Top Health Care Lawyers Near Me in Los Angeles Area

With more than 30 years of legal experience, Attorney Matthew B.F. Biren offers zealous and compassionate advocacy for his clients. Completely devoted to personal injury and litigation matters, Mr. Biren is a force to be reckoned with in and out of the courtroom in Los Angeles. He has been selected to the Super Lawyers® list for 10 straight years, demonstrating his standing in the legal community and among clients. Mr. Biren takes on cases involving everything from catastrophic injuries to spinal cord and brain damage. As a dedicated professional, he always goes above and beyond to secure the best possible results for his clients. Get in touch with his firm for trusted counsel.

Thank you for your interest in my practice, which combines in-depth knowledge of the healthcare industry and the laws that govern it with litigation expertise, particularly at the appellate level. I specialize in medical staff law and healthcare operations issues such as consent, privacy, EMTALA, ERISA, and the False Claims Act, and also defense of healthcare entities in litigation under California's broad Unfair Competition Law, Business and Professions Code Section 17200, et seq.

Robin J. Humphries provides transactional and compliance services for the firm. Her practice focuses on the representation of medical groups, physicians and other healthcare providers in connection with transactional and regulatory matters including the formation of business entities, preparation of organizational documents and agreements, advising clients concerning fraud and abuse, anti-kickback and “Stark” self-referral issues, Medicare, Medicaid (Medi-Cal) and Medical Board of California issues, licensing and provider enrollment, counseling clients concerning general business and healthcare agreements including partnership and shareholder agreements, purchase and sale agreements, managed care contracts, exclusive contracts with hospitals, medical director and relocation agreements, and medical office leases.. Robin is the author or co-author of nine published articles on a variety of healthcare law issues affecting physicians. Robin is a 1984 graduate of the University of Southern California Law Center. She received her B.A., cum laude, in history in 1978 from the University of California at San Diego.

Los Angeles native, Jordana Schwartz holds a B.A. from University of California, Berkeley and a J.D. from Southwestern University School of Law. She has been admitted to the State Bar of California and is licensed to practice immigration in all 50 states. Ms. Schwartz has several years of immigration experience, with a focus on business-related immigration and family-based immigration.  Ms. Schwartz volunteers a portion of her time to non-profit organizations such as the Los Angeles based Alliance for Children’s Rights, and is an active member of AILA, Los Angeles Bar Association, and Women’s Lawyer’s Association.

Linda Randlett Kollar specializes in the representation of behavioral health care providers, including licensed non-profit community care facilities that provide residential treatment and foster care for children, and health care professionals including physicians, psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, and marriage, family and child counselors, throughout California.  Ms. Kollar devotes a substantial part of her practice to advising these behavioral health care providers on licensure, representing them in administrative and civil litigation, false claims matters including OIG investigations and qui tam litigation, in contract negotiations, as well as on the formation of integrated services and managed care issues.  Ms. Kollar represents many of the non-profit child welfare and behavioral health care providers with respect to their day-to-day operations, including responding to subpoenas, governmental reporting and regulatory compliance.  She also has expertise in the areas of special education, privacy, confidentiality, HIPAA and minor’s consent for treatment issues.. Ms. Kollar has a significant amount of experience in business law and litigation, including appellate work.  Ms. Kollar’s litigation experience includes environmental, employment, and real property matters, including trials, opinion letters, and client counseling.. Before becoming a lawyer, Ms. Kollar was a social worker with the Los Angeles County Department of Children & Family Services, where she worked as an investigator on behalf of abused and neglected children for the juvenile court, and was responsible for placing children in foster care and treatment facilities.  Ms. Kollar had responsibility for working with families and the courts in order to do both short term and long term planning for children.. Ms. Kollar received her Bachelor’s Degree in American Studies from Scripps College, Claremont, California.  She received her Juris Doctorate, cum laude, from Pepperdine University School of Law, where she was Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review.  She clerked for the Honorable Steven J. Stone, presiding Justice of Division 6 of the Second District Court of Appeal.

