PARTNERS
Laurence R. Arnold (Partner) admitted to bar, 1976, Georgia; 1987, Virginia; 1988, California. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1973); Emory University School of Law (J.D., with distinction, 1976). Order of the Coif. Member, Board of Editors, Emory Law Journal, 1975-1976. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; State Bar of California (Member, Labor and Employment Section); American Bar Association (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section). Special Agencies: National Labor Relations Board; National Mediation Board; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and State Counterparts; Wage and Hour Division and State Counterparts. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Employment Discrimination; Collective Bargaining; Labor Arbitration; Administrative Hearings and Appeals; Wage and Hour Law; Media Law.Email: Laurence R. Arnold
Page R. Barnes (Partner) admitted to bar, 1991, California; U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth and Ninth Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Brown University (B.A., 1984); Northwestern University Law School (J.D., 1991). Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Securities Litigation.Email: Page R. Barnes
Teveia R. Barnes (Partner) admitted to bar, 1979, New York; 1994, California. Education: Rice University (B.A., 1975); New York University (J.D., 1978). Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; State Bar of California; New York State, American and National Bar Associations; Black Women Lawyer's Association. Practice Areas: Financial Institutions; Business Reorganization.Email: Teveia R. Barnes
Thomas F. Carlucci (Partner) admitted to bar, 1987, Nevada; 1988, California; 1989, District of Columbia. Education: University of Massachusetts (B.A., 1985); California Western School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1987). Trial Instructor, Department of Justice, 1993-1994. Recipient, Attorney General's John Marshall Award for Litigation, 1996. Member: State Bar of Nevada; State Bar of California; District of Columbia Bar. Practice Areas: White Collar Litigation; Corporate Compliance; Tax Litigation.Email: Thomas F. Carlucci
Michael E. Delehunt (Partner) admitted to bar, 1976, California. Education: St. Mary's College of California (B.A., 1970); Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., 1976). Author: articles on the California Environmental Quality Act. Lecturer, Commercial Litigation and Land Use. Contributing Editor and Consultant, Civil Procedure and Real Estate Litigation, California Continuing Education of the Bar publications. Former Consultant, Treatises on Mortgage and Deed of Trust Practice and Civil Litigation Procedures before Trial, California Continuing Education of the Bar. Member: San Francisco and Alameda County Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Land Use Section); Association of Business Trial Lawyers; Association of Defense Counsel. [United States Army]. Practice Areas: Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Unfair Competition; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Construction Law.Email: Michael E. Delehunt
William B. Deyo, Jr. (Partner) admitted to bar, 1974, New York; 1975, New Jersey; 2003, California. Education: Syracuse University (A.B., 1969); Columbia University School of Law (J.D., 1973). Pi Sigma Alpha. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; American Bar Association; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Public Finance; Finance; Financial Institutions Law.Email: William B. Deyo, Jr.
John H. Douglas (Partner) admitted to bar, 1995, California. Education: Harvard University (B.A., 1983); University of California at Berkeley (J.D., 1995). Author: Publications: "Doctor's Local: Boston Medical Center Made Gains for Proponents of Unions," L.A. Daily Journal, April 19, 2000. Languages: Japanese. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Appellate Practice; Food and Drug Regulation; Commercial Litigation.Email: John H. Douglas
George H. Keller (Partner) admitted to bar, 1993, Hawaii; 1995, California. Education: University of Chicago (B.A., with honors, 1982); William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii (J.D., 1993). Former Executive Editor of Production, University of Hawaii Law Review, Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii. Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance Coverage.Email: George H. Keller
Dana M. Lach (Partner) admitted to bar, 1999, Wisconsin. (Not admitted in California). Education: University of Chicago (B.A., 1994); University of Wisconsin-Madison (J.D., cum laude, 1999). Member: State Bar of Wisconsin; American Bar Association; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Public Finance; Health Care Finance; Municipal Finance; Business Law; Finance; Health Care.Email: Dana M. Lach
Gregory W. McClune (Partner) admitted to bar, 1978, California; 1981, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1987, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa (B.A., 1965; LL.B., 1968). Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; The State Bar of California; International Bar Association. Special Agencies: National Labor Relations Board; Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission and State Counterparts; Wage and Hour Division and State Counterparts. Reported Cases: O'Connor Hospital v. Superior Court of Santa Clara County and Cleu, 2 IER Cases (BNA) 1190 (1987). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Management Labor Law; Wrongful Termination; Employment Discrimination; Wage and Hour Law; Health Care.Email: Gregory W. McClune
Eileen R. Ridley (Partner) admitted to bar, 1990, California; 1997, Hawaii; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; U.S. District Court, District of Columbia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1986); Santa Clara University Law School (J.D., 1990) Emery Law Scholar.
