HEALTH LAW - Key Persons


Alex M. Brill

Job Titles:
  • Economic Policy Advisor
  • Economic Policy Advisor / Washington, D.C.
Alex formerly served as the policy director and chief economist to the House Committee on Ways and Means. In that position, he oversaw a broad portfolio of legislative matters and led staff-level negotiations with House and Senate leadership offices and Senate Finance Committee and Senate HELP Committee staff.

Alicia Macklin

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Partner
  • Partner / Los Angeles
Alicia Macklin is a trusted advisor to a range of inpatient and outpatient behavioral health care providers, along with hospitals and health systems. She has counseled many of California's hospitals on unsettled areas of law, with an emphasis on compliance with the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). A former litigator with a Master of Public Health from UCLA's Fielding School of Public Health, Alicia brings her unique perspective and experience to her clients' most nuanced regulatory problems. Alicia's work with behavioral health providers includes advising on licensing and accreditation, Medicare and Medi-Cal reimbursement, federal and state privacy and confidentiality requirements, and operational issues. She also helps California providers navigate voluntary and involuntary treatment under the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act (LPS Act). In addition to providing guidance and counsel on current legal issues, Alicia also provides her clients with insights into broader behavioral health policy trends that could affect them in the future, including both federal and state-level initiatives to reform behavioral health care. For her hospital and health system clients, Alicia similarly advises on a broad range of compliance, reimbursement, and operational issues, including those involving behavioral health treatment. She specializes in EMTALA, and her work with hospitals in this space involves reviewing and revising EMTALA policies, providing in-service education for physicians and staff, managing investigations and surveys, and advising on EMTALA's intersection with state laws, including state involuntary civil commitment laws. In addition, Alicia has litigated appeals challenging administrative and reimbursement actions for her hospital and health system clients in a number of federal courts and the California Superior Court. Alicia also works with her clients to operationalize changes to the state scope of practice for various allied health professionals. In particular, she counsels hospitals on medical staff issues, including drafting policies and advising on supervision requirements for allied health professionals, and privacy and confidentiality issues arising during investigations into physician behavior and peer review proceedings. Alicia has a deep commitment to issues affecting health equity and public health education. She has studied, written, and presented in this area for nearly a decade, first as a student earning her Master of Public Health, and now as a practicing healthcare attorney and lecturer at the University of California, Los Angeles Fielding School of Public Health, where she co-teaches Legal Environment of Health Services Management.

Amy M. Joseph

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / Boston
Amy Joseph is Quoted in Decision Health | Part B News article, "Use AI to scribe? Pay attention to data privacy, ownership"

Andrea Frey

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / San Francisco

Andrew Hayes

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Associate / Washington, D.C.
Andrew Hayes' practice focuses on litigation and compliance counseling. His litigation practice includes False Claims Act and fraud and abuse litigation, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement disputes, and other matters at the trial and appellate levels and in administrative proceedings or enforcement actions. Andrew's ability to craft compelling narratives and to see issues from the point of view of regulators as well as providers form the foundation of his litigation approach. In his compliance counseling, Andrew leverages his experience working on health information, electronic records, data privacy and security, interoperability, and related issues to assist his clients in navigating the complex regulatory landscape at the intersection of health care and technology. Prior to law school, he worked with several medical providers on Electronic Health Record projects, including at large academic medical centers and safety-net hospitals. He has also published research on health information exchange among providers in various contexts, including in medical, psychiatric, social services, and criminal justice systems. These experiences enable Andrew to provide sound, actionable advice on novel regulatory frameworks, including those relating to telehealth and health information blocking issues.

