Healthcare Industry

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.

• King & Spalding's Healthcare Industry Practice was one of five finalists nationally for the Chambers USA 2011 Award for Excellence.
  
  
• Modern Healthcare has ranked King & Spalding number 1 in its December 2011 list of "Largest Healthcare Law Firms."
  
  
• King & Spalding is the only firm with National Tier 1 rankings in Healthcare, FDA, Criminal Defense - White Collar / Government Investigations, Mergers & Acquisitions and Tax by U.S. News and Best Lawyers.
  
  
• Over 240 lawyers and other King & Spalding professionals are members of the American Health Lawyers Association, including 40 lawyers who are also listed in Chambers USA 2011: America's Leading Lawyers for Business.
  
  
• Super Lawyers magazine has named 56 lawyers from our Healthcare Practice as Super Lawyers, and has identified 19 of our lawyers as Rising Stars.
  
  
• Nightingale’s Healthcare News has recognized a total of eighteen lawyers in our practice among the top dozen in the country for the 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 eight members of King & Spalding’s Healthcare Practice.
  
  
• In 2007, 2009 and 2011, Best of the Best USA listed four of the firm's lawyers among the top 32 healthcare lawyers in the country.
  
  
• Best Lawyers in America named two of the firm's lawyers as Healthcare Lawyers of the Year for Washington, D.C., and for Atlanta in 2010.

Our Healthcare Industry Practice Group includes:

• The immediate Past President of the American Health Lawyers Association.
  
  
• Three past presidents and a current director of The American Health Lawyers Association.
  
  
• A past Chairman of the Food and Drug Law Institute.
  
  
• A director and executive committee member of the Health Care Compliance Association.
  
  
• A former U.S. Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
  
  
• Two former FDA Associate Chief Counsels for Enforcement.
  
  
• A former Principal Deputy General Counsel and acting General Counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services, and current Vice - Chair of the Payment and Reimbursement Interest Group of the ABA Health Law Section.
  
  
• A former Chief Health Counsel for the House Energy and Commerce Committee, a committee charged with jurisdiction over Medicare, Medicaid, the FDA, health insurance and public health matters.
  
  
• A former Department of Defense Inspector General who oversaw criminal and civil healthcare fraud investigations in the Department of Defense healthcare system.
  
  
• 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.