Eileen R. Ridley is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP. She is managing partner of the firm's San Francisco office and vice chair of the Litigation Department. Ms. Ridley is a member of the Insurance & Reinsurance Litigation; Construction; Appellate; Intellectual Property Litigation; General Commercial Litigation; Trademark, Copyright & Advertising; Labor & Employment; and Privacy, Security & Information Management Practices, as well as the Insurance Industry and Food Industry Teams. Ms. Ridley is a co-chair of Foley's Privacy Litigation Task Force and the former co-chair of the Litigation Department training program.
Ms. Ridley has extensive experience in litigating, arbitrating and trying complex commercial matters for a variety of industries including the high-tech, oil and gas, telecommunications, construction, insurance and health care industries. Ms. Ridley's work has involved anti-trust and class actions, unfair competition, trade secret and copyright matters, product liability claims, environmental claims (including CERCLA and CEQA), insurance coverage litigation, ERISA litigation, commercial disputes, and employment issues. She also has a vast knowledge base in insurance coverage and litigation issues regarding a wide variety of insurance programs. Through Ms. Ridley's appellate practice, she has briefed and/or appeared before California's State Appellate Courts, the California Supreme Court, the 9th Circuit and the 7th Circuit.
Ms. Ridley is a graduate of Santa Clara University Law School and is a former Emery Law Scholar. Ms. Ridley earned her B.A. degree from the University of Notre Dame. She is admitted to all federal, state and appellate courts in California and Hawaii, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States District Court - Southern District of Texas, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Supreme Court.
In 2005, Ms. Ridley was named as one of the "Bay Area's Best Lawyers in Appellate Practice" by Bay Area Lawyer Magazine. In 2008 and 2009, she was selected for inclusion in the Northern California Super Lawyers® lists for business litigation.
Presentations:
· 2004 Business Litigation Conference - jointly sponsored with Corporate Legal Times and Martindale-Hubbell - "Maximizing the Protection of Privileged Communications"
· Mealey's, Inc. Coverage Disputes Concerning Construction Defects Conference- "Contractual Liability Coverage" (October 2004)
· California State Bar Convention -"Fifty Years After Brown: Examining Bias in the Legal Profession" (October 2004)
· The Daily Practice of Attorney-Client Privilege - Web Conference Series for Corporate Counsel (September 15, 2005)
· Information, Security and Privacy - The Rutter Group (November 2007)
· Privacy & Nondiscrimination in Genetic Testing - Webcast with West's Publishing (August 2008)
· Data Privacy and Security Best Practices for High Tech Companies, Manufacturers and Franchisors - Presentation at Foley's Drive Your Business Forward: Distribution and Franchise Law Update (September 2008)
· Foley NewsFeed: Foley Quarterly Food Industry Web Conference Series (March 2009)
Articles:
· "Construction's Four-Letter Word," The Recorder (April 30, 2004)
· "AB758: The Evolving Relationship Between Builder and Subcontractor," California Real Estate Journal (January 23, 2006)
· "Managing The Risk of Employee Blogs," Midwest In-House Magazine (February 1, 2007)
· "Unmasking the Anonymous Internet User, The Recorder (April 16, 2008)
· "Workplace Privacy and Employer Monitoring," BNA's Privacy & Security Law Report (July 2008)
· "Unresolved Questions: When Are Actual Damages Required in Stored Communications Act Cases?" - BNA's Privacy & Security Law Report (April 13, 2009)
Published Cases:
· Kendall v. Visa U.S.A., Inc., et al., 518 F.3d 1042 (9th Cir. 2008)
· Reyn ' s Pasta Bella, LLC, et al. v. VISA, U.S.A., Inc., et. al. 442 F.3d 741 (9th Cir., March 27, 2006)
· Reyn's Pasta Bella, LLC v. VISA, U.S.A., Inc., et al. 259 F. Supp.2d 992 (N.D. Ca. 2003)
· Somerset Marine, Inc. v. Forespar Products Corp., 876 F.Supp. 1114 (C.D. Ca 1994)
Practice Areas: Appellate; Construction; Consumer Financial Services Litigation; General Commercial Litigation; Insurance & Reinsurance Litigation; IP Litigation; Information Technology & Outsourcing; Labor & Employment; Privacy, Security & Information Management; Trademark, Copyright & Advertising.Email: Eileen R. Ridley
