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Nikki has also served as an interim General Counsel and as a Chief Compliance Officer for her life sciences clients.\nNikki leads two pharma and device industry coalitions on transparency and disclosure laws.  The Ad Hoc Sunshine and State Law Compliance Group is a coalition she advises on federal Sunshine Act and state transparency/disclosure and gift ban laws.  The International Marketing and Disclosure Compliance Group is a separate coalition of companies she advises on the growing area of transparency and disclosure laws and industry codes of conduct in the EU, Australia, Japan, and numerous other countries and regions.\nKing \u0026amp; Spalding’s FDA \u0026amp; Life Sciences Practice has been named Law360 Practice Group of the Year from 2017-2020.  King \u0026amp; Spalding’s FDA \u0026amp; Life Sciences Practice is ranked by Chambers Legal, LMG Life Sciences, U.S. News, and Best Lawyers.  According to Chambers USA, sources praise Nikki as being \"thoughtful, quick to respond and available.\" -- Chambers USA (2022)\nNikki is a frequent speaker and author on FDA advertising/promotion, clinical trials, compliance, and transparency law matters.  Nikki was also selected to Law360's 2021 Compliance Editorial Advisory Board and has served on the Advisory Board for FDAnews and the PCF Pharma Congress planning committee.  She was formerly on the Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI) Editorial Advisory Board for the FDLI Food \u0026amp; Drug Law Journal and a member of the FDLI Medical Device Committee.  Nikki has also served on the Leadership Advisory Board for the National Women’s Law Center and on the Special Gifts Committee for the Arlington Free Clinic for more than ten years.\nNikki was elected by her partners in 2017 to serve for three years on the firm’s Policy Committee, which is the firm's executive management committee.  Nikki served for many years on the firm’s Lateral Partner Committee and on the firm's Partners Committee, and was also the Hiring Partner for the Washington, D.C. office. Kelly Reeves Partner Women, Influence \u0026amp; Power in Law Award for Thought Leadership Corporate Counsel 2024 North Carolina State University  University of Maryland  North Carolina State University  District of Columbia Maryland Advised companies on FDA advertising and promotion rules for drugs, devices, and cosmetics, including social media, new product launches, DTC, physician and payor communications, broadcast ads, reprints, and investor communications. Advised on CMS Open Payments compliance audits and compliance with the federal Physician Payment Sunshine (Open Payments) law, state laws targeting industry marketing practices, sales representation licensing, drug price transparency, and disclosure of clinical trial data. Advised on compliance with global transparency laws and industry codes of conduct. 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He served as a member of the President’s Corporate Fraud Task Force and oversaw the Enron Task Force. He also served as the Commissioner Ex-Officio to the U.S. Sentencing Commission and represented the Department in matters before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S.\nAs U.S. Attorney, John served as the chief federal law enforcement officer for the district, tried cases, argued appeals, and oversaw the prosecution and defense of a wide-range of criminal and civil matters on behalf of the U.S., including bank fraud, healthcare fraud, money laundering and other economic and regulatory cases. In 2009, he was awarded the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Inspector General’s Award for Combating Medicare and Medicaid Fraud. He also served as Chairman of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee on Sentencing, and as a member of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee on White Collar Crime.\nJohn began his career as a federal prosecutor as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Atlanta and Oklahoma City, during which time he investigated and prosecuted a wide-range of federal cases, including health care, bank, and securities fraud. He began his career as a prosecutor as an Assistant District Attorney in Cobb County, Georgia.\nIn private practice, John has represented and defended clients in trials and investigations involving U.S. Attorneys’ Offices in over fifteen different districts around the country, the Criminal and Civil Divisions at the Justice Department, and state attorney general’s offices for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. 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He has also worked with clients on Medicare and Medicaid administrative overpayment appeals; Medicare and Medicaid self-disclosures; and compliance with the 60-day overpayment rule; as well as on Medicaid supplemental payment and 1115 Waiver programs.\nIn addition, Adam advises clients on a variety of transactional matters, including hospital joint operating company agreements, merger and acquisition agreements, and academic affiliation agreements. Partner Top Ranked Lawyer, Healthcare Chambers USA, Texas (2019-2022) \"Adam Robison has a very deep understanding of the specificities of healthcare transactions.\" Chambers USA (2022) Healthcare Super Lawyer: Texas Super Lawyers, 2013–2016 Rising Star: Texas Super Lawyers, 2010–2012 Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School South Texas College of Law South Texas College of Law Texas Litigation/Administrative AppealsSuccessfully represented a large healthcare company in obtaining an $18 million arbitration award against the sellers of a hospice pursuant to claims for indemnification and fraud related to a self-disclosure audit that Adam also facilitated. Successfully represented a drug testing laboratory in reducing a $31 million Medicare overpayment resulting in more than a $29 million overpayment reduction. Represented an oncologist before the Administrative Law Judge in a Medicare overpayment case resulting in the full reversal of the alleged multimillion-dollar overpayment. Successfully represented a coalition of children’s hospitals in connection with dispute involving cost-settling certain Medicaid primary care case management payments resulting in multimillion-dollar settlements. 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His expertise spans commercial, civil, and international law issues, as well as bilateral investment treaties, and represents clients in commercial and investor-state arbitrations under the ICC, ICSID and UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. He has represented major players across diverse industries, including oil and gas, mining, aerospace, retail, construction, finance, pharmaceutical, automotive, aviation and insurance. \nHe earned his law degree from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City and completed the Law and Global Economy dual degree LL.M program at the New York University School of Law and the National University of Singapore. Before joining King \u0026amp; Spalding in 2014, Fernando spent seven years as an associate in a leading Mexican law firm in Mexico City.