Everett Wilson is the Managing Partner of Polsinelli's Miami Office. He is a health care regulatory and transactional attorney with over 30 years of legal and business experience representing health care providers, health plans and other entities involved in the health care and health care insurance industries.
Everett’s focus is on issues related to Medicare and Medicaid managed care, Value-Based Care and Risk Arrangements, and Health Care M&A and Joint Ventures. The M&A teams led by Everett have been involved in some of the more significant health care and health care insurance transactions in the Florida market, as well as significant upper middle-market transactions throughout the country.
Regardless of the assigned task, though, client service is the cornerstone of his practice. As remarked by clients in Chambers, "Everett is always very responsive, very knowledgeable, and he always delivers results."
He has extensive experience in the Medicare Advantage and Medicaid managed care arena, with a particular emphasis on full-risk and alternative value based arrangements, as well as the establishment and operation of health plans, provider networks and other risk bearing entities.
On the transactional side, he has a proven track record guiding founder led companies in the planning, growth and ultimate sale of health care companies. He also routinely represents existing companies, private equity, family offices and other entrepreneurs, investors and lenders in health care industry transactions. As remarked by clients in Chambers, "Everett is an expert in managed care acquisitions" and "a great deal lawyer."
Everett is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell. He is ranked by Chambers and by Best Lawyers. He has been named a "Power Leader in Health Care" by the South Florida Business Journal, listed in Florida Trend's "Legal Elite" for Health Care, and included in Florida Trend's "Florida 500" - as one of Florida's most influential business leaders.
Everett has served as Chair of the Health Law Section of the Bar and is past Chair and still an active Board member of the Health Foundation - the leading voice and funder of South Florida's public health initiatives. He also remains active in other civic, philanthropic, professional and industry organizations and activities.
Education
- University of Miami School of Law (J.D., cum laude)
- University of Florida (B.S., Finance and Accounting, with highest honors)
Bar Admission
- Florida, 1990
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Recognition
- Selected for inclusion in Florida Trend’s Legal Elite, Notable Managing Partners, 2024-2025
- Selected for inclusion in Florida Trend's Florida 500, 2024-2025
- Ranked in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Healthcare, Florida, 2020-2025
- Selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America® for:
- Administrative/Regulatory Law, 2023-2026
- Health Care Law, 2023-2026
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2023-2026
- Litigation - Health Care, 2022-2026
- Martindale-Hubbell, AV Preeminent Rated
- Florida Trend’s Legal Elite, Listed for Health Care
- Philanthropy Miami, Leave a Legacy Award, 2016
- South Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Award, 2015
- South Florida Business Journal, Listed as a “Power Leader in Health Care”
Civic and Professional Involvement
- American Bar Foundation
- Fellow
- American Health Law Association
- Member
- American Health Lawyers Association, Dispute Resolution Service
- Arbitrator and Mediator
- The Florida Bar
- Former Chair, Health Law Section
- Health Foundation of South Florida
- Immediate Past Chair, Board of Directors
- American Red Cross
- Former Board Member
- Make-A-Wish Foundation
- Former Board Member
