Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Elise Dunitz Brennan has practiced healthcare law for over 25 years, has been named to The Best Lawyers in America  since 1991 and has been selected as one of the top 50 Super Lawyers in Oklahoma and one of the top 25 Women Lawyers by Oklahoma Magazine. She serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Health Law and Life Sciences.  In 2006 she was elected as a Fellow of the American Health Lawyers Association ("AHLA").  She is a past member of the Board of Directors of the AHLA, having chaired its Public Interest Committee, Alternative Dispute Resolution Task Force and its Credentialing Practice Group. She is past-President of the Oklahoma Health Lawyers Association.  Ms. Brennan is a AAA arbitrator on the commercial panel, AHLA arbitrator and mediator, and an arbitrator for the International Institute of Conflict Resolution.  She has served as an arbitrator or mediator in health care provider disputes ranging in controversy from $50,000.00 to $23,000,000.00.

Ms. Brennan advises one of the state's largest managed care organizations, and the largest Oklahoma community behavioral health center. Her long term care expertise includes the acquisition of a certificate of need, bond financing and regulatory approval for the first life care community in Oklahoma . She has represented hospitals in over 20 physician peer review hearings and is retained regionally to assist with revisions to bylaws and other medical staff matters.  Recently her practice has involved healthcare facility mergers and acquisitions, HIPAA, corporate compliance, and health care operational and billing issues including antikickback, Stark, EMTALA and Medicare & Medicaid appeals.  She advises nursing homes, assisted living centers, hospices and home health agencies.  She graduated in 1976 from Newcomb College of Tulane University, magna cum laude, and received a Master's degree in Social Work from the University of Michigan in 1978, and her law degree from Southern Methodist University in 1983. Ms. Brennan is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Order of the Barristers. Prior to attending law school, Ms. Brennan worked as a social worker in hospitals and related healthcare organizations.

Areas of Practice

• Hospital and Healthcare Law
• Managed Care
• Arbitration and Dispute Resolution

West Practice Categories

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, Health & Health Care Law, Hospital Law

Bar Admissions

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

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Oklahoma Health Lawyers Association, 1987 - Present (Past President)
• Family & Children's Services, 1983 - Present (Past President and Current Member of Advisory Board)
• American Health Lawyers Association, 2006 - Present (Fellow, Past Member, Board of Directors and Executive Committee)
• American Health Lawyers Association (Past Chair, Credentialing Practice Group)
• American Health Lawyers Association (Past Chair, Public Interest Committee)
• American Health Lawyers Association (Past Chair - Alternative Dispute Resolution Task Force)
• American Arbitration Association, 2007 - Present (Commercial Panel)
• American Health Lawyers Association, 1995 - Present (Alternative Dispute Resultion Panel)
• CPR, International (Institute of Conflict Resolution), 2009 - Present (Healthcare and Life Sciences for Panel of Distiguished Neutrals)

Honors and Awards

• The Best Lawyers in America for Health Care Law, 1991 - Present
• Listed as One of the Top 50 Super Lawyers in Oklahoma by Oklahoma Magazine, 2006 - Present
• Listed as One of the Top 25 Women Lawyers in Oklahoma by Oklahoma Magazine, 2006 - Present
• Elected as Fellow of the AHLA Board of Directors, 2007 - Present
• A-V Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating
• Appointed to the Editorial Board of the Journal of Health and Life Sciences Law, 2007 - Present

Classes and Seminars

• Frequent Lecturer on Arbitration & Healthcare Legal Matters

Education

• Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas
  Juris Doctor
  Honors: Order of the Barristers
  Honors: Geary, Stahl, Spencer Mock Trial Award
  Honors: Strasburger, Price Trial Advocacy Award
• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1978
  Master's
  Major: Social Work
• Newcomb College of Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 1976
  Bachelor of Arts
  Honors: magna cum laude
  Honors: Phi Beta Kappa

Accepts Credit Cards

Published Works

• Staff Privileges: Physician Can Sue Under Sec. 1981 & Title VII, 9 Health Law, Vigil 3, 1986
• Is a Hospital Medical Staff a Separate Legal Entity Which can be Sued for Conspiring with a Hospital to Violate Antitrust Laws, 12 Overview 14, May/June, 1985
• Alternative Dispute Resolution in Healthcare, West Publishing, Health Law Handbook, 2006

Address

320 South Boston Avenue
Suite 500
Tulsa, OK 74103-3725

Phones

(918) 591-5214

Faxes

(918) 925-5214

Emails

ebrennan@dsda.com

Websites

http://www.dsda.com