The Health Industry Group regularly represents health care organizations and individuals in civil, criminal and administrative litigation with state and federal governmental agencies, including licensing boards. The Firm has a number of attorneys who have previously been employed by various governmental agencies. These attorneys bring extensive experience representing health care clients who are subject to regulatory control by many of these same agencies. The firm’s health care litigators, teamed with experienced corporate health care attorneys, offer a sophisticated and cross-disciplinary approach to the defense of state and federal regulatory investigations and litigation. Butzel Long’s representation of providers in governmental disputes runs the spectrum from pre-litigation advice on how to address illegal acts discovered by the provider, to defending clients in grand jury investigations, qui tam actions and OIG inquiries, to representing clients in state and federal licensing proceedings and court actions, to negotiating global resolution of multifaceted prosecutions.
The Health Industry Group regularly represents health care organizations and individuals in civil, criminal and administrative litigation with state and federal governmental agencies, including licensing boards. The Firm has a number of attorneys who have previously been employed by various governmental agencies. These attorneys bring extensive experience representing health care clients who are subject to regulatory control by many of these same agencies. The firm’s health care litigators, teamed with experienced corporate health care attorneys, offer a sophisticated and cross-disciplinary approach to the defense of state and federal regulatory investigations and litigation. Butzel Long’s representation of providers in governmental disputes runs the spectrum from pre-litigation advice on how to address illegal acts discovered by the provider, to defending clients in grand jury investigations, qui tam actions and OIG inquiries, to representing clients in state and federal licensing proceedings and court actions, to negotiating global resolution of multifaceted prosecutions. We believe that every accused individual is entitled to a robust defense. Our dispute resolution skills extend from litigation, to mediation and arbitration. Butzel Long’s medical malpractice attorneys are highly respected for their vigorous defense of health care providers and practitioners against complicated claims of malpractice. Our attorneys are counsel to several large hospitals and professional liability insurers and have successfully defended numerous cases involving a multitude of claims. Our medical malpractice defense group has created an extensive network of resources and has a comprehensive knowledge of standard of care, medical practices and techniques, and the special concerns of expert witnesses.