Aneliese Castro

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Associate / Los Angeles
Aneliese Castro focuses her practice on transactional and regulatory matters. Her work with health care providers and advocacy for health care access predates her legal career. Her prior experience with a large health care provider in Southern California evolved into an academic, professional, and personal commitment to health care law and policy that she brings to her work at Hooper, Lundy & Bookman. A former summer associate at the firm, Aneliese complements her legal knowledge with well-developed project management skills and a deep appreciation that attentive, proactive, and responsive client service is an indispensable aspect of effective counsel. Aneliese earned her law degree from Stanford Law School, where she received the Judge Thelton E. Henderson Prize for Outstanding Performance and served as a Diversity Chair and Senior Editor on the Stanford Law Review. She was also a Fellow for the Stanford Center for Racial Justice and a Research Fellow for the Robert Crown Law Library. After receiving her undergraduate degree with honors from Scripps College, Aneliese earned a Master of Public Health degree from UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, where she was a member of the Delta Omega Honor Society, a recipient of the Lee Thomassen Healthcare Finance Fellowship, and winner of the UCLA Sinaiko Business Plan Competition.

Arthur E. Peabody

Job Titles:
  • of Counsel
  • of Counsel / Washington, D.C.
Arthur is the author of book chapters and articles about the impact of precision medicine (genetic testing) and the use of information technology in health care - addressing how advanced technologies and new medical advances raise complex issues, including risks of liability, for hospitals and physicians to navigate. A volunteer mediator for the District of Columbia federal courts, Arthur has served since 1996. He has mediated a wide range of disputes - from denials of Medicaid mandated services to suits alleging violations of the Individuals with Disabilities Act (special education).

Bridget A. Gordon

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / Co - Chair, Clinical Laboratory Work Group
  • Partner / Los Angeles

Catherine Srithong Wicker

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / San Diego

Charles B. Oppenheim

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / Los Angeles & San Francisco

Cole M. Hoyt

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Associate / Los Angeles
Cole Hoyt is a health care litigator with a long-held interest in health care and a passion for transforming the law and facts of a case into compelling arguments and narratives. Working on a diverse range of health care disputes, Cole has significant experience with all pre-trial aspects of litigation, including depositions of medical experts in complex, high-value cases. Cole's creativity, collaborative spirit, and commitment to professionalism are defining characteristics of how he practices law. Cole gained valuable insights about managing business and litigation risks and working with outside counsel during legal clerkships at the in-house legal departments of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and William Morris Endeavor (WME). Before joining Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, Cole worked as an attorney at a California litigation firm focusing exclusively on medical malpractice matters. He has also volunteered for the Medical-Legal Partnership at VCU Health System in Richmond, Virginia. In law school, Cole was a member of the Alternative Dispute Resolution team and a fellow at the William & Mary Center for the Study of Law and Markets. His student note, "Before Disaster Strikes: Preparing America To Be Disaster Resilient," was published in the William & Mary Environmental Law & Policy Review.

David A. Hatch

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / Los Angeles
  • Partner / Managing Partner, Los Angeles Office / General Counsel

David J. Vernon

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / Washington, D.C.
David Vernon helps providers navigate the complex and multi-layered Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement landscape. His deep regulatory knowledge, his experience in reimbursement matters generally, and extensive work on Graduate Medical Education reimbursement issues in particular, and his appreciation of the operational and occupational challenges providers face, have allowed David to successfully advise clients on agency requirements and favorably resolve numerous reimbursement disputes for providers across the country. A widely recognized licensure and certification expert, David also advises clients on complex regulatory issues that arise in the context of mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, and related transactions. He assists clients with a broad range of licensing and certification, fraud and abuse, and compliance matters, developing effective strategies and practical solutions based on his understanding of how both regulators and providers go about their work. He quickly identifies issues and potential areas of concern before they metastasize into costly and disruptive problems. David has cultivated productive relationships with State and Federal regulators, which allows him to diffuse contentious disagreements and facilitate efficient resolutions for his clients. He has achieved numerous successful outcomes in licensure, certification, compliance, and reimbursement matters or appeals, including those involving provider certification, Medicare Area Wage Index and rural floor issues, and Graduate Medical Education reimbursement. David is one of only a handful of attorneys in the United States with substantial experience in Graduate Medical Education reimbursement matters, making him a sought-after resource for teaching hospitals requiring seasoned counsel for their unique needs. David's health care experience and work with teaching hospitals predate his legal career. Prior to law school, he worked as the research analyst to the President and CEO of the Association of American Medical Colleges, and has published several articles in peer-reviewed biomedical journals. While earning his law degree, David was co-president of the Healthcare & Biotech Law Society and worked as a research assistant for the Warren Institute's Health, Economic & Family Security Program on legal issues impacting the creation of safety-net Accountable Care Organizations.

