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 the finalists nationally for the Chambers USA Award for Excellence in 2011, 2012 and 2013.
- Law360 has named King & Spalding's Healthcare Industry Practice as one of four Health Care Practice Groups of the Year for 2012, and has identified a King & Spalding lawyer as one of three Rising Stars under the age of 40 in healthcare law nationally.
- Modern Healthcare has ranked King & Spalding number 1 in its lists of "Largest healthcare law firms" each year since 2007.
- King & Spalding is one of only two firms with National Tier 1 rankings in Health Care, FDA, Mergers & Acquisitions and Antitrust by U.S. News and Best Lawyers.
- Main Justice has named King & Spalding as one of two firms nationally for Excellence in Life Sciences in its recognition of Best Foreign Corrupt Practices Act defense firms.
- 268 lawyers and other King & Spalding professionals are members of the American Health Lawyers Association, including 40 lawyers who are also listed in Chambers USA 2012: America's Leading Lawyers for Business.
- Super Lawyers magazine has named 55 lawyers from our Healthcare Practice as Super Lawyers, and has identified an additional 30 of our lawyers as Rising Stars.
- In recent years, Nightingale’s Healthcare News recognized a total of 18 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.
- LMG Life Sciences has identified eleven King & Spalding lawyers in its listing of Life Sciences Stars.
- The Guide to the Leading U.S. Healthcare Lawyers includes eight members of King & Spalding’s Healthcare Practice.
- In 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 three of the firm's lawyers as Healthcare Lawyers of the Year for Washington, D.C. for 2010 and for Atlanta for 2010 and 2013.
Our Healthcare Industry Practice Group includes:
- 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 chief of litigation for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
- A former U.S. Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
- A former acting Deputy Attorney General and Chief of Staff to the Attorney General of the United States.
- A former Associate Deputy Attorney General who oversaw the Department of Justice’s criminal and civil healthcare fraud enforcement.
- 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.
- A former Department of Defense Inspector General who oversaw healthcare fraud investigations in the Department’s 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.
- Four former U.S. Attorneys and 12 former Assistant U.S. Attorneys.
- Three past presidents of the National Association of Bond Lawyers.
