Corporate Compliance (establishment and/or review of compliance plans; response to issues that arise with federal and/or state regulators for alleged failure to comply).

Representative Clients:  individual physicians, physicians groups, physician joint ventures, ancillary providers, MSOs, IPAs, PHOs, MCOs, clinical laboratories, dialysis centers and hospitals.

Representative Clients:  insurance companies and agencies.

Intellectual Property / Computer Technology
Negotiation and Drafting (of licensing and maintenance agreements; information system outsourcing agreements; Internet service provider agreements; and consulting, development, marketing, distribution and escrow agreements).

Consulting and Resolution (of Y2K issues and compliance plans; confidentiality and access).

Protecting and Enforcement (of trade secrets, trademarks and copyrights).

Representative Clients:  computer and technology companies, companies with trademark, copyright and licensing needs, and software developers, and healthcare companies, and companies with Y2K issues and problems.

E-Commerce / E-Healthcare
Organization (incorporation (including Delaware incorporations); structuring and organizing companies for rapid growth and the ability to go public).

General Representation and Capital Raising (general corporate advice; preparation of contracts; structuring of equity and debt financing arrangements; drafting and structuring offerings of private securities; negotiating with Venture Capital firms and angel investors; consultant referrals).

Web Specific Issues (review and preparation of web site disclaimers and policies, web hosting agreements and licensing agreements; legal analysis of privacy issues and other content liability issues; domain name registration and policing).

E-Healthcare (analysis of laws and regulations specifically impacting E-Healthcare clients, including Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ("HIPAA") issues, Stark and fraud and abuse issues, and advertising matters).

Representative Clients (Internet B2B companies, Internet service exchanges, providers of healthcare information over the Internet; Internet pharmacies).

Mediation / Arbitration
Advocate (of client's interests and rights in mediation and arbitration forums).

Mediators and Arbitrators (appointed privately or from panels on which they serve, including the American Health Lawyers Association and the healthcare panel of the American Arbitration Association).

Representative Clients: HMOs, hospitals, practice groups, healthcare providers, insurers and reinsurers, and general commercial businesses.

Nonprofit Organizations
Organization and Qualification (incorporation and structuring of nonprofit organizations, acquisition of tax exempt status).

General Representation and Management (negotiation and drafting of contracts and employment agreements; charitable and planned giving arrangements; private foundation compliance; strategic planning; litigation avoidance; joint venture arrangements).

Advocacy (representation before legislative and executive branches, government committees, commissions, and boards; preparation of legislative and regulatory proposals; lobbying; litigation).

Representative Clients: churches and religious organizations; charitable foundations; hospitals; trade associations; educational institutions; soup kitchens; homes for unwed mothers; Native American organizations.

Representative Clients (Internet B2B companies, Internet service exchanges, providers of healthcare information over the Internet; Internet pharmacies).

Legislative Representation
(Before Georgia General Assembly and in rulemaking proceedings before federal and state agencies).

Counseling and Developing Strategy (to assist clients in meeting business and legal objectives for passage, defeat or amendment of legislation).

Drafting (of proposed legislation and agency regulations).

Direct Lobbying (of public officials).

Monitoring, Interpreting and Reporting (of legislative, regulatory and political developments).

Representative Clients:  political lobbies, software and computer technology companies, healthcare providers and companies, and advisor to regulatory agencies.