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Andrada & Associates

Andrada & Associates provides outstanding representation at competitive rates. Our approach is practical. We emphasize the early evaluation of our cases. This allows our clients to make informed decisions about resolving the claims by motion, mediation, arbitration, or trial. We pride ourselves on trying cases. We are not afraid of the courtroom.

Andrada & Associates have a diverse civil practice. We represent national corporations, insurance companies, public entities, manufacturers, local businesses, physicians and hospitals. We have litigated cases in more than 35 California counties as well as in the Northern and Eastern Districts of the federal courts. We also represent our clients in the state and federal courts of appeal.

OUR PHILOSOPHY

Andrada & Associates is unique. Our clients come first. The practice of law is not about us. It is about them. We counsel, but we also listen. Our solutions show imagination. They are practical. They are cost-effective.

We pride ourselves on trying cases. We are not afraid of the plaintiff’s bar or the courtroom.

Randy Andrada, Attorney at Law
(510) 287-4160 randrada@andradalaw.com
www.andradalaw.com

Arent Fox LLP

Today’s health care environment is defined by dramatic change, extraordinary competition and rising regulatory complexity. In this dynamic marketplace, the efficient delivery of legal services is essential. Arent Fox combines lawyers from several practice areas to provide coordinated and cost-effective representation in all aspects of health care law.

We provide counseling to every segment of the health care marketplace, including hospitals, health systems and academic medical centers, skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, home health agencies, hospices, dialysis facilities, clinical laboratories, diagnostic testing facilities, ambulatory surgery centers, physicians/group practices, drug manufacturers and wholesalers, medical device manufacturers, suppliers and distributors, therapy companies, physician group practices and management companies.

Our attorneys have experience working in key government policy-making and enforcement agencies, including the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the US Department of Justice, the US Securities and Exchange Commission and key congressional committees, including the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and the US House Government Reform Committee.

Contact: Rhiannon Erickson, Business Development Manager
(213) 443-7546 erickson.rhiannon@arentfox.com
www.arentfox.com

Ater Wynne LLP

Ater Wynne has a varied practice in health law and medical economics. We advise physicians, dentists, psychologists, practice managers, administrators, insurers, managed healthcare organizations, hospitals, academic health centers, and other healthcare professionals on matters related to practice organization, tax planning, insurance, regulatory matters, antitrust and fraud concerns, employment law, privacy regulations, and ethical principles. We are counsel to the Medical Society of Metropolitan Portland.

Contact: Kathy Feldman, Attorney at Law
(206) 753-3009 klf@aterwynne.com
www.aterwynne.com

Barran Liebman LLP

At Barran Liebman LLP our experienced and dedicated attorneys focus on representing employers and finding solutions for their employment law and labor management needs. Our attorneys specialize in four areas including employment advice, employment litigation, labor relations and employee benefits. We represent employers in all employment matters, such as sexual harassment, collective bargaining, and wrongful discharge, to name a few.

Because of our exclusive employment and labor law focus, we are accessible to employers large and small. From day to day advice on when to cut a final paycheck to the complex trial work that protects employer trade secrets, we offer skilled legal counsel to our clients. Additionally, to help you prevent employer-related labor problems, we provide a full range of training tools and educational opportunities such as our Food For ThoughtSM Breakfast Seminars that address ongoing changes in the law, and our free Electronic AlertsSM that advise on cutting-edge changes and important updates in labor and employment law.

Located in Portland, Oregon, Barran Liebman effectively assists clients in the Northwest and across the country. Whether you are an employer, human resource professional, in-house counsel, business executive or business owner, you will benefit from Barran Liebman’s specialized experience and exceptional client service.

Contact: Tamara Russell, Partner
(503) 228-0500 trussell@barran.com
www.barran.com

Beam Brobeck West Borges & Rosa LLP

Beam, Brobeck, West, Borges & Rosa LLP enjoys an outstanding reputation in the Southern California legal community. While the firm has grown to accommodate the needs of clients, its attorneys and support staff remain committed to providing early evaluation and resolution of claims in the best interests of its clients. Beam, Brobeck, West, Borges & Rosa LLP has continued its reputation for success in handling large and complex multiparty and high exposure damage and injury cases.

Contact: Fredrick Borges, Partner
(949) 208-8070 fborges@bbwbrlawfirm.com
www.bbwbrlaw.com

Bennett Bigelow & Leedom, P.S.

