HOOPER, LUNDY & BOOKMAN, P.C. - Key Persons

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• Economic Policy Advisor / Washington D.C.
• the Economic Policy Advisor of Hooper

Mr. Alex Brill has a broad range of public policy expertise and experience including tax, pension, trade, budget and health policy matters. Mr. Brill formerly served as the Policy Director and Chief Economist to the House Committee on Ways and Means and oversaw a broad portfolio of legislative matters in addition to assisting then Chairman Bill Thomas (R-CA) with negotiations with House and Senate leadership offices as well as Senate Finance Committee members. Prior to his tenure at the Ways and Means Committee, Mr. Brill was an economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), where he provided advice and analyses on national and international economic policies for the President. In 2010, Mr. Brill served as a consultant advisor to the President's Fiscal Commission (Bowles-Simpson Commission). He also currently serves as a research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Mr. Brill's health policy focus includes reimbursement matters related to the physician fee schedule, the FDA drug approval process, biosimilars, and Medicare Part B pricing. Mr. Brill's health policy research includes an investigation of overspending on multi-source drugs in Medicaid, optimal exclusivity policy for biologics drugs, and the consequences of certain taxes and fees within the Affordable Care Act. He has served as an expert witness in a number of patent litigation cases, testified before Congress on numerous occasions including before the House Committee on Judiciary regarding biologics and regularly appears in the media to discuss the economy and pending federal legislation. Mr. Brill is the Economic Policy Advisor of Hooper, Lundy & Bookman's Government Relations and Public Policy department. He has a B.A. in Economics from Tufts University and an M.A. in Mathematical Finance from Boston University.

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• Partner / Los Angeles
• Partner in the Los Angeles

Alicia Macklin is a partner in the Los Angeles office and serves as the co-chair of the firm's Health Equity Task Force. She regularly advises behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment providers on a broad range of legal and compliance issues, including Federal and California privacy and confidentiality requirements, Medicare and Medi-Cal reimbursement, county mental health plan contracting, and involuntary civil commitment under the LPS Act (Lanterman-Petris-Short Act). She also provides regulatory advice to hospitals, handling EMTALA investigations, compliance, training and counseling. Ms. Macklin assists clients with a broad range of regulatory and reimbursement matters and litigation, including Medicare and Medi-Cal appeals and medical staff and scope of practice issues impacting allied health professionals including nurse practitioners. In addition to her work at the firm, she is also a Lecturer at the University of California, Los Angeles Fielding School of Public Health, where she co-teaches Legal Environment of Health Services Management. Ms. Macklin received a B.A. in psychology, Phi Beta Kappa, from Cornell University in 2006, and her J.D. from the University of Southern California Law School, where she was Executive Senior Editor of the Southern California Law Review. In 2016 she graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles Fielding School of Public Health with a Master of Public Health. Professional Affiliations American Health Lawyers Association, Academic Medical Centers and Teaching Hospitals and Hospitals and Health Systems Practice Group California Society for Healthcare Attorneys Los Angeles County Bar Association, Healthcare Law Section, Vice Chair

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• Partner / Boston

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• Associate / San Francisco

Andrea Frey is co-chair of the firm's Digital Health Task Force. Her practice focuses on corporate and health care regulatory matters, with an emphasis on health privacy and data issues, digital health, licensure and certification, scope of practice, and medical staff matters. In particular, Ms. Frey regularly assists clients, including hospitals, health systems, health care districts, digital health providers, and emerging health care businesses, navigate federal and state laws governing privacy and digital health, including COVID-19 public health emergency waivers, as well as a broad range of transactional and related regulatory issues. Ms. Frey also advises clients on various compliance issues in connection with medical staff matters, including internal operations and self-governance, provider licensure and credentialing, and delegation agreements. Ms. Frey graduated from Tufts University cum laude with degrees in Economics, International Relations, and Spanish in 2009, and received her J.D. with honors from University of Washington, where she served as the Associate Editor in Chief of the Washington International Law Journal, while simultaneously earning her Master of Public Health in Health Policy in 2016. Professional Affiliations American Health Lawyers Association, Health Information and Technology Practice Group, Young Professionals Council California Society of Healthcare Attorneys, Publications Committee Women in Health Care Executives

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• of Counsel / Washington D.C.

