Contacts:
Isabel P. Dunst, Washington, D.C.
Thomas N. Bulleit Jr., Washington, D.C.
Sheree R. Kanner, Washington, D.C.
Stuart M. Langbein, Washington, D.C.
Dr. Jörg Schickert, Munich
Elisabethann Wright, Brussels

Hogan Lovells' Health practice is grounded in an in-depth understanding of the relationship between the global healthcare marketplace and government. Many of the lawyers serving our health industry clients have had experience in government, industry, or both. From this foundation of knowledge we are uniquely positioned to serve providers and suppliers of healthcare products and services not only as their regulatory lawyers, but also as their strategic advisers, lobbyists, litigators, and dealmakers.

Ranging from startups to multinational enterprises, our clients come from every part of the health sector of the worldwide economy. They include manufacturers of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and biotechnology products, providers of healthcare services (such as academic health centers, hospitals, hospices, ambulatory surgery centers, and cancer care centers), health-focused professional and trade associations, groups of healthcare professionals (such as nurses, physical therapists, and physicians), health insurers, sponsors and administrators of employee health plans, and suppliers of health information technology. The breadth of our practice allows us to bring multiple perspectives to the analysis and resolution of our clients' needs, whether addressing regulatory approvals and compliance; fraud and abuse and government investigations; coverage, payment, and price reporting; business transactions; privacy and data protection; employee health benefits; or policy issues.

• Ranked No. 1 in the District of Columbia for healthcare and healthcare: pharmaceutical/medical products, Chambers USA (2010)
• Ranked No. 2 in life sciences practice, Chambers Global (2010)
• Ranked No. 2 in life sciences (nationwide), Chambers USA (2010)
• Ranked No. 1 in PLC's Life Sciences Industry Super Leagues; ranked No. 2 in PLC's Life Sciences Regulatory Super Leagues (2011) 
   
                                                                             

Former Leadership Positions

• John Edward Porter, U.S. Representative from Illinois' 10th district and Chairman of the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education
• Clifford D. Stromberg, Deputy Executive Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Isabel P. Dunst, Deputy General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Marcy Wilder, Deputy General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Darrel J. Grinstead, Chief Counsel to the Health Care Financing Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Sheree Kanner, Chief Counsel to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Robert Leibenluft, Assistant Director for Health Care of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition and Chair of the Health Care Committee of the ABA Antitrust Section
• Barbara Bennett, Associate General Counsel of Vanderbilt University and General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for TriPoint Health Group
• Mark Sterling, General Counsel and Secretary and later Senior Vice President for Strategic Development and Special Counsel for Regulatory Affairs of Vitas Healthcare Corporation
• Carol Licko, General Counsel to former Florida Governor Jeb Bush
• Donna Boswell, college professor and Legislative Assistant in the United States Senate as a Congressional Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Society for Research in Child Development
• Alice Valder Curran, trial attorney in the civil fraud section of the U.S. Department of Justice 
•  Helen Trilling, Special Assistant to three consecutive General Counsels of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Assistant General Counsel at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
• Ann Morgan Vickery, White House staff researcher and Director of the Executive Secretariat at the Treasury Department
• Tom Bulleit, psychiatric social worker and three-time Chair of the District of Columbia Bar's Health Law Section
• Stuart Langbein, Staff Attorney for the Health Care Financing Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Craig Smith, General Counsel of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration
• Michael Levinson, M.D., J.D., Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President, and General Counsel of two technology-driven medical device companies
• Elisabethann Wright, Senior Legal Officer and Hearing Officer for the EFTA Surveillance Authority
• Kurt Lawson, Chair of the Employee Benefits Committee of the ABA Tax Section and Treasury Department attorney advisor