Lawrence K. Coon

Attorney | Milwaukee

Phone: (414) 721-0453
| Fax: (414) 721-0491

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Office Locations

Milwaukee

Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, P.C.
330 E. Kilbourn Avenue
Suite 1250
Milwaukee, WI 53202

About Lawrence

For over 30 years, Larry Coon has provided advice and counsel exclusively to the health care industry. Larry serves as the office managing partner of Hall Render’s Milwaukee office and is a member of the firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions Service Line.

Larry’s practice encompasses the business aspects of health care. He advises on corporate, governance and general commercial matters, and has led numerous transactional initiatives, including hospital acquisitions, divestitures and strategic affiliations, physician practice acquisitions, hospital-physician joint ventures, service line joint ventures, health system reorganizations and other strategic relationships. Larry has also served in an outside associate general counsel role for a large regional health system, primarily supporting growth and strategy initiatives. He brings years of experience and knowledge to his representation of clients in business matters and regularly coordinates a multi-disciplinary team in directing major transactions.

Larry has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America since 2007 and was named a Lawyer of the Year recipient for Health Care Law in Milwaukee for 2016 and 2021. Larry is also a certified public accountant. He and his wife have three grown sons.

Services

EDUCATION

Marquette University, B.S. - 1983

University of Illinois, J.D. - 1986

ADMITTED TO BAR

  • Wisconsin - 1986
  • Minnesota - 2009

memberships

  • State Bar of Wisconsin
  • American Health Law Association

Experience

  • Certified Public Accountant, Illinois

honors

  • Milwaukee Best Lawyers Health Care Lawyer of the Year – 2016, 2021
  • Best Lawyers in America

Representative Experience

  • Lead counsel to a not-for-profit hospital for the demolition of a current parking structure and its replacement with a new, larger parking structure to benefit the hospital and the public.
  • Lead counsel to a regional health system and trauma center in a member substitution transaction resulting in the health system joining a larger regional health network.
  • Supported in-house counsel for a large community hospital in the formation of a joint venture involving multiple outpatient dialysis clinics.
  • Lead counsel to a regional health system in the sale of a senior residential living community.
  • Lead counsel to a health system in the sale of three senior living communities.
  • Lead counsel and regulatory counsel to a health system in the sale and formation of a joint venture involving its insurance operations.
  • Lead counsel to a health system in the merger of affiliated foundations.
  • Lead counsel to a health system in its acquisition of a regional health system.
  • Lead counsel to a health system in the formation of a joint venture to develop and operate a new rehabilitation hospital.
  • Lead counsel to a health system in acquisition financing and the creation of community housing.
  • Lead counsel to a health system in the merger of two hospitals, including reimbursement planning and related regulatory considerations.
  • Lead counsel to a health system in the acquisition of a multispecialty physician clinic and related medical office buildings.
  • Lead counsel to a health system in the acquisition of a membership interest in an ambulatory surgery center.

Press Releases

94 Hall Render Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers®
[08/21/25 ] SEE MORE

Publications

Labor & Employment Issues in Health Care M&A: Five Critical Issues To Consider
[08/31/20] SEE MORE

Presentations

Client Legal Update
[10/30/2019] SEE MORE

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