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| Practice Areas | Litigation; Healthcare; Unfair Competition | | | Education | Emory University, J.D., 1980, University of Maryland, B.A., summa cum laude, 1977 | | | Admitted | 1980, Georgia and District of Columbia; 1985, California | |
| Memberships | District of Columbia Bar; State Bar of California; American Law Institute; The American Health Lawyers Assocation; The California Society for Health Care Attorneys. | | | Born | Long Beach, New York, March 27, 1955 | | | Biography | Phi Beta Kappa. Emory Law Journal, 1979-1980. Co-Author: with Joanna Sobol McCallum, "Hospitals Litigate Their Right to Place and Collect Third-Party Liens in Personal Injury Cases--With Mixed Results," Calilfornia Health Law News 11, Fall 2002/Winter 2003; with Terri D. Keville, "Nursing Homes Face Quality-of-care Scrutiny under the False Claims Act," Healthcare Financial Management, January 2001; with Harvey Rochman, "Mixed Manna," The Daily Journal, September 15, 2000; with Terri D. Keville, "The California Supreme Court's Decision in Potvin Provides Little Guidance on the Scope of the Fair Procedure Doctrine for Managed Care Physicians," California Health Law News 5. Fall 2000/Winter 2001; with Terri D. Keville, "Courts Hostile to Insurers Reneging on Hospital Payments," HealthSpan, The Report of Health Business and Law, Vol. 10, January 1993. Panelist: "Third Party Recovery-or Liability?" TeleConference sponsored by the American Bar Association Health Law Section and the Center for Continuing Legal Education, April 2003; Presentation on "Hospital Liens: Current Legal Challenges," to the VHA, a 2200-member nationwide network of community-owned health care systems and their physicians, July 2002 and Apri 2003; "Does Business & Professions Code Section 17200 help or hurt California Consumers?" A roundtable discussion published in Verdicts & Settlements, a supplement to The Los Angeles Daily Journal, June 27, 2001. Lecturer: "False Claims Act Litigation Against Skilled Nursing Facilities," Second Annual National Congress on Healthcare Compliance, February 1999, Washington, D.C.; "Compliance Issues in Long Term Care," Region 9 Health Care Compliance Association Conference, April 1999, Phoenix, Arizona; Presentation on "Physician Integrity and Other Non-Medical Issues in Credentialling," National Health Lawyers Association Conference on Physicians and Hospitals, April, 1996 and May 1997; Presentation on "Recent Developments in Resident's Rights" National Health Lawyers Association Conference on Long Term Care, January 1996; Presentation on "Transfer Trauma as a Legal Issue in Long Term Care," National Health Lawyers Association Long Term Care and the Law Conference, January 21, 1994, with Terri D. Keville; Presentation on "Medical Staff Law" as part of graduate course in Healthcare Law given at the University of Southern California School of Public Administration, June 1993, January 1994, February 2002 and January 2003, with Terri D. Keville and Sherwin L. Memel. | | | Reported Cases | Olszewski v. Scripps Health, 30 Cal. 4th 798 (2003); Swanson v. St. John's Regional Medical Center, 97 Cal.App.4th 245 (2002; Grauberger v. Saint Francis Hospital et al., 169 F.Supp.2d 1172 (N.D. Cal. 2002); Congress of California Seniors v. Catholic Healthcare West, 87 Cal.App.4th 491 (2nd Dist. 2001); Crusader Insurance Co. v. Scottsdale Insurance Co., 54 Cal.App.4th 121 (1997); Oskooi v. Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Medical Center, 41 Cal.App.4th 233 (4th Dist. 1996); Ledergerber v. Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Medical Center, GO 13843, (4th Dist. February 22, 1995); City of Hope National Medical Center v. Superior Court (Western Life Ins. Co., 8 Cal.App.4th 633 (2d Dist.1992); Freedman v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co., 196 Cal.App.3d 696 (1st Dist. 1987); United States of America v. National Medical Enterprises, Inc., 107 F.R.D. 628 (E.D. Cal. 1985), affirmed in part, vacated and remanded in part, 792 F.2d 906 (9th Cir. 1986); Humana of Aurora, Inc. v. Heckler, 753 F.2d 1579 (10th Cir. 1985). | | | ISLN | 905649359 | |
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