past 20 years on business law. Much of Bill's practice focuses on advising clients in the healthcare industry. He advises business owners on planning matters, including business startups and corporate mergers and acquisitions, and counsels private and public companies on federal and state securities regulation, including private and public offerings of debt and equity securities.
 

Michelle L. Kopnski, an attorney in the firm's Business and Finance Group, concentrates her practice in the areas of corporate transactions, federal, state and local taxation and non-profit and tax-exempt entities. She counsels many clients in the healthcare industry on taxation matters.

Joni L. Landy is a shareholder in the firm's Employee Benefits Practice Group. Her practice focuses exclusively on employer-sponsored group health benefit plans as well as other employment-related welfare plans and cafeteria (Section 125) plans.


 

Scott R. Leah is an attorney in the firm's Litigation Department and a member of the Health Care Practice Group. His practice consists of general civil litigation with an emphasis on commercial and employment litigation. He regularly represents and advises both employers and employees in a broad range of employment issues; including employment contracts, employee handbooks, restrictive covenants, gender, race, and age discrimination, unemployment compensation, family and medical leave, overtime regulations, and the ADA. Scott regularly counsels many clients in the healthcare industry on employment matters.

Charles J. Vater concentrates his practice in the areas of estate and business planning. He is Chair of the firm's Estates and Trusts Practice Group. He represents a number of closely-held and family-owned businesses and professional corporations, with a focus on business succession planning. He advises the firm's business and health care clients on techniques and strategies for wealth accumulation and transfer. As part of his practice, Chuck also represents individuals in their admission as partners or shareholders in closely-held business. This representation includes the negotiation of preincorporation and shareholder contracts as well as buy/sell, employment and deferred compensation agreements.