Practice Focus

Health Care, Educational, Religious and Non-Profit Organizations

Experience

John assists health care providers to conduct their operations, develop arrangements with other parties by contract or joint venture, comply with and navigate regulatory requirements, create new organizations and resolve disputes. Prior to joining the firm, John clerked for U.S. District Judge Albert W. Coffrin in Vermont from 1978-1979 and served as a New Hampshire Assistant Attorney General from 1982-1985. John's experience includes:

• Representing hospitals and physician practices in all aspects of their operations and business relationships
• Assisting in the organization and continuing operations of a number of innovative joint ventures among different kinds of providers, including hospitals, physician group practices and community mental health centers
• Appearing regularly in certificate of need proceedings and hearings before state and federal regulatory and licensing agencies
• Representing individuals and businesses in a wide range of litigation matters from breach of contract and product liability actions to complex shareholder disputes

Practice Areas

• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Business
• Educational, Religious and Non-Profit Organizations
• Health Care

Professional Activities

• Adjunct Professor, New England College, Masters in Health Administration Program
• First Co-Chair of New Hampshire Bar Association's Health Law Section
• American Health Lawyers Association
• Faculty for the National Business Institute and the New Hampshire Bar Association on health law topics

Community Involvement

• Board of Directors and Vice President, Second Start
• Concord High School Boy's Varsity Tennis, volunteer assistant coach
• New Hampshire Superior Court, Volunteer Mediator

Bar Admissions

John is admitted to practice in the state courts of New Hampshire and Vermont, the federal courts in New Hampshire and Vermont, and the First Circuit Court of Appeals.

Education

Columbia University, A.B., Political Science, 1974; Cornell Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1978; Associate and Editor, Cornell Law Review, 1976-1978

Publications

“New Stark Regulations Raise Questions About Hospital Assistance for Physician Recruiting,” published in Mountain Views, the newsletter of the New Hampshire/Vermont Chapter of the Healthcare Financial Management Association, November-December 2004.