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Jennifer Shoup devotes her practice to real estate, project development and finance matters, including health care finance, development of public facilities and public-private partnerships. Jennifer supports the firm’s health care clients in the development and financing of inpatient and ancillary facilities. Her work includes serving as part of the Hall Render Health Care and... READ MORE

Libby Park practices with the firm’s Health Transactions practice group and provides general transactional support to clients. Libby provides counsel to large national health care systems as well as smaller providers within the health care industry. Libby is passionate about addressing health-related issues within communities across the United States and seeks to effect positive change... READ MORE

Ryan McDonald supports the firm’s clients who have found themselves engaged in, or threatened with, a dispute. Ryan leverages his experience as a litigator and trial attorney to persuasively advocate for his clients—both in and out of the courtroom—and brings his health care knowledge to provide strategic counsel and advise clients on substantive business... READ MORE

Ben Fee practices exclusively in the area of health law advising health systems, hospitals, pharmacies, long-term care providers and medical practices on a variety of regulatory, compliance and corporate transactional matters. He regularly counsels clients on fraud and abuse issues, including compliance with the federal Stark Law and federal and state anti-kickback statutes; government... READ MORE

Katherine Schwartz is a shareholder in Hall Render’s Indianapolis office who assists clients with a number of health law matters, focusing on fraud and abuse analyses related to the federal Stark, Anti-Kickback and Civil Monetary Penalties laws. Her practice includes hospital/physician contracting, hospital and health system relationships, regulatory and compliance issues, hospital/physician alignment and... READ MORE

Kerry Dutra practices out of Hall Render’s Raleigh office and advises a wide array of clients on commercial transactions and contracting, focusing on precision medicine, genomics and big data arrangements. Kerry regularly assists health systems and providers, as well as industry start-ups and biobanks, with structuring and negotiating data licensing, research collaboration, commercialization and... READ MORE

Kelci Laster focuses her practice in health law, with an emphasis on corporate law and governance, as well as partnership, affiliation, and joint venture strategy, creation and management. She advises her clients on transaction-related matters, frequently guiding them through hospital, ambulatory surgery center and physician group transactions, due diligence management and post-closing operational integration.... READ MORE

Addison Bradford focuses his practice on real estate law, serving as a strategic advisor to his clients as they work to expand and improve health care within their communities. Addison assists his clients as they navigate the health care industry’s complex regulatory environment, specifically the application of the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law, so... READ MORE

Abby Kaericher is a health care government relations attorney who helps providers, associations and health care businesses navigate the political and regulatory landscape in Washington, D.C. and across the nation.   She works closely with executive leadership to build relationships and advocacy strategies that shape federal policy and regulatory outcomes.   Abby’s practice includes: Advocating before Congress and... READ MORE

Matt Schappa is a litigator in Hall Render’s Indianapolis office and concentrates on defending clients involved in complex lawsuits. He also represents clients in actions and investigations initiated under the False Claims Act and has experience working closely with state and federal authorities to resolve fraud and abuse related matters. Matt counsels hospitals, health... READ MORE