We know the healthcare industry inside and out. We know the issues you face. We know how to address them. Our practice addresses Academic Medical Centers, Behavioral Health, Business Structures and Transactions, Medical Malpractice, Healthcare Reimbursement, Civil Litigation and Trial Practice/Employment Law, Federal Taxation, Fraud and Abuse Compliance/Defense, Health Information Technology and Regulation, Health Plans, Health Professionals and Organizations, Hospitals and Health Systems, Insurance Coverage and Bad, Faith Litigation, Product Liability Litigation, and Tax-exempt Organizations.

A Prominent Healthcare Law Firm in the Pacific Northwest

Bennett Bigelow & Leedom, P.S.
Contact: Michael Madden, President
mmadden@bbllaw.com 206-622-5511
1700 Seventh Avenue, Suite 1900
Seattle, WA 98101-1397
www.bbllaw.com

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Our health care lawyers consider themselves to be key strategic advisors helping each client succeed in their endeavors while remaining compliant with the law—often a challenging task as the industry changes in response to market forces, new governmental regulations and payor arrangements.

To meet these ever-changing demands, the health care team at BB&K provides clients with a multi-disciplinary approach to legal services. We integrate our strengths as a multi-service law firm and draw upon the knowledge of attorneys in other practice areas throughout the firm to counsel health care industry clients on new business formations, development and construction matters, employee relations, real estate, and litigation. This synergistic approach to providing health care legal services merges expertise in contracts, transactions, operations, payer-provider relations, regulatory compliance, finance and general business counseling, and allows us to offer practical solutions and guide our clients in implementing those solutions. We use our knowledge of the health care industry to prevent legal issues from becoming emergency conditions.

BB&K’s health care team provides legal services to clients that range from large health care systems to public health care entities, and from professional medical groups to individual health care practitioners.

Contact: Victor L. Wolf, Health Care Practice Group Leader
(951) 686-1450 Victor.wolf@bbklaw.com
www.bbklaw.com

Bryant, Emerson & Fitch

Health care is one of the most dynamic and highly-regulated industries in America. Our firm works hard to understand the complex environment in which health care is provided, and to translate our understanding into legal advice that makes sense to our health care clients. Some of the hospital and health care law topics that we regularly address include:

Contact:Edward Fitch, Partner
(541) 548-2151 efitch@redmond-lawyers.com
www.redmond-lawyers.com

Bullard Law

One of our primary areas of concentration is the healthcare sector, including collective bargaining and related services involving contract interpretation and administration, mediation, fact-finding, arbitration and dispute resolution and representation in unit clarification and related matters at Oregon’s Employment Relations Board and Washington’s Public Employment Relations Commission. Our healthcare clients include a number of leading Northwest hospitals, clinics and health districts. Through years of experience we have gained a solid understanding of the critical public interest and unique operational issues faced by healthcare providers.

Bullard Law
Contact: Francis T. Barnwell, Partner
fbarnwell@bullardlaw.com 503.248.1134
200 SW Market Street, Suite 1900
Portland, OR 97201
www.bullardlaw.com

Burnham Brown

Health Care is poised to grow and undergo dramatic changes,given the calls for reform. Throughout the health care marketplace’s ever-changing evolution, the Burnham Brown Health Care Practice Group has complied extensive experience in many sub-specialties within the industry. The firm furnishes advice and counsel with respect to general corporate matters, reimbursement issues, fraud and abuse, practice arrangements, and federal and state health regulatory matters. Burnham Brown attorneys also have extensive experience in credentialing and peer review matters, medical staff issues, professional liability litigation and medical malpractice defense.

Contact: Jimmie Williams, Member
(510) 835-6826 jwilliams@burnhambrown.com
www.burnhambrown.com

Caplan and Earnest LLC

Gerald A. Caplan and G. Lane Earnest established their Boulder, Colorado law firm in 1969. They made a difference for businesses, individuals and public entities by providing full representation with integrity, professionalism and skillful problem solving. In the years since, the law firm has earned a national reputation as a strong resource and trusted advisor for clients. As a leader in business law services, education and healthcare, Caplan and Earnest LLC offers the depth and diversity needed to serve the individual needs of clients facing complex legal issues.

