Pendergrass, J. Clark

Current Employment Position(s)

Shareholder

Lawyer Overview

Mr. Pendergrass practices primarily in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate and business law, and health-care law. Mr. Pendergrass has extensive experience in complex trans- actions involving the federal government (including those related to defense and the military) and health-care industries.

In the area of government contract law, Mr. Pendergrass regularly advises clients about issues involving the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Defense Acquisition Regulation (DFAR), Section 8(a) program, small disadvantaged business program, the women-owned business program, and the service-disabled, veteran-owned small business program.

In the area of health-care law, Mr. Pendergrass regularly advises hospitals and physicians concerning regulatory compliance issues involving analysis of the Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute. Mr. Pendergrass has represented health-care clients in complex transactions, such as hospital-physician joint ventures and other arrangements involving radiation therapy, sleep laboratories, and orthopaedic-sports therapy; the acquisition, development, and leasing of medical and physician office buildings; and the divestiture of a home health division.

Mr. Pendergrass has represented emerging and start-up companies and been involved in venture capital and other private equity transactions. Mr. Pendergrass has experience in negotiating and preparing merger and acquisition agreements and other ancillary definitive transaction documents; stock purchase agreements; asset purchase agreements; organizational

Areas of Practice

• Corporate and Business Law
• Business & Commercial Transactions
• Business Organizations
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Minority Businesses
• Venture Capital
• Employment Contracts
• Employment Law
• Health Care Law
• Business Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Employment Litigation
• Public Bidding & Government Procurement
• Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances

West Practice Categories

Business Organizations, Business & Commercial Law, Transactions, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Closely Held Businesses, Venture Capital, Employment Contracts -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Health & Health Care Law, Litigation & Appeals, Government Procurement, Joint Ventures

Bar Admissions

• Alabama, 1997
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Alabama
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Alabama
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Alabama

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Alabama Bar Association
• American Bar Association

Past Employment Positions

• Justice Harold F. See, Alabama Supreme Court, Senior Staff Attorney, 1999 - 2001

Education

• The University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1997
  J.D.
  Honors: summa cum laude
  Honors: Order of the Coif
  Honors: Dean M. Leigh Harrison Award
  Honors: Hugo L. Black Scholar
  Honors: Member, John A. Campbell Moot Court Board
  Honors: Quarterfinalist, John A. Campbell Moot Court Competition
  Honors: Bench and Bar Legal Honor Society
  Honors: Bench and Bar Excellent Written Advocacy Award
  Honors: George Azar, Jr., Memorial Scholarship
  Law Review: Alabama Law Review, Managing Editor, 1996 - 1997
  Law Review: Alabama Law Review, Junior Editor, 1995 - 1996
• University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1991
  B.A.
  Honors: summa cum laude
  Honors: Margaret Artley Woodruff Award for Creative Writing
  Honors: Poetry Editor, Phoenix Literary Art Magazine, 1990-1991

Published Works

• Discovery and Claims Alleging Police Misconduct, (Co-Author George W. Royer), For the Defense, June, 2003
• Unitary Status: A New Wave of Litigation, (Co-Author and Contributor), Alabama Association of School Boards, 1999
• The Real Estate Consumer's Agency and Disclosure Act: The Case Against Dual Agency, Alabama Law Review, 1996

Address

2101 West Clinton Avenue, Suite 102
Huntsville, AL 35805

Office Hours

Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Phones

(256) 535-1100

Faxes

(256) 533-9322

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