Admitted
1977, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Circuits; 1981, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth, Fifth, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits;
Law School
DePaul University, J.D., 1977
Law School Graduation Year
1977
College
University of Oregon; University of Massachusetts, B.A., magna cum laude, 1973
Memberships
The Florida Bar (Member, Health Law Section); District of Columbia Bar (Member, Sections on: Health Law; Administrative Law; Anti-Trust Law); American Bar Association (Member, Committees on: Anti-Trust Health Care; Health Care Fraud); American Health Lawyers Association; American Academy of Hospital Attorneys (Past Chairman, Reimbursement and Payment Committee and Health Care Reform Task Force); American Bar Association Health Fraud Institute (Program Chairman).
Biographical
Former Deputy Chief Counsel, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Author: Defending a Health Care Provider in a Criminal Fraud Investigation, with Howard O'Leary, Florida Bar Journal, January, 1991; Program Exclusions and Civil Money Penalties: The Administrative Process, The Medical Staff Counselor, Winter, 1991; The Anti-Kickback Statute and Hospital Physician Financial Arrangements, The Medical Staff Counselor, Spring, 1992; Fraud and Abuse Developments in 1992, The Health Law Handbook, Editor, Alice Gosfield, Clark, Boardman & Co., 1993. Co-Author: A Guide to Buying Physician Practices, Atlantic Information Systems, 1995. Author: Analysis of U.S. ex rel Pogue v. American Health Care Services, et al. , National Health Lawyers Association, March, 1996. Co-Author: Health Care Fraud: Criminal, Civil and Administrative Law, Collateral Consequences Law Journal Seminars - Press, 1996. Author: Administrative Sanctions for Healthcare Fraud and Abuse, American Health Lawyers Association, Monograph Series, June 2000; False Claims Act & the Healthcare Industry: Counseling and Litigation, by Robert Salcido, Esq.; Contributing Editor for American Health Lawyers Association, 1998-1999; Federal Conviction Offers Lessons for Health Care Providers and Counsel, publication of Washington Legal Foundation, September 1999; Criminal and Civil Fraud Liability for Consultants, American Health Lawyers Association, Monograph Series, 2000; Medicare Payment and Suspension: Recent Case Results, Reimbursement Advisor, Aspen Publications, January 2001; Health Fraud Enforcement in a New Administration, Health Care Compliance Association, January 2001; Corporate Death Sentence is legally suspect, publication of Washington Legal Foundation, co-author, June, 2003. (Board Certified Health Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education)