TOP HEALTHCARE TRANSACTION LAWYERS OF 2017
This list designates the healthcare transaction lawyers who have achieved a high degree of recognition and success within their field. These individuals were nominated by clients, colleagues and other service professionals within the healthcare transaction field. The attorneys listed below are receiving a Leading Lawyer award, a Rising Star award or an In-House General Counsel award for their hard work and dedication.
Leading Lawyers:
Recipients of the Leading Lawyer award are employed full-time at a law firm, have partner status or above, have 10 or more years of experience with healthcare transactions and practice with a focus on M&A.
Janice Anderson
Polsinelli PC – Chicago, IL
Scott Becker
McGuireWoods LLP – Chicago, IL
George Bishop III
Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP – Nashville, TN
Michael Blau
Foley & Lardner LLP – Boston, MA
Andrew Blustein
Garfunkel Wild, PC – Great Neck, NY
Ashby Burks
Baker Donelson – Nashville, TN
Matthew Burnstein
Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP – Nashville, TN
Frank Carsonie
Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff – Columbus, OH
Adrienne Dresevic
The Health Law Partners, PC – Lake Success, NY
Thomas Dutton
Jones Day – Columbus, OH
Peter Egan
Nixon Peabody – New York City, NY
John Fanburg
Brach Eichler LLC – Roseland, NJ
Daniel Frier
Frier & Levitt, LLC – Pine Brook, NJ
Gary Gertler
McDermott, Will & Emery – Los Angeles, CA
Steven Goldstein
Sacks Tierney PA – Scottsdale, AZ
Danielle Golino
McDermott Will & Emery – Miami, FL
Edward Green
Foley & Lardner LLP – Chicago, IL
Douglas O. Guffey
Jaburg Wilk – Phoenix, AZ
Jay Harris
King & Spalding – Atlanta, GA
Thomas Hawk III
King & Spalding – Atlanta, GA
David Haynes Jr.
Kathleen L. DeBruhl& Associates, LLC – New Orleans, LA
Jonathan Henderson
Polsinelli PC – Dallas, TX
Dan Higgins
Dentons – San Francisco, CA
Bill Horton
Jones Walker LLP – Birmingham, AL
Jay Howard
Polsinelli – Kansas City, KA
Angela Humphreys
Bass, Berry, Sims – Nashville, TN
Andrea Impicciche
Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, PC – Indianapolis, IN
James Jenkins Jr.
Bass, Berry, Sims – Nashville, TN
Amanda Jester
Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP – Austin TX
Edward T. Laborde, Jr
Dentons-Houston, TX
Joshua Kaye
DLA Piper LLP – Miami, FL
Michele Madison
Morris, Manning & Martin – Atlanta, GA
Benjamin Malerba
RivkinRadler LLP – Uniondale, NY
Jim Miles
Husch Blackwell – Denver, CO
Bob Milligan
Milligan Lawless, PC – Phoeniz, AZ
Andrew J. Murray
Bradley ArantBoult Cummings LLP – Nashville, TN
Brian Nichols
Robinson Cole-Hartford, CT
Charles Oppenheim
Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, PC – Los Angeles, CA
Lorin Patterson
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC– Washington, DC
Colleen Powers
Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, PC – Indianapolis, IN
James B. Riley Jr.
McGuireWoods – Chicago, IL
Adam Rogers
Jones Day-Miami Fl
Megan Rooney
McDermott, Will & Emery – Chicago, IL
Michael Schaff
Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer – Woodbridge, NJ
Kimberly Kempton-Serra
Garfunkel Wild – Hackensack, NJ
Kerrin Slattery
McDermott Will & Emery – Chicago, IL
Rodger Strode
Foley & Lardner LLP – Chicago, IL
Monica Wallace
McDermott, Will & Emery – Chicago, IL
Rising Star:
Recipients of the Rising Star award are employed full-time at a law firm, have less than 10 years of experience with healthcare transactions and practice with a focus on M&A.
Miranda Crowell
The Uma Law group- Chicago, IL
Matthew Fisher
Mirick, O’Connel, DeMallie&Loungee, LLP – Worcester, MA
Matthew Friendly
McDermott Will & Emery – Miami, FL
Cullin Hughes
Polsinelli-Kansas City, KA
Damaris Medina
Buchalter-Los Angeles
Melissa Howell Paquette
Bradley ArantBoult Cummings LLP – Nashville, TN
Lawson Parker
Husch Blackwell-Denver, Co
Michaela Poizner
Baker Donelson – Nashville, TN
Joshua Rosenblatt
Frost Brown Todd LLC – Nashville, TN
In-House General Counsel:
Recipients of the In-House General Counsel award are employed full-time by hospital health systems or healthcare service entities, are at an Associate General Counsel level or above, have 10 or more years of experience with healthcare transactions and practice with a focus on M&A.
Jennifer Baldock
Surgery Partners – Nashville, TN
Karin Anderson- Barrett
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. – Brentwood, TN
Greg Gambill
DaVita Inc. – Denver, CO
Rick Grossman
Dignity Health – Pasadena, CA
Joseph Impicciche
Ascension Health – St. Louis, MO
Diana Macklin
Catholic Health Initiatives – Denver, CO
Adam Moore
Concentra – Corporate Headquarters – Addison, TX
Joseph Sowell III
Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) – Nashville, TN
The Leading Lawyers list is sponsored by Ambulatory Alliances, LLC. Ambulatory Alliances, LLC, a middle-market boutique investment banking and strategic advisory firm. The company is involved with both buy-side and sell-side activities focusing exclusively on healthcare services and more specifically outpatient centers and physician practices.
Investment Banking
M&A Brokerage
Joint Venture structuring and negotiations
Mergers
Due Diligence
Transactional and Financial Advisory Services
Syndications
Capital Raises/Private Equity
Divestitures
Valuations
Real Estate Transactions-Sell and Lease Back
Business Transaction Negotiations