Arthur E. Peabody, Jr. focuses his practice on Medicare payment and reimbursement for hospitals and other providers. Arthur brings a unique perspective to Medicare reimbursement as a result of his knowledge of the Medicare cost reporting and reimbursement, understanding of both provider and government interests, and his skills as a trial lawyer - a rare combination. He has substantial experience is all aspects of the Medicare reimbursement process, from the preparation of cost reports to the litigation of appeals. Arthur has over 15 years of experience litigating Medicare cost report appeals before the Provider Reimbursement Review Board (PRRB), representing both providers and Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs). In these capacities, he addressed most of legal issues in the Medicare reimbursement arena, resolved numerous cases resulting in the payment of millions of dollars to providers, and gained the ability to evaluate Medicare reimbursement issues from the perspective of providers, MACs, and the government. Arthur assist hospitals in developing effective strategies to ensure providers obtain all the Medicare reimbursement to which they are entitled. Previously, he served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia (Alexandria) and as a member of the Senior Executive Service in the Justice Department where he held high level executive positions in the Civil Rights Division. As an Assistant United States Attorney, Arthur handled a broad array of complex civil litigation in federal court proceedings representing federal government agencies. He also initiated affirmative litigation and supervised investigations, including health care fraud actions brought under the False Claims Act and other federal regulatory provisions. In the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department, Arthur served for many years as the Chief of the Special Litigation Section where he led the nationwide federal enforcement program for persons with disabilities, institutionalized persons, and other persons in need. In this capacity, he traveled to 46 states and appeared in 34 different federal district courts , and negotiated settlements with Governors and State Attorneys General. Arthur received commendations from three Attorneys General for his contributions to the Department's civil rights enforcement program, as well as numerous awards and commendations from federal agencies, including recognition for an initiative to "clean up" deficient Virginia nursing homes. He earned his J.D. degree from the Cornell Law School, graduated with a B.A. cum laude from Northeastern University, Boston, and is a member of the Massachusetts, Virginia and District of Columbia bars. Professional Affiliations American Bar Association, Health Law Section, Section of Dispute Resolution, Co-Chair, Healthcare Committee American Arbitration Association, Panel of Healthcare Mediators and Arbitrators American Health Lawyers Association Virginia/District of Columbia Chapter, Health Finance Management Association American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management American College of Healthcare Executives Mediator, United States Courts for the District of Columbia

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• Judge Told Jurors in Meningitis Outbreak Case to Be Unanimous - but Verdict Form Shows Division

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• Partner
• Partner / Los Angeles

Bridget Gordon is a partner in the litigation department of Hooper, Lundy & Bookman. Ms. Gordon's practice comprises a wide range of matters on behalf of hospitals, medical staffs, and other health care providers. She is also a member of the firm's Fraud & Abuse Practice Group. Bridget's practice has a focus in managed care litigation matters. She has represented a variety of healthcare providers-including hospitals, emergency physician providers, and skilled nursing facilities-in managed care disputes in both contracted and non-contracted contexts, seeking to ensure providers are compensated appropriately for the valuable healthcare services they provide. Bridget has experience representing providers in state court, Federal court, in arbitration, and before the medical board. Prior to joining Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, Ms. Gordon was an associate in the Los Angeles office of Paul Hastings, LLP where she represented companies, officers, and directors in state and federal court in a variety of complex litigation matters, including white collar, securities, anti-bribery, anti-corruption, government investigations, internal investigations, and business torts. Ms. Gordon received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Sociology, with highest honors, from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 2009. She received her J.D. from the University of Southern California, Gould School of Law in 2012. While in law school, Ms. Gordon served as the Senior Content Editor on Law Review. During the summer of 2010, she served as an extern to the Honorable Gregory W. Alarcon of the Los Angeles Superior Court. During the Spring of 2011, she served as an extern to the Honorable Stephen V. Wilson, United States District Court, Central District of California. Ms. Gordon is admitted to practice law in the State of California and before the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

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• Associate / San Diego
• Associate in the San Diego Office of Hooper

Catherine S. Wicker is a litigation associate in the San Diego office of Hooper, Lundy & Bookman. Her practice includes representing hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, pharmacies, and other healthcare providers and suppliers in various matters, including managed care litigation, class actions, long-term care issues, and complex civil proceedings.

