King & Spalding represents healthcare companies involved in the delivery of healthcare and payment for healthcare services across all facets of the legal issues they face.  We also have one of the broadest and deepest benches of lawyers, scientists and consultants specializing in the representation of pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical technology companies.  We help our clients alleviate risk, accomplish their strategic goals and succeed in litigation.  As one of the largest healthcare practices in the country, we have received national acclaim for excellence in transactional, litigation and regulatory representation of clients across the spectrum of healthcare.

• Chambers USA has recognized King & Spalding's Healthcare Practice as one with "national reach" that is "right at the forefront of transactional work and truly excellent at litigation."
  
  
• Modern Healthcare has ranked King & Spalding number 1 in its February 2009 list of "Largest healthcare law firms."
  
  
• 234 lawyers and other King & Spalding professionals are members of the American Health Lawyers Association, including 35 lawyers who are also listed in Chambers USA 2009: America's Leading Lawyers for Business.
  
  
• In 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, Nightingale’s Healthcare News recognized a total of eighteen lawyers in our practice among the top dozen in the country in that year in the areas of healthcare litigation, healthcare transactions, healthcare antitrust, hospital representation, healthcare fraud and compliance, physician representation, and outstanding young healthcare lawyers.
  
  
• The Guide to the Leading U.S. Healthcare Lawyers includes nine members of King & Spalding’s Healthcare Practice.
  
  
• In 2007 and 2009, Best of the Best USA listed four of the firm's lawyers among the top 31 healthcare lawyers in the country.

Our Healthcare Industry Practice Group includes:

• The President-Elect of the American Health Lawyers Association.
  
  
• Two past presidents and two current directors of The American Health Lawyers Association.
  
  
• The Chairman of the Food and Drug Law Institute.
  
  
• A director of the Health Care Compliance Association.
  
  
• A former U.S. Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
  
  
• A former U.S. Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General who oversaw the Justice Department’s criminal and civil healthcare fraud enforcement efforts.
  
  
• Two former FDA Associate Chief Counsels for Enforcement.
  
  
• A former Department of Defense Inspector General who oversaw criminal and civil healthcare fraud investigations in the Department of Defense healthcare system.
  
  
• A former compliance officer of a large academic medical center.
  
  
• A former Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Criminal Enforcement at the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice.
  
  
• A former Assistant General Counsel of a major health insurer.
  
  
• A former U.S. Senate Senior Investigative Counsel on healthcare matters for the Committee on Finance.
  
  
• The chair of the Healthcare Liability and Litigation Practice Group of the American Health Lawyers Association.
  
  
• Three former United States Attorneys and 12 former Assistant United States Attorneys.
  
  
• Three past presidents of the National Association of Bond Lawyers.
  
  

"Serving The Healthcare Industry"

For more information about our healthcare industry practice that can be downloaded and printed, see our electronic publication Serving the Healthcare Industry.

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