Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Bob Homchick is a health care regulatory lawyer who counsels clients in areas such as physician self-referral (i.e., the federal Stark Law and its state law counterparts), regulatory compliance and fraud and abuse. Bob assists hospitals, physicians, ancillary services providers, and others in the formation and operation of joint ventures and in the development and implementation of compliance programs. His extensive experience includes defending providers in government audits, investigations, administrative proceedings and litigation, including qui tam False Claims Act lawsuits.

Bob regularly speaks and writes on a variety of health law regulatory topics.

Areas of Practice

• Health Law
• Antitrust
• Government Investigations & Criminal Defense
• Litigation
• Healthcare Compliance
• Health Information Technology

West Practice Categories

Health & Health Care Law, Antitrust Law, Criminal Law, Law Enforcement Agencies, Litigation & Appeals

Bar Admissions

• Washington, 1983
• U.S. Federal Courts, 1983

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Seattle-King County Bar Association (Member)
• Washington State Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• AHLA Practice Group on Fraud and Abuse, Self Referrals and False Claims (Board Member and Past Chair)
• Health Law Section of the Washington State Bar Association (Past Chair)
• Federal Bar Association for the Western District of Washington (Past President)

Honors and Awards

• Named as one of the "Best Lawyers in America" in Health Care Law by Woodward/White, 2001 - 2008
• Selected to "Super Lawyers," Washington Law & Politics, 2004 - 2008

Past Employment Positions

• Hon. John C. Godbold Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, Law Clerk, 1982 - 1983

Education

• Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1982
  J.D.
  Honors: summa cum laude
  
  Law Journal: Notre Dame Lawyer, Articles Editor, 1981 - 1982
• University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington, 1979
  B.A.
  Honors: summa cum laude

Address

Suite 2200
1201 Third Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101-3045

Phones

(206) 757-8063

Faxes

(206) 757-7063

Emails

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Websites

http://www.dwt.com