Practice Areas

Healthcare law

With award winning litigators and a team that includes attorneys who are also registered nurses, Barnwell Whaley has extensive experience representing and advising doctors, nurses, hospitals and other healthcare facilities, insurers, managed care organizations, physician practices and providers, and health foundations regarding the broad range of legal issues implicated by the provision of healthcare to the public.

 

In addition to successfully trying many cases our attorneys have experience with:

 

  • Certificate of need disputes
  • Professional and facility licensing
  • Other regulatory compliance matters
  • HIPAA
  • Fraud & abuse
  • Joint ventures
  • Anti-trust
  • Anti-Kickback Statute
In addition to its litigation practice, our attorneys have conducted numerous educational programs for attorneys and healthcare providers, and published articles in national journals addressing various legal issues facing the healthcare industry.  Most recently, M. Dawes Cooke, Jr. wrote the chapter on Defending Medical Malpractice Cases for the South Carolina Practice manual published by the South Carolina Bar.

 

The firm's health law practitioners participate in the American Health Lawyers Association, the American Bar Association's Forum on Health Law and the American Society of Medical Association Counsel, as well as state and local bar association health practice committees. 

 

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HEALTHCARE LAW
M. Dawes Cooke, Jr., Barnwell Whaley Attorney
Dawes Cooke is a member of Barnwell Whaley. He has been practicing law since 1979. [ Read more ]
Gail Rahn, Barnwell Whaley attorney
Gail Rahn is a special counsel at Barnwell Whaley and a registered nurse. She has been practicing law since 1980. [ Read more ]
Lucinda Gardner, Barnwell Whaley Associate Attorney
Cindi Gardner is a Barnwell Whaley associate attorney. She has been practicing law since 1991.
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Alissa Fleming, Barnwell Whaley Associate Attorney
Alissa Fleming is a Barnwell Whaley associate attorney and a registered nurse. She has been practicing law since 2005. [ Read more ]