Jason is co-chair of the Health Care Practice Group of Kaufman & Canoles. His healthcare litigation and counseling practice includes representing and advising hospitals, physicians and other healthcare providers. He serves on the firm's Recruiting and Diversity Committees.
Representative Matters
· Successfully defended an emergency room physician in a wrongful death medical malpractice trial in North Carolina federal court
· Successfully defended an orthopedic surgeon in a medical malpractice trial in Virginia state court
· Successfully defended a hospital in an EMTALA trial in Virginia federal court
· Successfully defended a labor and delivery nurse in a medical malpractice trial in Virginia state court
· Successfully defended a nursing home in a medical malpractice trial in Virginia state court
· Successfully defended a critical care specialist in proceedings before the Virginia Board of Medicine in a case involving a patient death
· Serves as lead counsel for a large hospital
· Counseled a major hospital system through re-drafting of consent forms for regulatory compliance and other legal concerns
· Prepared numerous hospitals for disclosures of unexpected events to patients and families
· Developed peer review and quality assurance programs for physician practices
· Counseled numerous hospitals on JCAHO compliance, medical staff matters, quality assurance, EMTALA, HIPAA, Medicare CoPs and other regulatory and risk management issues
· Counseled numerous physicians and practice groups on issues of risk management and regulatory compliance
· Serves as counsel for healthcare providers in various types of commercial litigation
Recognition and Honors
· Virginia's Legal Elite; Virginia Business Magazine, 2007-2011
· Virginia Super Lawyers; Law & Politics, 2008-2011
· Virginia Rising Stars; Law & Politics, 2007
· Future Star; Benchmark Litigation, 2008-2009
· Top Forty Under Forty; Inside Business, 2007
· Judicial Law Clerk to The Honorable William T. Prince, United States Magistrate Judge; United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
· William & Mary Law Review
Associations
· Virginia Bar Association; Healthcare and Litigation Sections
· North Carolina Bar Association; Healthcare and Litigation Sections
· Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association
· Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys; Former Chair, Medical Malpractice Section
· Defense Research Institute
· Virginia Chapter of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management
· Norfolk SPCA; Immediate Past President, Board of Directors