Healthcare Litigation

Healthcare Litigation

The attorneys of Hobson Bernardino + Davis have been in the lead on cutting-edge issues facing the healthcare industry. We have the breadth that few law firms can offer to their clients and have represented clients in federal and state courts, licensing proceedings and government investigations.

The firm’s lawyers have represented healthcare organizations, physicians, pharmacists, dentists, nurses, home healthcare agencies, medical transportation providers and medical equipment supply companies.

Range of Litigation Services for Healthcare Providers

Our clients can rely on us to effectively defend them in government or qui tam actions brought under the federal anti-kickback statute, False Claims Act, RICO and SEC allegations. Our representation may commence with an internal compliance audit, a governmental audit or investigation, a third-party payor audit or investigation, the filing of a lawsuit, the filing of an indictment or criminal complaint, the execution of a search warrant, or upon receipt of a subpoena from a federal or state agency. We understand the devastating impact that these events can have on a provider and we work quickly and efficiently to resolve the problem.

Hobson Bernardino + Davis Provides High Quality Healthcare-Law Representation

The healthcare lawyers at Hobson Bernardino + Davis are highly accomplished attorneys with the kind of experience, education and interests that define exceptional representation. In the last few years, our lawyers have represented healthcare providers before licensing agencies, state courts, United States District Courts, the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.

Featured Experience

Representation in cases in which injunctions were obtained on behalf of clients involving billions of dollars:

• Independent Living Center of Southern California v. Shewry, Central District of California, injunction obtained on August 18, 2008;

• Independent Living Center of Southern California v. Shewry, Central District of California, injunction obtained on November 17, 2008;

• Managed Pharmacy Care v. Maxwell-Jolly, Central District of California, injunction obtained on February 27, 2009;

• California Pharmacists Association v. Maxwell-Jolly, Central District of California, injunction obtained on May 5, 2010.

• Managed Pharmacy Care v. Sebelius, Central District of California, injunction obtained on December 28, 2011;

• California Medical Transportation Association v. Douglas, Central District of California, injunction obtained on January 10, 2012.

Healthcare Recognitions

Los Angeles Business Journal 2012 Healthcare Leadership Award, Lifetime Achievement Award (finalist) – Presented to Mr. Stanley L. Friedman