Rick Shackelford is a partner in King & Spalding’s Atlanta office and is a member of the firm’s Healthcare Practice and Business Litigation Groups.  He is the President of the American Health Lawyers Association.

Mr. Shackelford represents health systems, academic medical centers, pharmacy providers, pharmaceutical and medical device companies, health plans, pharmacy benefits managers, managed care organizations and physician organizations in connection with government investigations and a wide variety of litigation and regulatory matters.  He regularly represents healthcare clients in the defense of civil False Claims Act actions, government investigations, and whistleblower actions.  He has also litigated numerous complex matters for healthcare clients in federal and state courts around the country, including class actions.  These matters typically involve healthcare payment, healthcare regulatory, managed care or complex commercial issues.  He also regularly advises healthcare clients on federal and state regulatory issues, including self-disclosures, compliance, fraud and abuse, managed care, peer review/medical staff and certificate of need.  Mr. Shackelford is a frequent lecturer and writer on False Claims Act investigations and healthcare regulatory, fraud and abuse, compliance and healthcare litigation issues.  He has been listed for many years in the leading attorney rankings such as Best Lawyers, Chambers, etc.

Awards & Recognition

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America
  
  
• Listed in Chambers USA Client Guide
  
  
• Named by Nightingale’s Healthcare News in 2003 and 2007 as an Outstanding Healthcare Litigator
  
  
• Designated a Top 100 Lawyer in Georgia and a Georgia SuperLawyer by Atlanta Magazine. 
  
  
• Listed in The Best of the Best:  USA  (one of 33 lawyers in the U.S.)
  
  
• Listed in Guide to the Leading U.S. Healthcare Lawyers

Memberships

• President and Member of the Board of Directors of the American Health Lawyers Association (“AHLA”)
  
  
• Past President of the Georgia Academy of Healthcare Attorneys (2001-2002)
  
  
• Past Chair (2000-2002) and Vice-Chair (1998-2000) of AHLA’s Committee on HMOs and Health Plans