David P. Henninger

Job Titles:
  • of Counsel
  • of Counsel / Los Angeles
David Henninger has practiced health care law since 1986 and he served as Chair of Hooper, Lundy & Bookman's Transactional Business Practice Group for six years. He represents private and public hospitals, physicians and medical groups, diagnostic centers, ambulatory surgery centers, pharmacies, medical equipment companies and other health care entities in all types of business transactions, including the purchase and sale of facilities, the preparation of private offering documents, the structuring of joint ventures, and contract negotiations. He particularly specializes in advising clients regarding a wide variety of regulatory issues, including anti-kickback and physician self- referral laws, antitrust law, public and private reimbursement, licensing and certification issues, and regulatory compliance programs. David has authored or co-authored numerous publications on healthcare regulatory issues, including an ongoing BNA portfolio on federal self-referral law. He also authored and annually updates the anti-kickback law and physician self-referral law chapters of the California Hospital Association's Compliance Manual, developed by the firm for the Association and first published in 2010. David has testified as an expert witness in litigation, and frequently lectures on health care issues before such associations as the California Bar Association, the California Healthcare Association, the California Medical Association, the American Hospital Association, the Healthcare Financial Management Association, the California Society of Healthcare Attorneys, and the Medical Group Management Association. He began his legal career in Maryland, as in-house counsel for Dun & Bradstreet Healthcare Information Services, a consulting and management corporation specializing in the development and operation of managed care programs such as preferred provider organizations and health maintenance organizations. In addition to his corporate duties as in-house counsel, he negotiated managed care contracts with hospitals and physicians in over fifty managed care networks across the country. Prior to his legal career, David held a number of administrative and executive positions with the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in health reimbursement and regulatory programs, including the Medicaid Program, licensing and certification, health planning and hospital rate-setting. In 1985 he served as Executive Director of Maryland's state-wide health planning and certificate of need program. He received his B.A. degree in political science from Bucknell University in 1972 and his M.A. degree from The University of Maryland in urban studies in 1977. He received his J.D. degree, with honors from The George Washington University Law School in 1983.

David S. Schumacher

Job Titles:
  • Partner / Boston
  • Partner / Co - Chair, Fraud & Abuse Practice / Managing Partner, Boston Office

Devin M. Senelick

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Emily Brodkin

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Associate / Boston
Emily Brodkin handles a diverse range of corporate, transactional, regulatory, and compliance matters for health care industry clients. Providing counsel focused on both preventing and solving problems, she has represented hospitals, health systems, pharmaceutical and device manufacturers, and established and emerging digital health companies while at HLB and before joining the firm. Emily's experience includes involvement in fraud and abuse matters, physician contracting, telehealth, and transactional due diligence. In all matters, Emily commits herself to delivering timely, actionable guidance based on a full understanding of her client's priorities and goals. Health care policy has been a life-long interest for Emily, and she made health care the centerpiece of her academic pursuits - earning a bachelor's degree in Community Health, a J.D., and an M.P.H. - before it became the focus of her legal career. During law school, Emily served as the co-president of the Boston College Health Law Society and participated in the Community Enterprise Clinic, where she helped a doula services company obtain 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status.

