CONCENTRATION
Kendall is a shareholder of the Davis Brown Law Firm in the Business Division. He practices primarily in the area of long-term care Health Law.
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION
· BV® Distinguished™ rated by Martindale-Hubbell. The BV certification mark is an excellent rating for a lawyer with more experience.
· The Best Lawyers in America 2012, Health Care Law.
SUMMARY
Ken routinely represents long-term care providers in federal and state regulatory administrative appeals, malpractice litigation, business transactions, employment issues, certificate of need proceedings and professional licensure proceedings. The long-term care environment is an ever changing and highly regulated industry, based in large part on significant federal and state funding provided to facilities. His clients include a broad range of for-profit and not-for-profit health care providers, from large national operators to individual community-operated facilities.
REPRESENTATIVE ENGAGEMENTS
The Firm is general counsel to the Iowa Health Care Association and the Iowa Center for Assisted Living, the largest long-term care and assisted living trade association in Iowa, representing over 350 facilities. Ken assists the Association and its membership through involvement in regulatory, legislative, and contractual issues.
Ken also operates as general counsel for the Iowa Chiropractic Society, a trade group for over six hundred chiropractors in Iowa, advising the Society and its membership in a variety of legislative and contractual issues.
PUBLICATIONS, SPEECHES AND SEMINARS
Ken is a regular speaker and contributor to the Iowa Health Care Association and Iowa Centers for Assisted Living educational seminars.
MEMBERSHIPS
· American Health Lawyers Association
· American Bar Association Health Law Division
· Iowa State Bar Association Health Law Section
· Secretary of the Metro Arts Alliance of Greater Des Moines
OF NOTE
Prior to joining the Davis firm, Ken was in-house corporate counsel for seven years at an Iowa-based health care management company. He was an adjunct instructor at the Des Moines Area Community College in Nursing Facility Administration. He was a member of the Drake Law Review.
PERSONAL
Ken and his wife, Heather, have two children, Samantha and Evan. He is a Board member of Soccer West Soccer Club and the Greenwood Historic Neighborhood Association.
THE DAVIS BROWN LAW FIRM CONGRATULATES KENDALL R. WATKINS FOR 10 YEARS OF SERVICE
09/23/2008
MEMBERSHIPS
American Bar Association
American Health Lawyers Association
Iowa State Bar Association
Polk County Bar Association