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• Partner / Los Angeles
• Receives Leading Lawyer Honors from Ambulatory M & a Advisor

Charles B. Oppenheim is a member of the firm's business department and received a 2015 Leading Lawyer Award from The Ambulatory M & A Advisor. His practice includes all aspects of transactional, operational and regulatory healthcare law, including mergers & acquisitions, affiliations, joint ventures and the formation of integrated delivery systems, including 1206(l) medical foundations. Among his clients are many of the largest health care companies and hospital systems in the United States. A nationally-recognized expert on anti-kickback and Stark Law issues, Mr. Oppenheim co-authored the 2021 American Health Lawyers Association Monograph on Stark Law, the seventh edition of a treatise he first wrote in 1998, which publication was cited by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in United States ex rel. Drakeford v. Tuomey, No. 13-2219, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 11460 (4 th Cir. July 2, 2015). Ranked by clients and peers as a top California health care attorney, Chambers USA notes that Charles assists clients with transactional and regulatory issues and is well regarded for his expertise in Stark Law and anti-kickback matters. Sources describe him as "clearly a regulatory expert, with a very strong working knowledge of the landscape." A client said, "He is a great expert in Stark Law." And, "He is very responsive and knowledgeable. He gives very thought-out advice and has a very good feel for what the market practices are." Another client hailed him as "a premier expert." Mr. Oppenheim provides counseling to a variety of healthcare provider clients, and has recognized expertise in healthcare gainsharing, pay-for-performance and clinical co-management agreements. He has served as an expert on anti-kickback and Stark Law issues in arbitration and litigation, in both civil and criminal proceedings. In addition, he creates and implements compliance programs, investigates compliance issues, responds to government enforcement actions, and negotiates settlements for many types of healthcare providers. He also has substantial experience assisting managed care entities and ACOs, including representing both health plans and providers in a variety of transactional and regulatory matters, and is Chair of the firm's ACO Task Force. He is also a member of the firm's Fraud & Abuse Practice Group. Mr. Oppenheim received his B.A. Degree from Cornell University in 1984 and his J.D. Degree from Fordham University School of Law in 1988, where he was a member of the Fordham Law Review. Professional Affiliations Past Chair, Health Law Committee of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of California Planning Committee Member for the Annual Healthcare Law Compliance Symposium and Past Chair, Healthcare Law Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association California Society for Healthcare Attorneys American Health Lawyers Association Mr. Oppenheim is a frequent speaker and lecturer on Stark Law developments and other healthcare-related topics. He has served as a guest lecturer at the UCLA School of Law and at the UCLA School of Public Health, and frequently lectures on Stark Law to organizations including AHLA, HFMA and HCCA.

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• Managing Partner of the Firm 's Los
• Partner / Los Angeles

David Hatch is Managing Partner of the Firm's Los Angeles Office and a member of the Firm's Business Department. His practice involves assisting health care clients with a broad range of business, transactional and regulatory issues. Mr. Hatch has significant experience representing major national technology companies, as well as start-ups, in navigating complex healthcare regulatory issues and establishing or expanding health care operations. He also frequently assists nonprofit and tax-exempt health care providers with their unique legal issues. Mr. Hatch's broad experience includes representing client's in connection with practice integration, asset purchases, mergers and acquisitions, health care joint ventures, and health care fraud and abuse compliance. He advises clients regarding federal and state anti-kickback laws, self-referral laws, pharmacy laws, restrictions on the delivery of drugs and medical devices, regulation of ambulatory surgery centers and the corporate practice of medicine doctrine. Mr. Hatch advises business entities at all stages of development, including start-up, formation, offering, operational phases and through change of control and dissolution events. Mr. Hatch's clients include physicians and physician groups, for-profit and nonprofit hospitals, diagnostic centers, ambulatory surgery centers, durable medical equipment companies, mental health providers, pharmaceutical companies, medical device and prosthetic distributors, application developers and technology companies, and other health care providers.

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• Partner
• Partner / Washington D.C.

David J. Vernon is a partner in the firm's regulatory department, where he assists health care providers, including hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and physicians with a broad range of licensing and certification, reimbursement, fraud and abuse, and compliance issues. He focuses his practice on Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, especially on Graduate Medical Education reimbursement, and on licensing and certification. Mr. Vernon is a co-founder of the firm's Academic Medical Center/Teaching Hospitals Working Group and a member of the firm's Fraud & Abuse Practice Group. Mr. Vernon received his B.A. degree in Neuroscience and Behavior from Vassar College in 2006, graduating with departmental and general honors. He received his J.D. degree from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law in May 2012, where he was Co-President of the Boalt Healthcare and Biotech Law Society. In law school, Mr. Vernon worked as a research assistant for the Warren Institute's Health, Economic & Family Security Program on legal issues impacting the creation of safety-net ACOs. He was also a two-time Prosser Prize winner and an Advocacy Award winner. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Vernon worked as the research analyst to the President/CEO of the Association of American Medical Colleges, where he published a number of articles in peer-reviewed biomedical journals.

