Health Care & Hospitalization lawyers in Texas Douglas Durham to Jaime French

Firm: Law Office of Doug Durham

The Williams Tower , Houston , Texas 77056

Practice Areas: Banking & Finance, Government Agencies, Health Care & Hospitalization, Securities , Taxation - State & Federal, Appeals

Doug Durham began practicing Law in May of 1980 as an Assistant District Attorney in Harris County, Texas. He worked his way up through the ranks of the District Attorney’s Office to the position of “Chief Prosecutor” in the 228th District Court (Judge Ted Poe presiding) and the 183rd District Court (Judge Joseph M. Guarino presiding). During his tenure with the office he tried over fifty cases to jury verdicts, including capital murder cases. Doug left the Harris County District Attorney’s Office in June of 1986  for private practice.        Doug has been recognized as having special competence in the area of Criminal Law and  Criminal Appeals (since 1986) by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Doug is admitted to practice in federal court in the Southern, Eastern  and Western Districts of Texas; the Eastern District of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and United States Supreme Court. He has tried over one hundred cases to jury verdict and authored over one hundred Criminal Briefs filed in the First, Third, Thirteen, and Fourteenth Texas Courts of Appeal, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, United States Court of Appeals – Fifth Circuit and United States Supreme Court (Petition for Writ of Certiorari).. He was elected to the Board of the Harris County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association in 1987-88 and remains a current member of the Harris County, Texas, and National Associations of Criminal Defense Lawyers. In August of 1991, Doug joined the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas. From 1991-94 he was a member of the financial institution fraud section where he prosecuted several high profile bank fraud cases. From 1994-97, he served as “Chief of the Economic Crimes Section” where he supervised 34 lawyers. In 1997 he served for a short period as “Chief of the Criminal Division.”  During the same period, he was a member of Attorney General Janet Reno’s National health care fraud working group. He was a member of the Department of Justice’s self-audit team and participated in the United States Attorney Office evaluation for the District of Connecticut and the Eastern District of Virginia.. In March of 1997 Doug left the federal government an re-entered private practice. Doug has addressed health care and criminal law issues before various groups, including: The Texas Criminal Lawyer’s Association, The University of Texas School of Law Tenth Annual Health Law Conference and the Houston Baptist University Masters Program in Public Health.      Doug has represented individuals and Fortune 500 corporations who have come under the scrutiny of the government in industries as diverse as private prison management, health care, banking, securities fraud, energy, manufacturing and hazardous waste management.. A representative sample of corporate clients include Auto Zone, CEC, General Electric, Phillips Petroleum, Memorial Hermann Hospital, Terra Renewal, Sunbelt Rentals, and Moon Credit Corporation. Doug’s primary office is located in the Williams Tower in the Galleria area of Houston.. He is available to meet clients in downtown Houston at the Bank of America Center, and in offices in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Miami, Washington D.C., New York, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Tyson Corner, Virginia.

Firm: Goode Casseb Jones Riklin Choate & Watson, A Professional Corporation

2122 North Main Avenue , San Antonio , Texas 78212

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Corporate , Health Care & Hospitalization, Real Estate , Business, Business, Business

Firm: De Leon & Washburn, PC

901 S Mo Pac Expy Ste 230 , Austin , Texas 78746

Practice Areas: ERISA, Health Care & Hospitalization, Insurance , Administrative Law

Mr. De Leon is the founder of De Leon & Washburn, P.C., which was established on July 1, 1977. His practice focuses on the regulatory needs of insurance companies of all sizes, including transactional, and litigation matters. Prior to establishing the firm, Mr. De Leon was the General Counsel of the Texas State Board of Insurance, now known as the Texas Department of Insurance. From 1978 to 1987, Mr. De Leon served as Legal Counsel to the Texas State Board of Pharmacy. Since 1990 Mr. De Leon has held the rank of Adjunct Professor at the University of Texas School of Law in the area of insurance regulation. Mr. De Leon was among the first group of attorneys Board Certified in Administrative Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in 1989. Mr. De Leon is fluent in Spanish.. Mr. De Leon has tried cases to jury verdict and to the Court in various state court venues in Texas, and has argued cases before most of the state appellate courts of Texas and the Texas Supreme Court. In 2006, Mr. De Leon received a rare ruling from the bench before the State Office of Administrative Hearings, granting an insurance agent’s license application in a contested case hearing involving the Texas Department of Insurance. Mr. De Leon has worked with clients on transactional matters and the drafting of documents to bring transactions to a close. The transaction documents have included buy/sell agreements,loan documents, guarantees, confidentiality agreements and employment agreements. Mr. De Leon has also provided expert witness services on insurance issues as well as government relations services to clients on legislative matters.. Mr. De Leon has been married to Arleigh Stoune De Leon since September 15, 1973. Mr. and Mrs. De Leon are both native Austinites. They have raised three boys who now are successful in their own professional pursuits. He is a Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation, and has served as President of both the UT Law Alumni Association and the UT Ex-Students’ Association.