Jonathan Shin is an associate in the litigation department of Hooper, Lundy, & Bookman.  Mr. Shin’s practice comprises a wide range of matters on behalf of hospitals, medical staffs, and other health care providers.. Mr. Shin obtained his J.D. from UCLA School of Law in 2012 as a member of the Order of the Coif and Moot Court Honors Program. While in law school, he also served as Managing Editor of the Pacific Basin Law Journal, and served as an intern for the New York County District Attorney’s Office during the Summer of 2011.. Prior to joining Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, Mr. Shin was an associate for Shumener, Odson & Oh, LLP where he represented clients on a variety of commercial litigation matters, with a particular emphasis on commercial real estate litigation.. Mr. Shin is admitted to practice law in the State of California, the United States District Court for the Central, Southern and Northern Districts of California, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Jessica utilizes her deep understanding of the healthcare regulatory framework, and experience advising clients on business strategy, to navigate healthcare and wellness entities through changing landscapes and emerging trends in the industry.. Jessica has built a practice advising hospitals, physician associations, health maintenance organizations, telemedicine providers, management organizations, physician practices, medical spas and other health-related organizations on complex transactional and regulatory issues. She regularly provides counsel on the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute and corresponding state laws, Stark Law physician self-referral and payment issues, corporate practice of medicine issues, Medicare and Medicaid (Medi-Cal), HIPAA, HITECH, and state privacy and security laws and regulations, and the Knox-Keene Health Care Services Plan Act.. Focused on the business of healthcare, Jessica works with clients to effectuate strategic business models, advising on mergers and acquisitions, purchases, joint ventures, management services arrangements and office, facility and equipment lease agreements.. Jessica’s expertise extends to alternative healthcare practitioners, healers, wellness businesses, salons and spas as. Guiding clients in the grey areas of the wellness industry while using her firm grasp of the healthcare system to lead clients on a successful and compliant path. Jessica’s extensive background in biomedical ethics and long standing interest in technology fuel her ability to guide clients on bringing innovative business ventures and new concepts to fruition. She leverages her regulatory knowledge and international legal experience, to advise clients on the transformative advances in digital health and the burgeoning wellness industry. Whether conceptualizing business models, advising on healthcare data privacy, or exploring start-up modalities, Jessica uses her legal toolkit to advance and improve the healthcare and wellness system.

Jeremy N. Miller is the founder of Miller Health Law Group. Jeremy provides transactional and compliance services for the firm. For the past 30 years, he has specialized in counseling medical groups, hospitals, managed care organizations, individual physicians, IPAs, MSOs, healthcare facilities, companies, joint ventures and suppliers for organizational, operational and regulatory matters, managed care contracting, third party reimbursement, hospital-physician contracting and alignment, fraud and abuse, “Stark” and other federal and state compliance issues, Medicare and Medicaid audits and medical practice and facility purchases, sales, syndications, affiliations, mergers and dissolutions.. Jeremy is deeply involved in advising the firm’s clients on strategies for adapting to health reform and the rapidly changing healthcare delivery and payment system. To date, Jeremy has authored six articles and made more than a dozen presentations on the new health reform law.  He has published over 60 articles and has made more than 160 presentations to local, state and national healthcare industry organizations. Jeremy is the former Chairman and a current member of the Executive Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Health Care Law Section. He is also a member of the American Society of Medical Association Counsel, the Medical Group Management Association, the American Health Lawyers Association, and the California Society for Healthcare Attorneys, and a former member of the Medical Board of California’s Corporate Practice of Medicine Working Group.. In 2012, Best Lawyers named Jeremy its Health Care Law “Lawyer of the Year” for Los Angeles.  Jeremy has been recognized every year from 2006 – 2015 as a healthcare “Super Lawyer” by Los Angeles Magazine. The peer-based award recognizes the top 5% of health care attorneys in Los Angeles and Orange Counties. He was also selected for inclusion in the 2009 – 2015 editions of The Best Lawyers in America.. Jeremy is a graduate of Northwestern University School of Law, where he was a member of the Law Review. Jeremy received his undergraduate degree in Political Science, cum laude, from the University of Illinois.