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• Partner / Los Angeles

David P. 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. Mr. Henninger 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. Mr. Henninger has authored or co-authored numerous publications on healthcare regulatory issues, including an ongoing BNA portfolio on federal self-referral law. Mr. Henninger 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. Mr. Henninger 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. Mr. Henninger 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, Mr. Henninger negotiated managed care contracts with hospitals and physicians in over fifty managed care networks across the country. Prior to his legal career Mr. Henninger 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. Mr. Henninger 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. Professional Affiliations American Health Lawyers Association California Society for Healthcare Attorneys Health Care Compliance Association Los Angeles County Bar Association Maryland State Bar Association

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• Partner / Boston
• Partner in Hooper, Lundy & Bookman 's Boston

David Schumacher is a partner in Hooper, Lundy & Bookman's Boston Office. He focuses his practice on criminal defense, fraud & abuse compliance and defense, as well as other health care enforcement actions. He is co-chair of the firm's Fraud & Abuse Practice Group. Mr. Schumacher was previously deputy chief of the Health Care Fraud Unit in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts. During his eight-year tenure as a federal prosecutor, Mr. Schumacher investigated some of the largest and most complicated health care fraud cases in the country. Mr. Schumacher investigated pharmaceutical and medical device companies, home health care organizations, medical equipment companies, laboratories, physicians, and other health care providers, in cases involving violations of the federal health care fraud statute, False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback Law, HIPAA criminal violations, and the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. As a result of his investigations, Mr. Schumacher returned hundreds of millions of dollars to the federal government and convicted dozens of individuals of health care fraud charges, including several convictions following jury trials. Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney's Office, Mr. Schumacher practiced at one of the largest law firms in Boston, focusing his practice on white collar criminal defense and commercial litigation. Mr. Schumacher also spent six months as a Special Assistant District Attorney in Middlesex County. Through his experience, Mr. Schumacher is uniquely qualified to represent health care provider organizations and individuals in the most complex investigations and prosecutions. Mr. Schumacher's experience is invaluable to clients in need of representation before state and federal regulatory and law enforcement agencies and departments. He is well-positioned to defend clients under investigation by the Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney's Offices, state Attorneys General, and federal agencies. Mr. Schumacher also has extensive experience litigating qui tam whistleblower actions and conducting internal investigations. He is also available to provide compliance advice to health care providers and assist with the development of compliance plans.

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• Senior Counsel / San Francisco
• Senior Counsel in the Litigation Department

Emily L. Brinkman is a senior counsel in the Litigation Department of Hooper, Lundy & Bookman. Her practice focuses on a wide range of matters related to hospitals, medical staffs, and other health care providers. Ms. Brinkman's broad experience spans federal, state, criminal, and civil defense work. A seasoned litigator, she previously served in the Health Quality Enforcement Section of the California Attorney General's Office. While there, she tried many cases on behalf of several state health care agencies, including the Medical Board of California, the Podiatric Medical Board of California, and Board of Psychology relating to quality of care, unprofessional conduct, sexual misconduct, out-of-state discipline, and petitions for reinstatement/early termination of probation. She advised clients on investigations prior to bringing disciplinary action and provided training to other attorneys within the Health Quality Enforcement section. Prior to this, Ms. Brinkman served in the Correctional Law Section (CLS) of the Attorney General's Office, where she defended the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and its employees in civil rights case brought by inmates. While in CLS, Ms. Brinkman completed several jury trials (state and federal), all with defense verdicts in favor of her clients. She has also argued twice before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Prior to the CLS, she served in the Mendocino County District Attorney's Office both as a Victim Advocate and as a Deputy District Attorney. Ms. Brinkman also acted as the liaison to the Podiatric Medical Board for several years, assisting with revising and updating disciplinary guidelines, legislation, providing training to board members and the medical consultants, and assisting in reviewing licensing applications.

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• Associate / San Francisco
• Associate in the San

Erin Sclar is an Associate in the San Francisco office. Ms. Sclar received her J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 2020, summa cum laude and graduating Order of the Coif. During law school, Ms. Sclar 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. Ms. Sclar is also the past-president of Hastings Health Law Organization. Prior to attending law school, Ms. Sclar held various roles related to health care advocacy and policy, 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. Ms. Sclar graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a B.A. degree in Political Science and Peace Studies, with a minor in Anthropology, and from Washington University in St. Louis with a Master of Social Work degree.