Emily L. Brinkman - Chief Legal Officer

Job Titles:
  • Senior Counsel
  • Senior Counsel / San Francisco
Emily L. Brinkman has over 20 years of experience as a litigator and 12 years specifically advising healthcare providers and helping them comply with regulatory issues in the state of California. She joined Hooper, Lundy & Bookman near the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Since then, she has helped hospitals navigate the pandemic by conducting legal research and answering their concerns on various issues such as religious exemptions for vaccination mandates, how to deal with COVID positive providers, and physician behavioral issues. Emily has extensive experience litigating medical staff cases on behalf of hospitals throughout California. She collaborates with medical staff directors and other executives to manage issues regarding physician credentialing and privileging. Emily has represented medical staff in complex, multi-day hearings involving issues ranging from inappropriate behavior towards patients, to quality of care issues that result in disciplinary actions, from suspension to termination of privileges/credentials. Emily has also advised medical staff clients on peer review matters, credentialing of ambulatory surgical centers and providers in hospital clinics, responding to Medical Board subpoenas and request for interviews of hospital staff. She advises licensed medical providers on the legal reporting requirements to the Medical Board and National Practitioner Data Bank, including representing providers following allegations of failing to report. She also advises her medical staff clients about the impact of peer review privilege under Evidence Code 1157 as it relates to civil lawsuits and the Medical Board, including the impact on Physician Well Being Committees. Emily's experience includes working as a Deputy Attorney General in the Health Quality Enforcement Section and the Correctional Law Section of the California Attorney General's Office. In her role as Deputy Attorney General in the Health Quality Enforcement section, she represented several health care licensing boards, such as the California Medical Board, Podiatric Medical Board of California, and Board of Psychology, in disciplinary actions against licensed providers. She also advised the licensing boards about investigations before bringing disciplinary action and provided training to other attorneys within the Health Quality Enforcement section. She started her legal career as a deputy district attorney, and has litigation experience in criminal, civil, and administrative hearings in both state and federal courts. Besides advising medical staffs, using her 8 years of experience in representing the health care licensing boards, Emily also represents individual licensed providers before their respective licensing boards, from advising and assisting with the investigation to the disciplinary hearing itself. She assists in the application process of individuals seeking licensure, including post graduate training licenses and petitions for reinstatement.

Erin R. Sclar

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Associate / San Francisco

Erin Sclar

Erin Sclar focuses her practice on an array of matters for publicly funded health centers and safety net providers, as well as issues facing start-up health care providers and large health systems alike, including those pursuing innovative care delivery models. Her long involvement in public health predates her legal career, with an extensive policy and advocacy background informing her current practice, especially regarding Medicaid payment rates and disputes. Providers receive well-researched and actionable guidance from Erin, who understands that her answers and counsel directly impact their abilities to deliver care to the most vulnerable patients, including those needing mental and behavioral health services. She helps her clients navigate the unique legal framework that applies to the health care work of county governments, public healthcare districts, and other publicly funded providers. Erin is also actively involved in litigation in federal court and at the trial and appellate levels in California, including responding to requests for temporary restraining orders and other emergency motions. Prior to attending law school, Erin worked in diverse health care advocacy and policy roles, including founding a consulting practice focused on Medicaid advocacy in Florida, teaching policy to social work graduate students at the University of South Florida, and serving as a legislative affairs associate for a national hospital trade association in Washington, D.C. Erin's subsequent academic career was equally focused on health policy. In law school, she served as a judicial extern in the Northern District of California, was a research fellow at the UCSF/UC Hastings Consortium on Law, Science, and Health Policy, and was a legal intern for the Harvard Law School Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation. She graduated summa cum laude and Order of the Coif from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law and served as the president of the Hastings Health Law Organization.

Gary F. Torrell

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / Co - Chair, Health Care Financial Restructuring Practice Group
  • Partner / Los Angeles