Plaza of the Americas   700 N Pearl Street Texa , Dallas , Texas 75201

Practice Areas: Health Care & Hospitalization,Insurance

Centerville Road , Garland , Texas 75041

Practice Areas: Banking & Finance,Business ,Corporate ,Debtor/Creditor,Health Care & Hospitalization,Insurance ,Mediation,Real Estate

Firm: Bemis, Roach & Reed

4100 Duval Rd, Bldg 1, # 200 , Austin , Texas 78759

Practice Areas: Administrative , Animal Bites, Assault & Battery, Civil Rights, Constitutional , Construction , Consumer Protection, Contracts, Discrimination, Employment & Labor , Government Agencies, Health Care & Hospitalization, Housing & Construction Defects, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Motor Vehicle Defects, Premises Liability, Products Liability, Sexual Harassment, Social Security Benefits & Disability, Toxic Substances, Wrongful Death, Social Security

Greg Reed represents clients with disability claims including Social Security disability claims, long term disability claims, ERISA disability claims and ERS disability claims. He is Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Personal Injury Trial Law.. Mr. Reed is a founding partner of Bemis, Roach & Reed, which was established in 1993. Mr. Reed grew up the son of a United States Air Force fighter pilot spending most of his young life in Europe and Japan, finally settling in Houston for high school. Mr. Reed was a Houston police officer and detective for 10 years. During his time as a police officer he took classes and earned his Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from the University of Houston Downtown in 1988. He then moved to Austin to attend law school. In 1991 Mr. Reed graduated from the University of Texas School of Law earning his J.D. He was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 1991.. Gregory Reed has been AV Preeminent Rated by Martindale Hubble® 2002 to present and has been rated Super Lawyer 2011-2016 by Thompson Reuters.. He is admitted to practice in all the State Courts of Texas, U.S. District Courts, All Texas Districts and United States Court of Appeals-Fifth Circuit.

Firm: McCue Wysocki, P.C.

14135 Midway Road   250 , Addison , Texas 75001

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial,Corporate ,Health Care & Hospitalization,Medical Malpractice

Firm: Sneed, Vine and Perry, A Professional Corporation

901 Congress Avenue   PO Box 1409 , Austin , Texas 78767

Practice Areas: Corporate ,Health Care & Hospitalization,Insurance ,Legislation ,Regulatory