Contact: David Marks, Marketing Manager
Boulder, CO
(303) 443-8010 dmarks@celaw.com
www.celaw.com

Christensen & Auer

Christensen & Auer is a specialty healthcare law firm. Our practice is dedicated entirely to representing hospitals, medical staff organizations, independent physician associations, management services organizations, outpatient surgical clinics, professional practice entities and other healthcare providers and related entities. Our practice concentrates on licensure and operational issues; medical staff and related issues; managed healthcare contracting, organizations and arrangements; healthcare corporate and organizational issues; and related litigation matters.

Contact: Jay Christensen, Attorney
(626) 568-2900 jdc@ca-healthlaw.com
California
www.ca-healthlaw.com

Coopersmith Health Law Group

Please come see how we help physicians and hospitals gain the security of comprehensive compliance and fully capture the revenue they have earned.

Chances are you’ll be pleasantly surprised. Many physicians, administrators, and others in health care have found that we make a significant contribution to the success of their practice.

Jeff Coopersmith formed Coopersmith Health Law Group after serving as Chief Counsel and Director of Enforcement at the Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner. Our team includes former regulators, the former head of provider contracting at Regence BlueShield, a physician, an investigator, and a certified coding specialist.

Contact: Jeff Coopersmith, President
(206) 343-1000 jeff@coopersmithlaw.com
www.coopersmithlaw.com

Coppersmith Schermer & Brockelman PLC

Coppersmith Schermer & Brockelman PLC is a leading Phoenix, Arizona law firm providing widely-recognized legal knowledge and skill to clients in Arizona and across the nation, primarily in the areas of health care, employment, litigation, corporate and real estate transactions, and investigations and criminal defense.

The firm’s lawyers bring diverse accomplishments and breadth of experience to their work, including many years spent practicing in large regional, national, and international law firms and as in-house counsel. They are united by top-tier credentials and a devotion to problem solving that is pragmatic, efficient, and creative.

Arizona
Contact: Kristen Rosati, Attorney
(602) 224-0999 krosati@csblaw.com
www.csblaw.com

Fain Anderson VanDerhoef, PLLC

When it’s your license, your hospital privileges, your employment, or your provider status at stake, you need your lawyer. Insist on it. It’s your right. Our firm works with these issues on a daily basis; and our attorneys provide skilled advice and advocacy for the benefit of health care providers across the state. It’s what we do.

Malpractice Defense | Disciplinary Investigations & Actions | Hospital Privileging |
Employment Issues | Provider Plan Disputes |

Fain Anderson VanDerhoef, PLLC
Contact: Thomas H. Fain
tom@favfirm.com 206-749-2370
701 Fifth Ave., Suite 4650
Seattle, WA 98104
www.favfirm.com

Fenton Nelson, LLP

Fenton Nelson represents healthcare providers, including healthcare professionals, facilities, and other organizations, in business and regulatory matters. Although our practice focuses on California, our attorneys are routinely asked to advise business organizations that are national in scope.

As a result of our landmark victories over the past 25 years, we have earned a reputation as the “go-to” firm for healthcare matters. For the past two years, we have earned the Top-Tier Firm rating in regulatory and administrative law from U.S. News & World Report — the only California firm our size to receive this honor. We feel that the law is progression. Our attorneys have defended healthcare providers in investigations and actions before the widest range of federal and California state regulatory agencies. We have tried cases for our clients at every level. We also provide high quality counsel in transactional and compliance matters to enable clients to achieve their business objectives.

Contact: Marquise Prentice
(310) 444-5244 mprentice@fentonnelson.com
www.fentonnelson.com

Garvey Schubert Barer

The healthcare industry continues to grow, and so does government oversight. Garvey Schubert Barer’s lawyers provide the comprehensive legal services you need to meet the challenges and capitalize on the opportunities of today’s highly regulated, fast-evolving environment. Our healthcare clients include public, tax-exempt and for-profit healthcare organizations throughout the U.S., such as hospitals (including rural and critical access hospitals), long-term care facilities, ambulatory surgery centers, physician organizations, alternative medical practitioners, local and national clinical laboratory and pathology companies, among others. Whatever your needs, our healthcare lawyers will capably meet them with skill and creativity.