Harry Shulman

Job Titles:
  • of Counsel
  • of Counsel / San Francisco

Heather M. Romero

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Associate / Boston

J. Luis Ramos

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Associate / San Diego

Jennifer A. Hansen

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Catherine Wicker Co - Presented at CAMSS Desert Chapter 's Virtual Conference
  • Partner / Co - Chair, Medical Staff Practice Group
  • Partner / San Diego
Jennifer Hansen's representation of health care providers focuses on three primary areas: medical staff, payor/provider disputes, and post-acute care facility defense. She has represented hospitals, medical staffs, and post-acute providers in wide range of litigation including state and federal court trials, Judicial Review Committee hearings, arbitrations, administrative hearings, and mediations throughout the State of California. Jennifer connects and communicates with regulators, licensing boards, payors, and others to facilitate constructive discussions and early, positive resolutions. Jennifer has over 15 years of experience representing medical staffs in sensitive high-profile cases involving medical staff membership and privileges. A significant portion of Jennifer's practice involves advising medical staffs in credentialing and privileging matters, governance, by-laws, policies and procedures, rules and regulations, investigations, and reporting to the state professional licensing boards and the National Practitioner Data Bank. She has served as counsel in multiple peer review hearings and provides representation in writs and other litigation relating to medical staffs. Her extensive knowledge of the health care payment and reimbursement landscape makes her particularly effective in representing hospitals and hospital systems, post-acute care providers, physicians, and other ancillary providers in managed care contract and non-contract payor/provider disputes with health care payors. She has collected millions of dollars in unpaid and underpaid patient claims for her provider clients, including obtaining awards of interest. Health care providers also count on Jennifer for advice and assistance with managed care contracts and out-of-network disputes or issues arising under the Knox-Keene Act, California Insurance Code, and ERISA. Jennifer has handled dozens of cases against almost every major payor, including but not limited to Blue Cross, Blue Shield, United, Aetna, and Cigna. Jennifer has successfully served as lead counsel on hundreds of investigations for prominent post-acute care facilities, adult residential facilities, hospitals and pharmacies, including alleged immediate jeopardy deficiencies. She has represented clients in challenges to federal deficiencies issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and state citations issued by the Department of Public Health and the Department of Social Services. Jennifer handles administrative hearings before the Department of Health and Human Services Departmental Appeals Board and Office of Administrative Hearings and Appeals. Jennifer served on the firm's Board of Directors from 2019-2022. Jennifer Hansen is named "Top 100 Leaders in Law 2023" by the San Diego Business Journal

Jeremy D. Sherer

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / Boston & Washington, D.C.

Jodi P. Berlin

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Chairman of the Pro Bono Committee
  • Partner / Los Angeles
Jodi Berlin's practice focuses primarily on assisting hospitals, home health, hospice and long-term care providers. As a health care attorney and registered nurse, Jodi combines her legal and clinical experience to assist clients on a variety of operational issues. She is skilled at drafting plans of correction in response to State and Federal licensing and certification surveys, as well as surveys from accreditation agencies. In addition, Jodi advises clients on unusual occurrence and adverse event reporting, consent issues, drafting of policies and procedures, and other regulatory and health-law related matters. Jodi serves as the Chair of the Pro Bono Committee and works closely with the Alliance for Children's Rights in finalizing adoptions.

Jordan Kearney

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / San Francisco
Jordan Kearney represents a wide range of hospital and health systems and other health care providers in litigation of novel and complex cases of first impression. Jordan is a problem-solver who is energized by thorny issues and can wade through sticky situations to reach resolution. Jordan has extensive experience litigating and advising clients in connection with fraud and abuse matters. This includes litigating False Claims Act cases in federal courts throughout the country and California False Claims Act and Insurance Fraud Prevention Act suits in California Superior Courts. Jordan has defended a wide variety of health care providers - hospitals, hospices, counties, behavioral health providers, FQHCs, SNFs, remote monitoring companies, and others - facing a range of allegations, including overutilization, insufficient supervision, regulatory noncompliance, upcoding, kickbacks, and provision of worthless services. Her experience includes managing government investigations for FCA violations, formulating overall litigation strategy in FCA cases, and mediating FCA disputes. Almost daily, Jordan advises on internal investigations involving compliance with the 60-Day Rule. Her regulatory background allows her to guide her clients to determine whether the rule is triggered and how to manage the process. Jordan founded the firm's Medicare Audits and Appeals Practice Group and leads the defense of clients in connection with audits and ensuing appeals process, including Unified Program Integrity Contractors (UPIC), Targeted Probe and Educate (TPE), and Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) audits. Jordan has specific expertise and experience in representing California counties in defending their EMS networks from challenges to their exclusivity under the Emergency Medical Services Act, as well as assisting counties in complying with the intricacies of the Act to protect against subsequent attacks. Raised by two behavioral health professionals, Jordan has a personal passion for behavioral health providers and the individuals they serve. She has extensive experience in this field, including managing payment disputes, advising on compliance and remediating noncompliance, and managing audits and inquiries by state agencies, federal DOJ, and patient advocacy organizations.

