Adam has been with Inslee Best since 1996 and is a member of the firm's
Health Law, Business, and Litigation Groups. Adam's practice focuses on transactions
and litigation related to hospitals, long term care facilities, physician groups,
and other health care providers. He has significant experience representing clients
in hospital-physician joint ventures and contracting, corporate compliance program
development and maintenance, OIG corporate integrity agreement compliance, real estate
transactions, responding to government investigations, Stark II and Anti-Kickback
Statute compliance, employment matters, surgery center development, Medicare and Medicaid
reimbursement issues, and matters related to tax-exempt organizations. Adam frequently
speaks and writes on topics related to fraud and abuse investigations and healthcare
transactions.
EDUCATION
Loyola Chicago University School of Law, LL.M. in Health Law, 1996
Seattle University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1995
Boston University, B.A., 1990
REPRESENTATIVE CASES
Hammond v. Northland Counseling Center, 218 F.3d 886 (8th Cir. 2000)
Hammond v. Northland Counseling Center, Case No. 5-96-353, D. Minn. Jan. 15, 1999, 1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9133
Scholten v. Bennett, et. al, 2002 Wash. App. Lexis 196
Lead Counsel in Settlement of False Claims Act Matter
REPRESENTATIVE TRANSACTIONS
Business Entity Formation
Regulatory Compliance
Secured Transactions and drafting Negotiable Instruments
Drafting Leases, Management Agreements, and Operating Agreements
Business Joint Ventures including Mergers and Acquisitions
False Claims Act Litigation/Corporate Integrity Agreement Compliance
PUBLICATIONS
The False Claims Act Applied to Health Care Institutions: Gearing Up For Corporate Compliance,
1 DEPAUL JOURNAL OF HEALTH CARE LAW 1 (1996); cited by United States v. NHC Healthcare
Corp. 115 F. Supp.2d 1149 (U.S. Dist. Ct., W. Dist. Mo., S. Div. 2000).
Reviewer, Georgetown University Law Center’s AMERICAN CRIMINAL LAW REVIEW, False
Claims Act Section, Spring 1998.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Selected as Washington Super Lawyer by Washington Law & Politics, 2004, 2005
Bellevue Kiwanis - Kiwanian of the Year 2004
PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC INVOLVEMENT
King County Bar Association, Member
Washington State Bar Association, Member
American Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association
American Health Lawyers Association, Member
Health Care Compliance Association, Member
Washington State Society of Health Care Attorneys, Member
Bellevue Kiwanis Club, Treasurer
BAR/COURT ADMISSIONS
Admitted Washington, 1996
Admitted U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington, 1997 |
