Foresight and strategic planning are paying off for the growing national Health Care practice at Polsinelli Shughart. Not only are key laterals joining the firm’s practice, 20 of the firm’s health care attorneys from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. are included in The Best Lawyers in America® 2013. Peer driven, Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession.
“This is a very exciting time for our practice,” said Health Care Chair Matt Murer, who practices in the Chicago office of Polsinelli Shughart. “Twenty years ago, the firm set a goal of developing a nationally pre-eminent health care practice. Now, that goal has been realized and this ranking by our peers is an affirmation of our strategic plan.”
The Health Care Group now consists of attorneys in Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Phoenix, St. Joseph St. Louis and Washington, D.C. The recent addition of health care attorneys in Dallas and Los Angeles has further deepened the talent pool of resources for clients. The Health Care Group’s bench strength allows the firm to provide comprehensive representation to physicians, hospitals and health systems and long term care providers. This includes everything from counseling on day-to-day operational issues to advising clients on complex policy and political issues through our public policy group in DC. In 2011, Modern Healthcare ranked the firm’s Health Care Group the sixth largest in the country.
“No one could have ever foreseen the opportunity as it has materialized or how important health care has become to the national economy,” said Murer. “We strive to serve our clients’ businesses as passionately as if they were our own.”
Attorneys from a variety of practice areas helped make the designation as sixth largest a reality. Corporate, tax, nonprofit, employee benefits and litigation attorneys, whose practices are largely devoted to the firm’s health care clients, are part of a team of attorneys who compose this multi-disciplinary practice. The firm has plans to continue the growth of the practice in Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, St. Louis and Washington, D.C. The firm’s health care lawyers are also members of the American Health Lawyers Association and some have been selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers.
The following is the list of Polsinelli Shughart attorneys chosen as Best Lawyers® for Health Care in 2013
Chicago
Linas J. Grikas (2013)
Health Care Law
Jane K. McCahill
Dallas
Jonathan K. Henderson
Health Care Law
Denver
Colleen M. Faddick
Health Care Law
T. Jeffrey Fitzgerald (2013)
Health Care Law
Bruce A. Johnson
Health Care Law
Ann C. McCullough
Health Care Law
Gerald A. Niederman
Health Care Law
Kansas City
Douglas K. Anning
Health Care Law
Mary Beth Blake (1993) (20 years)
Health Care Law
Jay M. Howard
Health Care Law
Thomas G. Kokoruda (1991) (20 years)
Health Care Law
Thomas P. O'Donnell
Health Care Law
Los Angeles
Lawrence C. Conn (2013)
Health Care Law
St. Joseph
Mark R. Woodbury
Health Care Law
St. Louis
Jane E. Arnold
Health Care Law
Randy S. Gerber
Health Care Law
Mark H. Goran (2003) (10 years)
Health Care Law
Joan B. Killgore
Health Care Law
Washington, D.C.
Teresa Brooks (2013)
Health Care Law
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About Polsinelli Shughart
With more than 600 attorneys, Polsinelli Shughart (www.polsinelli.com) is a national law firm and recognized leader in the areas of health care, financial services, real estate, life sciences, energy and business litigation. Serving corporate, institutional and individual clients, the firm builds enduring relationships by creating value through our legal services - with passion, ingenuity and a sense of urgency. The firm has offices in Chicago; Dallas; Denver; Kansas City; Los Angeles; New York; Phoenix; St. Louis; Washington, D.C.; and Wilmington, DE. In California, Polsinelli Shughart LLP.
About Best Lawyers®
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