Maria E. Gonzalez Knavel

Maria E. Gonzalez Knavel

Maria E. Gonzalez Knavel is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP. A member of the firm's Health Care and Life Sciences Industry Teams and Corporate Compliance & Enforcement Practice, she counsels health care clients on corporate matters and general operational issues of hospitals and health care facilities, compliance issues, Medicare reimbursement and the acquisition and sale of medical practices and groups. Prior to entering law school, she managed a medical clinic for 12 years.

Ms. Gonzalez Knavel's professional activities include national speaking engagements on a diversity of topics including health care fraud, critical compliance issues and voluntary disclosure, as well as presentations to hospital and health care associations such as "Physician Contracting and Affiliations under Stark II" and "Tailoring the OIG Compliance Plan to Your Physician Practice." She also has been quoted in national health publications including the Health Care Program Compliance Guide, Health Care Fraud Report, and Physician Practice Compliance Report.

Ms. Gonzalez Knavel is a graduate of Marquette University School of Law (J.D., 1993), where she was a member of the Marquette Law Review, and Pennsylvania State University (B.S., with distinction, 1976). Admitted to the Wisconsin State Bar in 1993, she is a member of the American Bar Association, the Association for Women Lawyers, and the American Health Lawyers Association where she is on the Diversity Council. Ms. Gonzalez Knavel also is a board member of the Zoological Society of Milwaukee County.

She has been selected by her peers for inclusion in the 2009 and 2010 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® in the area of health care law.

Born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Ms. Gonzalez Knavel has maintained her Spanish fluency.