Michael L. Blau

Michael L. Blau

Michael L. Blau is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP. He is the chair of the Health Care Venture Practice and a member of the Health Care and the Emerging Technologies Industry Teams.

Mr. Blau's practice focuses on advising clients on corporate and regulatory matters, including mergers, acquisitions and affiliations; financing transactions; contracting; and forming provider groups, networks, alliances, and joint ventures.

Prior to joining Foley, Mr. Blau was partner-in-charge of the Health Law Department in the Boston office of McDermott Will & Emery LLP.

For three years in a row, Mr. Blau was recognized as one of the top 10 health attorneys in the country in his specialty by Nightingale's Healthcare News. Mr. Blau enjoys a #1 ranking in healthcare by Chambers USA and an AV (top) rating by Martindale-Hubbell. He has again been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2010 in the field of health care. He is perennially named by Boston Magazine to the list of Massachusetts Super Lawyers®, and has been recognized as one of the Top 100 Massachusetts Super Lawyers. In 2008, Mr. Blau also received an RX for Excellence Award by Massachusetts Medical Law Reports for Leadership in Quality.

A frequent lecturer and writer on health law topics, Mr. Blau co-authored a book entitled Complying with Stark Physician Self-Referral Rules (Atlantic Information Services) and a McDermott Will & Emery white paper entitled Encouraging a Responsible Approach to Consumer-Driven Health Care. He also co-authored Developing and Managing Physician Networks (Thompson Publishing). His articles have appeared in numerous health law publications.

Mr. Blau formerly served as executive editor of the ABA publication The Tax Lawyer, chaired the editorial advisory board of The PPM Profitability Update (Fulcrum Information Services), served as a contributing legal editor for Physician's News Digest and E-Healthcare Connections, and has been a member of the editorial board of the Boston Bar Journal, The Managed Payment Advisor (Aspen Publishing), Surgical Malpractice Prevention Reporter (American Health Consultants) and Journal of Healthcare Safety, Compliance & Infection Control (Prime National Publishing Corporation).

Mr. Blau is co-founder of the Cancer Center Business Summit, a research organization and think tank dedicated to advancing best business models and practices in community oncology care. He annually convenes and co-hosts the Summit proceedings.

Mr. Blau received his J.D. (cum laude) from Georgetown University Law Center in 1979. He received his A.B. (magna cum laude) from Harvard College in 1976.

Mr. Blau is a member of the American Health Lawyer's Association, and the health law committees of the American Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association and Boston Bar Association.

Mr. Blau is the past chair of the Health Law Section of the Boston Bar Association (BBA), currently serves on its steering committee and is co-chair of its Social Action Committee. He is editor-in-chief of the BBA's Parent's How-to-Guide to Children's Mental Health Services In Massachusetts. He is a member of the Curriculum Advisory Committee of Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc., and annually chairs health law programs for MCLE and the BBA. He is also a frequent speaker at seminars sponsored by health care trade associations.

Mr. Blau is a member of the board and has served as chairman of Project HEALTH, a national charity that works to break the link between poverty and poor health for low income children and families.

Mr. Blau is also a partner in Angel Healthcare Investors, LLC, and Mass Medical Angels (MA2), both of which are seed-level health care venture capital companies.