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365 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA

Over the years, Mr. Dugan has specialized in the area of complex litigation representing numerous consumers and third party-payors, including Blue Cross of Louisiana and other health insurers in cases against the manufacturers of Synthroid, Fen-Phen, Rezulin, Neurontin, Vioxx, Zyprexa, Bextra/Celebrex, Oxycontin, Ketek, Effexor, Prograf, Skelaxin, Nexium, and Suboxone. Mr. Dugan also represented the Louisiana Attorney General in the Synthroid, Baycol, Rezulin, Vioxx, and Ketek litigations to recoup medical costs the state Medicaid program expended over these drugs. As a result of his demonstrated skill and experience in class action and mass tort practice, Mr. Dugan has been appointed by the court to serve in key leadership positions in a number of large national federal court class action cases. Mr. Dugan received his B.A. from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette, Louisiana and his J.D. form Loyola University Law School in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is a member of the Louisiana Bar and has also been admitted to practice before a number of Federal Courts including the Eastern and Middle District’s of Louisiana, Southern District of Alabama, District of Massachusetts, Eastern District of New York, United States 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal, United States 1st Circuit of Appeal, United States 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal and United States 5th Circuit Court of Appeal. Mr. Dugan continues to be an active member in a number of well-respected legal organizations, including the Federal Bar Association, the Louisiana Association for Justice, the Orleans Parish Bar Associations and the Louisiana State and American Bar Associations.

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1010 Wisonsin Ave, NW, 530, Washington, DC 20007

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155805 W Byron Rd, Prosser, WA 99350

Health Care Law

7676 Forsyth Blvd, Suite 2230, St Louis, MO 63105

Jim Wiehl is a partner in Norton Rose Fulbright's St. Louis office. His broad corporate and regulatory healthcare practice includes handling all types of affiliations; mergers and acquisitions; private equity transactions; corporate structure and board governance issues, including analysis of a board's fiduciary obligations including duty of care and duty of loyalty, and immunities available to board members; development and implementation of accountable care organizations under the Affordable Care Act, including the utilization of waivers and deemed clinical integration status; complex outsource arrangements; managed care arrangements; antitrust consulting; Medicare and Medicaid regulatory consulting; investigations and corporate compliance and other healthcare regulatory consulting. He has worked with a diverse group of health care clients including health care systems, academic medical centers, hospitals, universities, large specialty physician groups, health insurance companies, and other health care providers. Jim was named "Lawyer of the Year" for healthcare law in St. Louis in 2016 by Best Lawyers and is a recommended lawyer for Healthcare: Service providers by Legal 500 in the US.

Health Care Law

113 E 39th St, New York, NY 10016, USA

Joanita Gakami is a New York and New Jersey attorney whose practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, healthcare litigation, regulatory compliance, employment disputes, and high-stakes business disputes. She currently serves as General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer for Dr. Keloid – Scar & Cosmetic Center and the Jones Family Office, where she oversees litigation strategy, regulatory and compliance matters, transactional advisory work, collections and reimbursement disputes, and enterprise-wide legal risk management. Ms. Gakami has extensive experience representing businesses, physicians, healthcare entities, and executives in state and federal litigation, arbitration proceedings, and pre-suit negotiations. Her practice includes commercial contract disputes, business torts, restrictive covenant litigation, wage-and-hour matters, healthcare reimbursement disputes, fraud and misrepresentation claims, and complex motion practice.