Mark T. Schieble (Partner) admitted to bar, 1980, Pennsylvania; 1981, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1984, California; 1999, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.A., with honors, 1975); Temple University (J.D., cum laude, 1980). Associate Editor, Temple Law Quarterly, 1979-1980. Author: "Intermediate Sanctions; Turning the Table," Inside Health Law, Vol. 1, No. 10, October 1996; "Joint Operating Agreements Among Nonprofit Hospitals: New Guidance from the IRS," Inside Health Law, Vol. 2, No. 2, February 1997. Articles in Health Care Law Newsletter: "Proposed Regulations to Govern Private Business Use of Tax-Exempt Bond Financed Facilities," Vol. 10, No. 6, June 1995; "The Hermann Hospital Closing Agreement: Is Informal Guidance Better Than No Guidance at All?," Vol. 10, No. 2, February 1995. Member: National Association of Bond Lawyers; Healthcare Financial Management Association (Member, Tax Committee, 1992-1993). Practice Areas: Taxation(70%); Municipal Finance(10%); Business Law(20%); Health Care.Email: Mark T. Schieble
Judith A. Waltz (Partner) admitted to bar, 1982, California. Education: Indiana University (B.A., 1977; J.D./M.P.A., 1981).
Judith A. Waltz is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP. She is co-chair of the Life Sciences Industry Team, and former vice chair of the Health Care Industry Team. She is also a member of the White Collar Defense and Corporate Compliance & Enforcement Practices, Life Sciences Industry Team and former co-chair of the Health Care Payments/Compliance Practice.
Ms. Waltz regularly advises clients who are the focus of government investigations and other enforcement actions, and has negotiated false claims act settlements with the U.S. Department of Justice as well as corporate integrity agreements (CIAs) with the Office of Inspector General. She then has worked closely with those clients to implement their CIAs, including ongoing advice in connection with IRO audits and reviews. At the state level, she has been involved with various Medi-Cal audits and investigations, including one large matter involving allegations of inflated drug pricing by a major pharmaceutical company. In 2004, she represented Gambro Healthcare, Inc., an entity with more than 500 sites in CIA negotiations with the OIG, and subsequently was featured in the September 2005 cover story of Counsel to Counsel magazine for this work.
She also provides ongoing compliance counseling and Medicare payment advice to clients which include county health systems, hospitals, durable medical equipment suppliers, clinical laboratories, dialysis companies, skilled nursing facilities, ambulance companies, pharmacies, teaching hospitals, managed care providers, and a variety of other health care entities. More recently, she has provided compliance counsel to a new (start up) pharmaceutical manufacturer on issues of off-label promotion, pricing, and other marketing practices.
Prior to joining the firm in 1998, Ms. Waltz served as assistant regional counsel for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in San Francisco, primarily handling Medicare issues including enforcement actions. In that position, she appeared frequently before the Ninth Circuit and other federal courts in matters primarily involving payment disputes (including PRRB appeals) and bankruptcy issues, and Medicare Secondary Payer disputes. She held collateral appointments as a special assistant United States attorney for the Eastern and Northern districts of California.
Ms. Waltz is a frequent speaker and writer on health care compliance issues, including payment suspensions, health care bankruptcies, and potential issues of personal liability for owners of entities who are the focus of government scrutiny. She has been an instructor at the HCCA Compliance Academy, and has been a regular contributor to Drug Benefits Trends Magazine, with several articles on topics of drug pricing. She has been named to the 2007 list of Outstanding Healthcare Fraud and Compliance Lawyers published by Nightingale's Healthcare News. She was also ranked as one of the top health care attorneys in the nation in 2009 by Chambers USA.
Ms. Waltz is admitted to practice before the Ninth Circuit and all Federal District Courts for California. She received her B.A., J.D. and M.P.A. degrees from Indiana University, where she was an associate instructor in the School of Business. Ms. Waltz was admitted to the California Bar in 1982.
