Admitted
1976, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh and Ninth Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Boston University, J.D., 1976
Law School Graduation Year
1976
College
Brandeis University, B.A., 1968
Biographical
Member, Boston University Law Review, 1974-1976; Articles Editor, 1975-1976. Author: Private Lives: Overview of the Final HIPAA Privacy Rules, 901 Legal Affairs Bulletin 10 (Feb. 2000); The HIPAA Clock is Running: Will Your Organization Be Ready? 17 QRC Advisor 7, No. 2 (Dec., 2000); When Collaboration Becomes Collusion: State of New York ex rel. Spitzer v. Saint Francis Hospital, 12 The Health Lawyer 1 (Nov. 6, 2000); Ignoring HIPAA Provisions Puts You at Legal Peril, 22 Healthcare Risk Management 54, No. 5 (May 2000); Federal Regulation Comes to Private Health Care Financing: The Group Health Insurance Provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, 7 Annal of Health Law 301 (1998); Managing Antitrust in Mergers and Acquisitions, Piper Jaffray Mergers & Acquisitions Quarterly 13 (Fall 1998); Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control After HIPAA, 9 The Health Lawyer 1, No. 2 (1997); Analysis of the Provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, 9 The Health Lawyer 1, No. 3 (1996); Physician-Hospital Organizations: Antitrust and PHO Contracting Activities, 8 The Health Lawyer 10 (Early Winter 1995); Group Purchasing in Health Care Markets: An Ingredient in Health Care Reform, Antitrust and Evolving Health Care Markets 177 (1995). Member, Editorial Board, The Health Lawyer, American Bar Association Section on Health Law, 1999-2001. Member, Advisory Committee on Regulatory Reform, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary, 2002.
Military
U.S. Coast Guard, 1968-1971