I practice family law - divorces, domestic partnerships, custody, support , and pre-nuptial agreements.  I also have special knowledge in the area of Jewish family law, and recently made substantial contributions to the California prenuptial agreement materials published by the Beth Din of America - .. I have lived in Los Angeles county since 1998.  Prior to that time, I lived in Massachusetts.  I grew up in Cambridge and attended Smith College in the western part of the state.  I spent my first year of law school at Cardozo in New York City, and then followed the sun to Los Angeles and finished my legal education at Loyola of Los Angeles Law School.

I have been an attorney for over 12 years. I have over 10 years of experience in employment law, business/corporate litigation and consulting. I have litigated multiple jury trials to successful conclusions. In the 8th grade when I began my school's mock trial program I knew I wanted to be a lawyer. My undergraduate degree was earned at California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo where I studied Political Science in order to position myself for law school. I attended Southwestern University School of Law here in Los Angeles where I received awards for trial advocacy, exceptional grades and I graduated with honors. I began practicing in 2006 and by 2007 I began to hone my skills in employment law. In 2008 I began practicing business litigation. I truly love my job. I advocate my client's matters with zeal and professionalism. If you retain me I will do the same for you. My rates and billable hours are fair and my skills are valuable. I am a Los Angeles native and have spent my entire career in the Los Angeles area. My firm is small and you will deal directly with me throughout your case. My office is in downtown L.A. but I usually visit my clients at their place of business. I find that learning the culture of my clients' business is a great way to determine how to proceed with their matter. I practice throughout Los Angeles and Orange Counties.

Henry Fenton has handled a wide range of civil litigation matters in the areas of healthcare, labor and employment, antitrust and other areas of the law. He has won many important appellate decisions for physicians and other healthcare providers and has argued several cases in the United States and California Supreme Courts. Mr. Fenton has successfully represented hundreds of physicians and other healthcare professionals who have faced accusations or disciplinary investigations by the Medical Board of California or their respective licensing bodies. He specializes in providing representation and advice to health care professionals, health care entities and individuals,  in the areas of fraud and abuse, medical staff, credentialing, Medicare and MediCal, reimbursement, Stark and Antikickback, DEA , FDA and HIPAA issues, business disputes, long term care, behavioral health, alcohol and substance abuse.. Among other distinctions, he has been rated AV Preeminent by the Martindale-Hubbell peer review rating system and has been chosen for a number of years, Southern California Super Lawyer in the field of health care law. Mr. Fenton has also been named “Lawyer of the Year” byCalifornia Lawyer Magazine and has also been chosen by Best Lawyers in America in the areas of healthcare law and administrative/regulatory law. In 2013, Mr. Fenton was selected as “Lawyer of the Year” in Administrative/Regulatiory Law in the Southern California area by The Best Lawyers in America.

Harry Nelson is managing partner of Nelson Hardiman, LLP, a law firm specialized in counseling and representing healthcare providers, life sciences companies, and other businesses with healthcare regulatory needs (including technology and finance/investment concerns) in regulatory and business matters. The firm handles regulatory compliance, transactions, litigation, and government investigations. Although Harry is involved in all aspects of the firm's practice, clients choose him for an encylopaedic knowledge of healthcare licensing, operations and reimbursement, a strategic vision of the current healthcare environment, and a hyper-responsive approach to client needs. Harry brings a proactive approach to healthcare businesses, often structuring transactions and businesses to solve problems that clients had deemed insoluble. Harry also has extensive experience defending government investigations and enforcement actions, and has forged strong relationships with regulators across many healthcare sectors. His practice has extended to counseling healthcare providers in matters related to Medicare and Medi-Cal requirements, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) regulations, and numerous other state and federal agencies. Harry has successfully represented clients in numerous Medicare and Medi-Cal enrollment, licensing investigations, and recovery audit appeals. He frequently counsels clients on HIPAA compliance. He has developed extensive resources to facilitate compliance, including the development of compliance programs for hundreds of healthcare businesses.