Ms. Waltz is a past chair of the Women's Network Steering Committee at Foley.
Publications:
· "Conflicts of Interest: Device Makers Settlements," Compliance Today (April 2008)
· "OIG Offers Carrot For Self-Disclosure Protocol," Health Law360 (April 2008)
· "Business Conduct Guidelines For Health Care," Health Law360 (March 2008)
· "Physician Arrangements Get Device Makers In Trouble," Health Law360 (January 2008)
·"Compliance Risks for Suppliers of End-stage Renal Disease Services," Compliance Today (December 2007)
· Co-author, "Department of Justice Revises Prosecution Policies, Confirms Importance of Effective Compliance Plans," Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (February 2007)
· Co-author, "Bad Advice from Health Care Consultants May Lead to False Claims Act Liability for Both Consultants and Clients," ABA's The Health Lawyer, Volume 16, Issue 3 (March 2004)
· Co-author, "Payment Suspensions and Withholds," AHLA publication entitled The RAP Sheet, Volume 5, Issue 2 (Summer 2002)
· Co-author, "Injunctive Relief in Health Care Insolvencies," California Bankruptcy Journal, 24, No. 3 (1998)
Presentations:
· "Modifying Compliance Policies in Response to Government Enforcement Activities," ACI's 5th Annual Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Counsel's Guide to Off-Label Communications (July 2008)
· "Upcoming CMS Medicaid Audits: Strategies for Minimizing Your Chances of Adverse Findings," AIS Health Audio Conference (June 2008)
· "From Theory to Practice: FDAAA, Future FDA and Legislative Priorities, Other Enforcement Initiatives, and Beyond," ACI's FDA Boot Camp (May 2008)
· "Trends in Corporate Integrity: Investigations and Obligations," AHLA Life Sciences Law Institute (May 2008)
· "The Role of the Board," PLI's Corporate Compliance and Ethics Institute (April 2008)
· "Enforcing Quality: New State and Federal Approaches to Drive Patient Safety Initiatives," CSHA 2008 Annual Meeting & Spring Seminar (April 2008)
·"Administrative Enforcement Options: Payments, Penalties, and Participation," AHLA Institute of Medicare and Medicaid Payment Issues (2007 and 2008)
· "Dining With the Docs: How Business Entertaining Can Send You to Jail," HIMSS 2008 Annual Conference & Exhibition (February 2008)
· "Ethical Guidelines for Legal Compliance (or Dining With Doctors: The Only Industry Where Being Nice to Your Customers Can Land You in Jail)," ASTRO 49th Annual Meeting (October 2007)
· "Tackling the Reimbursement Issues Associated with Off-Label Users," ACI's 4th National Pharmaceutical Counsel's Guide to Off-Label Communications (July 2007)
· "Negotiating False Claims Act Settlements and Living Under a Corporate Integrity Agreement," HCCA 2007 Compliance Institute (April 2007)
· "CIAs Gone Wrong: How Not to Live Under a CIA," HCCA 2007 Compliance Institute (April 2007)
· "Corporate Internal Investigations: What You Want to Know - But Are Afraid to Ask," ABA Litigation Section Annual Meeting (April 2007)
· "Alternative Theories of Liability for Debts to the Medicare Program," AHLA Institute on Medicare & Medicaid Payment Issues (2004-2006)
Practice Areas: Corporate Compliance & Enforcement; White Collar Defense.Email: Judith A. Waltz
Kevin F. Woodall (Partner) admitted to bar, 1995, California. Education: Florida State University (B.S., 1991); University of San Francisco (J.D., magna cum laude, 1995). Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, Civil Division, Southern District of California, 1997-1999. Member: State Bar of California. [U.S. Navy, JAGC, 1995-1999]. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment.Email: Kevin F. Woodall
RETIRED PARTNERS
Jonathan M. Lindeke (Retired Partner) admitted to bar, 1976, California; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth and District of Columbia Circuits. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1970); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley (J.D., 1976). Editor, Health Care Law Newsletter, Matthew Bender, 1990-1992. Author: Articles in Inside Health Law: "Beware of the Sale of Your PPO Discounts!" Vol. 1, No. 2, February 1996; "States Scramble to Regulate Risk-Bearing Provider Networks," Vol. 2, No. 4, April 1996; "'Gag Rules' Hard to Swallow in Managed Care Contracting," Vol. 1, No. 6, June 1996. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco. Practice Areas: Health Care; Hospital Law; Corporate Law; Antitrust.