\nFernando’s exceptional work in international arbitration has earned him numerous accolades, including recognition as a Recommended Lawyer by Legal 500, Rising Star in International Arbitration by Law360, Arbitration Future Leader by GAR/Who’s Who, and On the Rise Attorney for International Arbitration by the Texas Lawyer. 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As a partner in our Healthcare practice, Kim represents individual and institutional healthcare providers, along with suppliers, in a wide range of matters.\nKim advises healthcare suppliers and providers, including hospital systems, academic medical centers and physician practice groups, on implementing compliance programs as well as conducting compliance assessments and internal investigations. She frequently represents healthcare providers in responding to Department of Justice and Office of Inspector General investigations and qui tam actions, and in voluntary disclosures through agency programs.\nIn addition, Kim has extensive experience advising clients on Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement issues; federal and state self-referral and anti-kickback laws; delivery system reform; accountable care organizations; shared savings and incentive payment arrangements; clinically integrated networks; and hospital-physician employment relationships and other affiliations.\nKim is an Adjunct Professor at the Georgia State University College of Law. A frequent author and speaker before professional and trade groups, Kim is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association and the Health Care Compliance Association, and a former president of the Georgia Academy of Healthcare Attorneys.\nKim holds a top ranking among Georgia healthcare lawyers in Chambers USA, and has been recognized for more than 10 years as one of The Best Lawyers in America for Healthcare Law. In addition, she has been selected as a Georgia Super Lawyer by Super Lawyers since 2004, and named an Outstanding Healthcare Fraud and Compliance Lawyer in Nightingale’s Healthcare News.\nPublications\n\n“The Stark Law and Regulations,” Compliance Manual, Healthcare Compliance Association (2009, 2011 and 2016 updates)\nAmerican Health Lawyers Association, Business Law and Governance Practice Group, Executive Summary (December 2009), “The New Healthcare Delivery System:  What are Accountable Care Organizations and Medical Homes?”\nAmerican Health Lawyers Association, Business Law and Governance Practice Group, Business Law Update (September 9, 2009), “Healthcare Reform Will Challenge Providers’ Business Structures”\n\nSpeaking Engagements\n\n\nAmerican Health Lawyers Association, Physicians and Hospitals Law Institute, February 10-12, 2020, “The Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care:  Are We There Yet?”\n\n\nKing \u0026amp; Spalding Roundtable Webinars, November 7, 2019 and November 20, 2019: Recalculating:  Are the Major Stark, Anti-Kickback and CMP Proposed Rule Changes Taking Us in a New Direction?\n\n\nABA Health Law Section Webinar, “Head Start:  What You Need to Know Now About the Newly Proposed AKS Regulations,” November 5, 2019.\n\n\n26th Annual King \u0026amp; 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I always enjoy working with her.\\\"\", :detail=\u0026gt;\"Chambers USA\"}{{ FIELD }}{:title=\u0026gt;\"\\\"She is extremely knowledgeable, responsive and always able to navigate the most complex matters\\\"\", :detail=\u0026gt;\"Chambers USA\"}{{ FIELD }}{:title=\u0026gt;\"\\\"Kristin really understands our business well. She doesn't miss anything and is highly responsive.\\\"\", :detail=\u0026gt;\"Chambers USA\"}{{ FIELD }}{:title=\u0026gt;\"On the Rise Award\", :detail=\u0026gt;\"Texas Lawyer, 2020\"}{{ FIELD }}{:title=\u0026gt;\"Top Ranked Lawyer, Healthcare\", :detail=\u0026gt;\"Chambers USA, Texas (2021-2025)\"}{{ FIELD }}{:title=\u0026gt;\"\\\"She's very wise with her advice, as well as being detail-oriented and organized.\\\"\", :detail=\u0026gt;\"Chambers USA\"}{{ FIELD }}Kristin Roshelli is a partner in King \u0026amp; Spalding’s Houston Healthcare practice. Kristin’s practice focuses on corporate and regulatory matters in the healthcare and life sciences industries.  She represents a broad range of prominent healthcare and life science clients on mergers and acquisitions, affiliations, general health law questions, and complex corporate governance and contracting matters. She has extensive experience structuring transactions, particularly as to complex arrangements involving health systems, physician practices, and academic medical centers.  Kristin has helped establish the legal and operational framework in connection with the startup of three new medical schools and multiple new health systems.  She is also a go-to lawyer for leading pharmaceutical, biotech, organ procurement and other large companies for assistance with complex collaboration arrangements with third parties and in establishing and negotiating their supply chain and other key contracts.  Her life sciences work often involves advising on product supply and manufacturing agreements, licensing arrangements, commercialization and distribution agreements, specialty pharmacy agreements, research agreements and other complex collaboration arrangements and key service and supply contracts. \nShe is Chambers-ranked for healthcare in Texas and has been recognized by Legal 500 as a “Recommended Key Lawyer,” by Texas Super Lawyers as a healthcare rising star, and by Texas Lawyers with an “On the Rise Award,” which recognizes lawyers under the age of 40 who have wielded influence in their practice areas in Texas and beyond.  Prior to entering the legal field, Kristin served as a nurse in the United States Air Force, worked in the general counsel’s office of a large academic medical center, and practiced as a registered nurse in a medical intensive care unit. \nPublications\n\n2016 Health Care Fraud and Abuse Top Ten List Reimbursement Advisor, Vol 32, No. 6, February 2017\n“The Plot Thickens for the Medicare Narrative Requirement,” Law360, February 2015\n“When is a Hospital a ‘New Hospital?,’” Reimbursement Advisor, Vol. 30, No. 4, December 2014\n Kristin Roshelli lawyer Partner \"Kristin is very calm and intelligent, and extremely responsive. 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