C. Frederick (Fred) Geilfuss, II

C. Frederick (Fred) Geilfuss, II

C. Frederick Geilfuss II is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP and is a member of the firm's Health Care and Senior Living Industry Teams. Mr. Geilfuss is the former co-chair of the Health Business Counseling & Technology Practice Group. He counsels health systems, hospitals, medical clinics, rehabilitation agencies, nursing homes, and other health care providers on general operational concerns, regulatory and business matters. He has many years of experience in health care acquisitions, integrated delivery service issues, defense of providers against government enforcement actions, finance, real estate, administrative and medical staff issues, physician recruitment, certificates of need and cost containment regulations, insurance, fraud and abuse matters, and other health law issues. Mr. Geilfuss was recognized as one of the nation's outstanding health care transaction lawyers by Nightingale's Health Care News. He also received a Lilly Award for his service on behalf of the mentally ill.

Before joining the firm, Mr. Geilfuss served as a law clerk to the Hon. Harlington Wood, Jr., Circuit Judge, on the United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Upon completing the clerkship, he became an attorney on the Civil Division Appellate Staff at the United States Department of Justice, representing the United States Department of Health and Human Services in matters involving Medicare and Medicaid, as well as other federal agencies.

Mr. Geilfuss' professional memberships include the Health Law Section of the State Bar of Wisconsin, the Health Law Section of the American Bar Association, and the American Health Lawyers Association. He also serves on the boards of directors of several civic, charitable and health organizations, including the University School of Milwaukee (currently serving as president), Grand Avenue Club, Inc.(currently serving as vice president), Curative Foundation, Inc., Milwaukee County War Memorial Center, Inc., Wisconsin Psychoanalytic Foundation, Columbia College of Nursing (currently serving as vice president), and the Gardner Foundation (currently serving as secretary).

Mr. Geilfuss graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1979), where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and was an editor of the University of Wisconsin Law Review. He also is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin School of Economics (M.A., 1976), and Williams College (B.A., cum laude, 1975).

Mr. Geilfuss was admitted to the Wisconsin Bar in 1979 and also is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the United States Supreme Court.