Firm: Jackson Walker, LLP

100 Congress Ave Ste 1100 , Austin , Texas 78701

Practice Areas: Civil , Health Care & Hospitalization, Regulatory , Commercial

Firm: The Sheeder Firm

11700 PRESTON RD , Dallas , Texas 75230

Practice Areas: Health Care & Hospitalization, Health Care, Health Care

Frank has advised clients from virtually all segments of the health care industry, such as health systems, hospitals, academic medical centers, physician groups, DME providers, long-term care providers, ancillary providers, pharmacies, laboratories, and allied health professionals. Those cases generally involve Medicare, Medicaid, and other federally funded health care programs. He also has defended putative class actions and civil cases involving parallel criminal proceedings. He has been counsel of record in more than 30 criminal cases in federal district court.. Texas; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; and U.S. District Courts for the Western, Eastern, Northern, and Southern Districts of Texas. Boston University (J.D. 1987); Duke University (B.A. cum laude 1984). Civil Litigation. Defense of federal False Claims Act case against hospital, physicians, and related entities and individuals alleging false billings to Federal health care programs. Achieved dismissal of the claims brought by relators, who were physicians and others formerly affiliated with the defendants, on the first motion to dismiss. Thereafter, the parties reached a mutually agreeable settlement.. Defense of federal False Claims Act case against a physician and a hospital alleging billings for unnecessary surgeries.  Achieved dismissal of the claims brought by relator, who was a physician formerly affiliated with the defendants.. Defense of federal False Claims Act case against a health system and its hospitals alleging inappropriate billings to Federal health care programs for pharmacy items. Resolved claims brought by relator, a former nurse employed by one of the defendant hospitals, prior to trial with no liability to our client.. Defense of federal False Claims Act case against a hospital alleging improper billings to Federal health care programs for physician and physician extender services. Resolved claims prior to trial on terms that were highly favorable to our client.. Defense of federal False Claims Act case against a health system and other related defendants in which a former Chief Financial Officer alleged inappropriate billings to Federal health care programs for professional services.. Defense of putative state class action against a health system and its hospitals alleging inappropriate billings to private pay patients for pharmacy items.. Resolved claims brought by putative plaintiffs, who were former patients of one of the defendant hospitals, prior to trial with no liability to our client.. Defense of federal False Claims act case involving the alleged improper receipt of federal Medicaid matching funds.. Defense of health care provider in litigation involving billings for services that were allegedly medically unnecessary.. Defense of provider of Medicaid services to children and families regarding allegations that services were not necessary and appropriate.. Defense of physician group in parallel civil and criminal cases involving allegations of improper coding and billing for services that were not rendered.. Defense of pharmacy provider relating to allegations of non-compliance with DEA record keeping regulations and controlled substance diversion issues.. Defense of physician who was alleged to have diverted controlled substances and violated DEA record keeping regulations.. Internal Investigations. Multiple internal investigations related to hospital documentation, coding, and billing issues.. Numerous internal investigations related to physician documentation, coding, and billing issues.. Investigations relating to potential non-compliance with physician supervision standards.. Various investigations related to potential non-compliance with regard to documentation, coding and billing for long-term care services.. Several investigations relating to potential non-compliance with the Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute.. Voluntary Disclosures. Internal investigation and subsequent disclosure regarding potential upcoding.. Internal investigation and subsequent disclosure regarding potential upcoding.. Internal investigation and subsequent disclosure regarding potentially inappropriate billing for services that were not rendered.. Several internal investigations and subsequent disclosures regarding claims for services that were not properly coded.. Compliance Advice and Counsel. Advice and counsel to virtually all types of health care providers about potential non-compliance with Federal and State health care laws and regulations, including, but not limited to:. Advice and counsel to virtually all types of health care providers about potential non-compliance with Federal and State health care laws and regulations, including, but not limited to:. Criminal Matters. Representation of hospital system executives before the Federal Grand Jury.. Representation of hospital system executives before the Federal Grand Jury.. Defense of durable medical equipment provider regarding Federal search warrant.. Defense in Federal District Court of a physician charged with billing Federal health care programs for services that were not necessary and services that were not provided.. Defense in Federal District Court of individual charged with insurance fraud and related offenses.. Defense of former chairman of a savings and loan institution in Federal District Courts charged with bank fraud and related offenses.. Representation of former chairman of a savings and loan institution in successful effort to obtain a Federal District Court order reducing his sentence.. Defense of attorney charged in Federal District Court with mail fraud, wire fraud, and related offenses.. Defense of individual charged in Federal District Court with tax evasion and related offenses.. Defense of individual charged in Federal District Court with obstruction of justice.. Defense of various defendants in several cases in which they were charged with bank fraud in Federal District Court.. Representation of Criminal Justice Act clients in over a dozen Federal criminal proceedings.

2013 Adams Ln S , Azle , Texas 76020

Practice Areas: Civil , Corporate , Health Care & Hospitalization, Municipal , Appeals

Main Street , Dallas , Texas 75202

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial,Civil ,Construction ,Environmental ,Health Care & Hospitalization,Insurance ,Medical Malpractice,Personal Injury,Products Liability

Firm: Phelps Dunbar, LLP

3600 N Capital Of Texas Hwy Ste B300 , Austin , Texas 78746

Practice Areas: Health Care & Hospitalization, Health Care

Firm: Pulman, Cappuccio, & Pullen

2161 N West Military Highway Suite 400 , San Antonio , Texas 78213

Practice Areas: Bankruptcy, Business , Civil , Construction , Consumer Fraud, Corporate , Debtor/Creditor, Debtor/Creditor Rights, Health Care & Hospitalization, Insurance , Real Estate , Securities , Telecommunications , Bankruptcy & Debt

Weslayan Avenue , Houston , Texas 77027

Practice Areas: Health Care & Hospitalization,Medical Malpractice

Firm: Zukowski, Bresenhan & Sinex, L.L.P.

1100   1177 West Loop South , Houston , Texas 77027

Practice Areas: Banking & Finance,Business & Commercial,Business Organizations,Construction ,Estate Planning,Health Care & Hospitalization

Firm: Provost & Umphrey Law Firm

490 Park St , Beaumont , Texas 77701

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Consumer Protection, Elder , Health Care & Hospitalization, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Toxic Substances, Personal Injury

Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP

1304 West Abram , Arlington , Texas 76013

Practice Areas: Civil , Computers and Software, Corporate , Health Care & Hospitalization, International & Trade, Business

Firm: Hiersche, Hayward, Drakeley & Urbach, P.C.

15303 Dallas Parkway   700 , Addison , Texas 75001

Practice Areas: Banking & Finance,Business Organizations,Health Care & Hospitalization,Insurance

Firm: Fulbright and Jaworski L.L.P.

300 Convent Street   2200 , San Antonio , Texas 78205

Practice Areas: Health Care & Hospitalization