Joseph R. LaMagna

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / Boston & San Diego
  • Partner / Co - Chair, Fraud & Abuse Practice Group
Joe LaMagna has spent his entire legal career advising health care providers in a wide range of regulatory compliance issues and litigation proceedings. With a lengthy record of positive outcomes inside and outside the courtroom, Joe is a litigator who brings regulatory and compliance perspectives and insights to his advocacy in trials, arbitrations, mediations, administrative hearings, and appeals. No matter the nature of the proceeding, Joe articulates how complex, abstract regulatory schemes interact with the real-world, practical challenges of health care delivery and oversight. His clients include healthcare providers, hospitals, long-term acute care hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, hospice, home health, long-term care pharmacies, specialty pharmacies, DME suppliers, physicians, medical groups, clinical laboratories and behavioral health and substance abuse providers. Representing the diverse range of providers and suppliers help give Joe perspective that he can share with regulators and payors. Joe's practice focuses on the inevitable disputes that occur when payment for health care goods and services are at issue. He represents providers and suppliers in payment disputes with managed care entities and other payors and guides them in regulatory litigation and compliance matters. He also defends his clients in audits and government investigations, always looking for collaborative resolutions but equally prepared to go toe-to-toe with government attorneys when necessary or advantageous. Joe also has extensive experience with e-discovery protocols, cost-shifting, and e-discovery review platforms, which leads to cost-effective and efficient responses to subpoena and discovery demands. Compliance counseling complements Joe's litigation practice. He has provided fraud and abuse training and education to multiple diagnostic laboratory companies, home health providers, and skilled nursing facilities. He has also reviewed proposed business arrangements between providers and marketers for risks and exposure under state and federal law.

Karl A. Schmitz

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / Co - Chair, Business Department
  • Partner / Los Angeles
Karl Schmitz is co-chair of the firm's business department. He has advised a wide variety of health care providers on business, general corporate and regulatory matters, including hospitals, individual physicians, physician groups, independent physician associations, health care consultants, management organizations and investors in health care businesses. A significant portion of his practice has focused on the merger and acquisition of health care businesses, including the purchase, sale and leasing of health care facilities, such as hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, ambulatory surgery centers and pharmacies. Karl also has extensive experience advising clients on consolidation and alignment strategies, including the formation of medical foundations and other organizational affiliations. He has represented for-profit and non-profit corporations, as well as county and local health care districts. He is also a member of the firm's Fraud & Abuse Practice Group. Karl is also experienced in the formation of business entities, raising capital through private offerings and syndications, and other general corporate matters. He regularly advises clients on contractual matters, such as the development of professional service agreements, coverage agreements, medical directorships and consulting agreements. As such, his practice involves counseling clients on both federal and state regulatory matters such as anti-kickback and physician self-referral laws and state prohibitions against the corporate practice of medicine. He received his B.A. in Environmental Studies from the University of Southern California in 1997. He received his J.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law in 2003 and was admitted to the California Bar that same year.

