Professional Liability

The Firm represents individuals confronting a broad range of issues related to their professional careers and employment. The Firm’s comprehensive approach aims to address our clients’ short-term and long-term objectives.

Healthcare providers

A cornerstone of the Firm’s practice areas includes representing healthcare providers dealing with issues related to hospital privileges, credentialing, internal investigations, and defending against complaints lodged with state licensing and medical boards. To that end, the Firm regularly advises physicians, surgeons, and other healthcare providers in connection with:

Disciplinary hearings and investigations, including before state medical boards/commissions
Hospital peer review, including pushing back against sham peer review
Medical staff privileges and credentialing issues, including issues involving reporting to the National Provider Data Bank (NPDB) and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The Firm also represents providers in disputes and proceedings before professional licensing boards, including the Oregon Medical Board and Washington Medical Commission