Current Employment Position(s)

Member, since 2004

Year Joined Organization: 1999

Lawyer Overview

Practice focuses on the general representation of health care clients, including hospitals, physicians and other health care providers and payers, as well as clients who provide products and services to the health care industry. Substantial experience with fraud and abuse, tax exemption, intermediate sanctions, billing and coding issues, and medical record issue.

Areas of Practice

• Health Care

West Practice Categories

Contracts, Business Organizations, Health & Health Care Law

Bar Admissions

• Washington, 2000
• Nebraska, 1997
• U.S. District Court District of Nevada, 1997
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1996
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1996
• Illinois, 1995

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Health Lawyers Association, 1995 - Present (Member)
• Healthcare Financial Management Association, 1999 - Present (Member)
• Washington State Society of Healthcare Attorneys, 1999 - Present (Member)
• American Bar Association (Health Law Section), 1995 - Present (Member)
• Nebraska Bar Association, 1997 - Present (Member)
• Illinois Bar Association, 1995 - Present (Member)
• Board of Advocates, 1993 - 1994 (Member)

Classes and Seminars

• Speaker, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act: What You Need to Know to Comply with the New Privacy Regulations, Seattle Washington - November 8, 2001
• Speaker, Deciding Whether to Computerize Your Medical Records, Omaha, Nebraska - April 30th 1998 and 1999
• Speaker, Fraud and Abuse in the Home Health Industry, Omaha, Nebraska - June 1998

Past Employment Positions

• Foster Pepper PLLC, Associate, 1999 - 2003
• Stinson, Mag & Fizzell - Omaha, Nebraska, Associate, 1998 - 1999
• Kennedy, Holland, DeLacy & Svoboda - Omaha, Nebraska, Associate, 1996 - 1998
• Holstein, Mack & Klein - Chicago, IL, Associate, 1996 - Present

Education

• DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1995
  L.L.M.
  Minor: Health Care Law
• University of Tulsa College of Law, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1994
  J.D.
  Honors: With Honors
• University of Oklahoma, 1992
  B.A.

Fraternities/Sororities

• Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity

Published Works

• COBRA Continuation Coverage: Does Coverage Under a Spouse’s Preexisting Group Plan Terminate Eligibility?, Article, 28 J. Health & Hospital Law 364, 1995

Address

1111 Third Avenue
Suite 3400
Seattle, WA 98101-3299

Phones

(206) 447-2909

Faxes

(206) 749-1907

Emails

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Websites

http://www.foster.com