Katrina A. Pagonis - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Partner
  • Partner / Chair, Regulatory Department
  • Partner / San Francisco & Washington, D.C.
Katrina Pagonis is chair of the firm's regulatory department and a nationally recognized expert on implementation of the Affordable Care Act's market reforms, including the federal regulation of government-sponsored and private managed care plans and the establishment and operation of Health Insurance Exchanges ("Marketplaces") like Covered California. Katrina regularly advises clients on the impact of health care reform, as well as emerging health care reform proposals (from repeal-and-replace to single payer) at the state and national levels. She also provides regulatory and strategic advice to health care providers concerning managed care issues more generally, including out-of-network reimbursement, network configuration (narrow and tiered networks), reference pricing and cost-sharing limits, managed care contracting, and enrollment assistance activities. In addition, Katrina regularly assists health care providers-including hospitals, long-term care providers, suppliers, pharmacies, hospices, physicians and medical groups-with a broad range of regulatory and Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement matters. She is an expert in site-neutrality initiatives for hospital outpatient services, meaningful use of electronic health records, health care technology, clinical trial agreements, antitrust, and internal investigations. Katrina represents providers in government investigations and False Claims Act cases and assists providers that have credible information regarding potential overpayments with the investigation, identification, reporting, and returning of overpayments. Until 2012, she was a full-time professor of health law at Hamline University School of Law (now Mitchell Hamline School of Law) in St. Paul, Minnesota. Katrina Pagonis is Quoted in Modern Healthcare article, "Higher fines compel most hospitals to disclose prices" Katrina Pagonis is Quoted in Modern Healthcare Article, "Feds understate financial impact of 340B ‘clawback,' lawyers say"

Kelly A. Carroll

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / Washington, D.C.

Kelly Lavin Delmore

Job Titles:
  • Co - Chair of Government Relations & Public Policy Department
  • Co - Chair of Government Relations & Public Policy Department / Washington, D.C.

Kerry K. Sakimoto

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Linda Randlett Kollar

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / Los Angeles

Lisa K. Layman

Job Titles:
  • Principal
  • Principal / Washington, D.C.

Lloyd A. Bookman

Job Titles:
  • Founding Partner
  • Founding Partner / Los Angeles

Mark A. Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / Managing Partner, San Diego Office
  • Partner / San Diego
Mark Johnson is speaking at AHLA's Advising Providers: Legal Strategies for AMCs, Physicians, and Hospitals

Mark E. Reagan

Job Titles:
  • Managing Shareholder
  • Managing Shareholder / San Francisco & Boston

Martin A. Corry

Job Titles:
  • Co - Chair of Government Relations & Public Policy Department
  • Co - Chair of Government Relations & Public Policy Department / Washington, D.C.

Matthew Clark

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / San Francisco

Maydha Vinson

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Associate / San Francisco

Melania Jankowski

Job Titles:
  • Associate / Boston

Michael Shimada

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Associate / San Francisco

Monica Herr Massaro

Job Titles:
  • Director, Government Relations & Public Policy
  • Director, Government Relations & Public Policy / Washington, D.C.

Nina Adatia Marsden

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / Los Angeles

Patric Hooper

Job Titles:
  • Founding Partner
  • Founding Partner / Los Angeles

Paul L. Garcia

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / San Diego & Los Angeles

Paul T. Smith

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / San Francisco

Rachel Zacharias

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Associate / Washington, D.C.

Robert F. Miller

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / Los Angeles & San Diego

Robert L. Roth

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / Washington, D.C.

Robert W. Lundy

Job Titles:
  • Founding Partner
  • Founding Partner / Los Angeles

Ross E. Campbell

Job Titles:
  • of Counsel
  • of Counsel / San Francisco

Ruby W. Wood

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / San Francisco

Ryan J. Cuthbertson

Job Titles:
  • Partner / Boston

San Diego San Francisco

Job Titles:
  • Washington D.C. Business Associate Agreement

Sandi Krul

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / Los Angeles

Scott J. Kiepen

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Sheryl Xavier

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Associate / Washington, D.C.

Stanton J. Stock

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Stephanie Gross

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / Los Angeles & San Francisco

Stephen K. Phillips

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / San Francisco

Sven C. Collins

Job Titles:
  • Partner / Denver

Taryn A. Reid

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Associate / Los Angeles