Garvey Schubert Barer
Contacts: Stephen Rose – srose@gsblaw.com or 206.816.1375
Carla DewBerry – cdewberry@gsblaw.com or 206.816.1371
1191 Second Ave., Ste. 1800, Seattle, WA 98101
www.gsblaw.com

Miller Nash LLP

Your healthcare business operates in a complex environment. Miller Nash’s team of healthcare attorneys has the specialized knowledge and depth of experience to help successfully navigate the constantly changing issues and challenges you face.

Compliance | Board Governance | Physician Credentialing | Fair Hearings | Joint Ventures | Labor and Employment | Real Estate | Physician Recruitment & Contracting

Miller Nash LLP
Contact: Bob Walerius, Partner, Health Care Practice
bob.walerius@millernash.com 206-622-8484
Washington: 601 Union ST Floor 4400, Seattle, WA 98101
Oregon: 111 SW 5th AVE Floor 3400, Portland, OR 97204
www.millernash.com

Nossaman LLP

Nossaman’s Healthcare Practice Group consists of experienced and highly skilled attorneys who provide a full spectrum of specialized legal services required by the healthcare industry. Our attorneys have diverse backgrounds and contribute different skill sets in working with clients, both to advance their business objectives, and also to craft and pursue optimal resolutions to their issues and problems.

Nossaman LLP
Contact: Richard B. Spohn, Partner
rspohn@nossaman.com 415-398-3600
50 California Street, FL34
San Francisco, CA 94111
www.nossaman.com

Stoel Rives LLP

Stoel Rives represents a broad spectrum of clients in the health care industry: HMOs, hospitals, medical groups, IPAs, PPOs, PHOs, professional organizations and medical technology companies. The work we do for our health care industry clients is similarly varied, and includes employee benefits, labor and employment law, litigation, operational advice, formation, strategic alliances and joint ventures. The lawyers who make up our Health and Hospital Law Group have the expertise to help you navigate the complex areas of law that affect the health care industry.

Stoel Rives LLP
Contact: Melanie Curtice, Principal
mkcurtice@stoel.com 206-386-7651
Washington: 600 University ST, STE 3600, Seattle, WA 98101
Oregon: 900 SW Fifth AVE, STE 2600, Portland, WA 97204
www.stoel.com

Williams Kastner

Williams Kastner’s Health Care Practice Group has continued to expand and adapt to the ongoing changes facing individuals, institutions and groups involved in today’s health care delivery system. Increasing regulation, increasing emphasis on managed care, greater integration of health care delivery systems, new technological advances, major changes in applicable tort law, increasing antitrust claims, insurance crises, changes in third-party payment systems, and increasing emphasis on cost containment, prospective utilization review and effective risk management are just a few of the changes impacting the legal needs of health care providers. Our attorneys have served health care clients for over 75 years, helping them navigate these challenges by providing a wide range of legal counsel related to business transactions, regulatory compliance, labor & employment, risk management, insurance, licensing and litigation services.

Our wealth of experience keeps our clients focused on their mission–providing quality care to their patients.

For more information regarding our health care legal services, visit www.williamskastner.com

Williams Kastner
Contact: Mary Spillane, Health Care Practice Group Leader
mspillane@williamskastner.com 206-628-6656
Seattle: 601 Union ST, STE 4100, Seattle, WA 98101
Tacoma: 1301 A ST, STE 900, Tacoma, WA 98402
Portland: 888 SW Fifth AVE, STE 600, Portland, OR 97204

Witherspoon Kelley Davenport & Toole, P.S.

Witherspoon Kelley is proud of its experience in representing physicians, hospitals and other healthcare providers throughout the Inland Northwest. Solutions for our clients are the result of our experience and ability to listen and to understand your business and its needs.

Fraud and Abuse, Stark, False Claims Compliance and Defense/Physician Organizations/HIPAA and Medical Records/Employment and Labor Law/Contracts and Joint Ventures/Tax and Benefits Planning/Mergers and Acquisitions/Risk Management and Malpractice Defense.

Witherspoon Kelley Davenport & Toole, P.S.
Contact: Mary R. Giannini, Health Care Practice
mrg@wkdtlaw.com
509-624-5265/fax 509-458-2728
1100 U.S. Bank Building
422 W. Riverside Ave.
Spokane, WA 99201-0300
and
Spokesman Review Building
608 Northwest Blvd
Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814
Website: www.wkdtlaw.com

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