What Health Law Lawyers Do
Health law lawyers:
- Help clients with laws affecting medical practice and scientific research, including, regulatory compliance, complex corporate and transactional work, medical malpractice, and health care policy
- Represent medical and biotechnology clients, government agencies regulating healthcare, and individuals dealing with medical providers
- Interpret complex statutes, administrative regulations and case law, as well as medical science issues
- Practice in
- small firms for plaintiff medical malpractice
- medium to large firms defending malpractice suits and other healthcare
litigation, and advising providers on regulatory compliance and transactions
- government agencies and non-profits, advising or lobbying on health policy or handling disputes over eligibility for government benefits
Who Might Enjoy This Specialty?
You might enjoy practicing Health Law if you:
- Enjoy working with people, including multidisciplinary professional clients (physicians, nurses, hospital administrators, global relief agencies)
- Simplify and communicate complex concepts adeptly
- Have a science background
- Enjoy a dynamic and challenging field, given the changes that the Affordable Care Act is having on health care