Eliot Houman is a co-founding partner of The Accident Guys. Mr. Houman has handled numerous complex lawsuits from their inception through trial and appeals, and has helped his clients obtain millions of dollars in judgments and settlements.. Mr. Houman graduated towards the top of his class from the prestigious Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago, Illinois.. Prior to founding The Accident Guys, Mr. Houman worked at some of our nation’s most well-respected law firms, including a national firm voted one of America’s “Most Feared Plaintiffs Firms of 2014.” Having honed his legal skills working alongside many of our country’s best and brightest attorneys, Mr. Houman decided he wanted to start his own law firm to directly and immediately improve the lives of individuals, not defend large corporations.. Give us a call and you can speak to him personally.. Education:Law School: Northwestern University School of LawUndergraduate: University of California, Los Angeles. Languages:English and Spanish

Dr. Hadian is a practicing ICU physician (Intensivist) and lawyer board certified in internal medicine, critical care medicine, neuro-critical care, hospice and palliative care medicine.. She has obtained her JD from Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles where she served as the president of the Southwestern Law and Medicine Society. At Southwestern, she completed the Bioscience Industry Law and Practice certificate program and successfully completed Health Care Regulations, and Legislation courses for which she earned the Exceptional Achievement Award, and the Witkin Award. She also took the course in Strategic Alliances and was the recipient of the Larraine Segil Scholarship in Strategic Alliances.. She is a member of the American Health Lawyer Association, Healthcare Law section of LA County Bar Association and a member of good standing with California State Bar and Medical board of California. She is a Fellow of the American College of Legal Medicine and the Society of Critical care Medicine.

Devin M. Senelick concentrates his practice on complex business litigation, arbitration, and dispute resolution, with a focus on the health care industry on behalf of providers and expertise in the managed care field.  A partner in the firm’s Litigation Department, Mr. Senelick applies a practical yet creative approach to his cases in order to get the best possible result for his clients in the particular matter at hand.. Mr. Senelick has a broad range of litigation experience, from pursing payors on behalf of major hospitals in multi-million dollar arbitrations, to litigating business contract and tort disputes on behalf of various health care entities, to defending foster families in personal injury litigation.  He represents hospitals and hospital systems, provider groups, individual physicians, billing companies, ancillary providers, and other health care entities.. Mr. Senelick received his bachelor’s degree in Political Science and History from University of California, Los Angeles in 1998, graduating magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa.  He received his J.D. from University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 2002.  Mr. Senelick was admitted to the California Bar in 2002 and the Nevada Bar in 2003.

A diligent, problem-solving, and results-oriented professional with substantial expertise in healthcare transactional and regulatory law.  I have more than 20 years of law firm and in-house experience representing a variety of healthcare providers and companies in complex business transactions and navigating a myriad of different healthcare laws and regulations.. My practice at the Law Offices of Robert A. Polisky focuses on the representation of healthcare providers and companies, including hospitals, medical groups, accountable care organizations, management companies, billing companies, diagnostic imaging centers, cancer treatment centers, surgery centers, laboratories, equipment lessors, health information technology companies, and others associated with the healthcare industry. Areas of expertise include:. Healthcare Transactions. •  Structuring, drafting, and negotiating healthcare transactions, including joint ventures and syndications, accountable care arrangements, mergers and acquisitions, loan documents, management agreements, real estate and equipment leases and subleases, professional services agreements, joint development and licensing agreements, and clinical trial agreements•  Formation and governance of corporations, LLCs, and partnerships•  Structuring, drafting, and negotiating employment, independent contractor, and medical director agreements. Healthcare Regulatory. •  Advising on a wide range of healthcare compliance and regulatory matters, including physician self-referral (Stark Law and its state law counterparts), fraud and abuse (e.g., federal and state anti-kickback laws and false claims), Medicare enrollment and reimbursement, HIPAA and state privacy laws, corporate practice of medicine, licensure, marketing, and accreditation•  Representing healthcare providers and companies in matters involving Medicare contractors, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and The Joint Commission•  Development and implementation of compliance programs. General Business Law. •  Training business development, sales, marketing, and operations personnel in regulatory compliance and minimizing risk•  Developing creative solutions to resolve contractual disputes, maximizing revenue and avoiding costly litigation•  Review of marketing materials•  Strategic business advice concerning healthcare transactions