Ingeborg E. Penner (Retired Partner) admitted to bar, 1986, Pennsylvania; 1989, California, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: Kansas University (B.A., cum laude, 1969); Temple University (M.S.W., 1979; J.D., 1986). Co-Author: "State Legislation Focuses Debate on Costs v. Quality," Inside Health Law, Vol. 1, No. 5, May 1996. Author: Articles in Health Care Law Newsletter: "HCFA Enacts New Enforcement Remedies Covering Nursing Facilities," Vol. 10, No. 4, April 1995; "Joint Commission Completes Transition to Functional Standards," Vol. 10, No. 1, January 1995; "Ninth Circuit Buttresses Peer Review Immunities," Vol. 9, No. 11, November 1994. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; California Society for Health Care Attorneys. Languages: German. Practice Areas: Medical Staff Credentialing; Health Care.
SENIOR COUNSEL
Laura Lindsay Chapman (Senior Counsel) admitted to bar, 1993, California. Education: Smith College (A.B., 1986); University of Southern California (J.D., 1993). Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation; Intellectual Property.Email: Laura Lindsay Chapman
Lars E. Johansson (Senior Counsel) admitted to bar, 1999, California. Education: University of Uppsala (B.A., 1994; M.A., 1999); University of California School of Law, Davis (J.D., 1998). Transactions: Company counsel in $11.5 million Series B financing Investor counsel in $5 million Series A financing Company counsel in $85 million private equity buy-out transaction Company counsel in $15 million joint venture. Languages: Swedish. Practice Areas: Private Equity and Venture Capital; Emerging Technologies; Energy; International; Transactional and Securities.Email: Lars E. Johansson
Michael A. Naranjo (Senior Counsel) admitted to bar, 2002, California and Wisconsin. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1995); University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2002). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Antitrust; Commercial Litigation; Litigation.Email: Michael A. Naranjo
ASSOCIATES
Katherine L. Aizawa (Associate) admitted to bar, 1993, California. Education: University of Idaho (B.A., 1976); University of San Francisco Law School (J.D., 1993). Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; Pension Plans; 401(k) Plans; Retirement Benefit Plans.Email: Katherine L. Aizawa
Erin J. Holland (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, California. Education: Duke University (B.A., cum laude, 2000); Georgetown University (J.D.). Member, Georgetown Journal of Poverty Law and Policy. Published: "From Welfare to Work: What the 1996 Welfare Reform Initiative has Meant for Children," Georgetown Journal of Poverty Law and Policy, v 11.1, Winter 2004. Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: White Collar Criminal Defense; White Collar Crime; Embezzlement; White Collar Fraud.Email: Erin J. Holland
Scott P. Inciardi (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, California. Education: San Francisco State University (B.A., cum laude, 1999); University of California School of Law, Davis (J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment.Email: Scott P. Inciardi
Evelyn M. Kim (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, California. Education: Cornell University (B.A., cum laude, 1998); University of Illinois College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Listed in Northern California Super Lawyers - Rising Stars®, 2009. Languages: Korean. Practice Areas: Securities; Business Reorganization; Business Law; Finance; Financial Institutions Law; Energy; Wind Energy; Information Technology.Email: Evelyn M. Kim
Jean Kosela (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, California. Education: Rice University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1995); Harvard University Graduate School of Education (Ed.M., 1996); Harvard Law School (J.D., 2007). Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation.Email: Jean Kosela
Kristy Kunisaki (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, California. Education: Santa Clara University (B.A., cum laude, 2000); University of California at Davis (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Litigation; Labor and Employment.Email: Kristy Kunisaki
Gillian Morshedi (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, California. Education: Dartmouth College (B.A., magna cum laude, 2004); Emory University School of Law (J.D., with honors, 2007). Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Gillian Morshedi
Laura Neumeister (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, California. Education: Indiana University (B.S., summa cum laude, 2003); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 2007). Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Finance; Financial Institutions Law.Email: Laura Neumeister
Bill Symes (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, California. Education: University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management (B.S., 2003); University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D., 2008). Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Litigation.Email: Bill Symes
Patrick T. Wong (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, California. Education: University of Southern California (B.S., cum laude); University of California School of Law, Davis (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy; Business Organization; Insurance.Email: Patrick T. Wong