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• Partner / Los Angeles
• Partner in Hooper, Lundy & Bookman 's Business

Gary Torrell is a partner in Hooper, Lundy & Bookman's Business Department and Co-Chair of the Health Care Financial Restructuring Practice Group. He has over 30 years of legal and business experience with a focus on business and finance, real estate, and creditors' rights. Mr. Torrell has a tradition of providing clients sophisticated business and legal advice coupled with a reasonable fee structure to provide exceptional value. He is both a transactional lawyer and a litigator, which makes his clients feel protected and prepared for virtually any circumstance. Mr. Torrell spent the first half of his legal career working at national law firms, where he handled creditors' rights and bankruptcy cases as well as real estate and lending transactions. He has appeared in bankruptcy courts across the country, and handled other matters including loan workouts, new loans and all types of real estate transactions. Mr. Torrell has also worked as in-house counsel for three companies: as Senior Counsel at City National Bank; Chief Legal Officer at Downey Savings (a $16 billion, publicly-held, 2,500 employee, 200-branch bank); and General Counsel to a privately-held $1 billion national real estate company. Prior to joining Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, he was head of the Business and Finance, Real Estate and Creditors' Rights practice areas at his prior law firm. Mr. Torrell also represents clients in other insolvency-related litigation in state and federal court including assignments for the benefit of creditors, receivership matters, judicial foreclosure actions and other kinds of litigation. Mr. Torrell has five published decisions; four representing creditors and one representing a famous entertainer in bankruptcy.

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• of Counsel / San Francisco

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• Associate
• Associate / San Francisco

Jeffrey Lin is an associate in the regulatory department. His practice focuses on advising skilled nursing facilities and hospitals on a broad range of compliance and regulatory litigation. Mr. Lin received his J.D. from Berkeley Law in 2019. During law school, he was a judicial extern for the Honorable Therese Stewart at the California Court of Appeal and a law clerk at the East Bay Community Law Center's Health and Welfare Practice.

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• Co - Chair
• Counsel
• Partner / San Diego
• Partner in the San Diego Office

Jennifer A. Hansen is a partner in the San Diego Office of Hooper, Lundy & Bookman. Ms. Hansen serves as co-chair of the firm's Medical Staff Practice Group and is a member of the firm's Fraud & Abuse Practice Group. Her practice includes representation of hospitals, medical staffs, nursing homes, physicians, pharmacies, and other healthcare providers and suppliers in a wide range of matters, including general litigation, medical staff law, managed care litigation, physician licensing, reimbursement, regulatory, and long-term care issues. She also represents hospitals and hospital systems, post-acute care providers, physicians, and other ancillary providers in managed care payment disputes, both contracted and non-contracted, with health care payors and has assisted provider clients collect millions of dollars in unpaid and underpaid patient claims through settlements and through arbitration and court proceedings, including obtaining awards of interest. Ms. Hansen conducts investigations and advises clients on compliance issues relating to health care operations. Ms. Hansen has served as counsel in multiple medical staff hearings and has defended physicians in numerous administrative hearings before the Medical Board of California. She has represented hospitals, long term care facilities and adult residential facilities in challenges to citations and deficiencies issued by the Department of Public Health and the Department of Social Services. Ms. Hansen has handled numerous cases before the Department of Health and Human Services Departmental Appeals Board. She has arbitrated and resolved a variety of cases for healthcare providers in dealings with health plans and insurance companies. In 2010, Ms. Hansen was recognized by the San Diego Daily Transcript as one of San Diego's outstanding young attorneys. In addition to her health care practice, Ms. Hansen is firmly committed to community service. In 2009-2010, she received the California State Bar Association's Wiley W. Manuel Award and Legal Aid Society of San Diego's Outstanding Service Award. Ms. Hansen earned her B.A. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, with honors, and her J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School.

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• Named Los Angeles Health Care Lawyer of the Year

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• Governor

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• Lead Articles Editor

Ms. Wicker received a Bachelor of Science degree, cum laude, in Biomedical Science from Texas A&M University and a Master's Degree in Public Health with a concentration in Epidemiology from San Diego State University. She earned her J.D., cum laude, from the University of San Diego School of Law, where she served as a Lead Articles Editor for the San Diego Law Review. While in law school, Ms. Wicker served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Gonzalo P. Curiel, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, the Honorable Eddie C. Sturgeon, San Diego Superior Court, and Associate Justice Judith L. Haller, California Court of Appeal, Fourth District. She also completed internships with the U.S. Attorney's Office and the California Attorney General's Office. Ms. Wicker is admitted to practice law in the State of California and before the United States District Court for the Central and Southern Districts of California. Professional Affiliations American Health Lawyers Association California Society for Healthcare Attorneys Filipino American Lawyers of San Diego Lawyers Club of San Diego Pan Asian Lawyers of San Diego