Michael J. Morris

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Shareholder

  Firm Name

  Greenberg Traurig, LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Experience: Representative Matters: Served as national regulatory counsel
  represented rapidly exp
  ing managed health care plan sponsor in the formation
  licensing of HMOs
  stock health insurers across numerous state markets.
  Regularly serves as insurance regulatory counsel to obtain necessary state regulatory approvals of acquisitions of controlling interests in insurers, health maintenance organizations, organized delivery systems
  other insurance-regulated entities.
  Counseled numerous licensed
  certified New Jersey organized health care delivery systems in obtaining initial licensure or certification, modification
  expansion of such licenses,
  development of provider network contracting, utilization management, credentialing, appeals
  quality improvement programs.
  Lead counsel for national managed care plan sponsor in formation
  licensing of a North Carolina HMO entering the individual qualified health plan market, with continuing engagement in health system contracting
  development of state-specific policies
  procedures.
  Lead counsel to a joint venture between a New York-based commercial vehicle fleet operator
  an experienced insurance industry management team in the acquisition of a New York stock property casualty insurer from the liquidator of an insolvent parent insurer.
  Represented Georgia-based property-casualty insurer in the acquisition of a New Jersey domestic surety insurer
  obtained required state regulatory approvals.
  Represented a major Blue Cross Blue Shield organization in obtaining regulatory approvals for an innovative joint venture with a major integrated health system to operate a Medicare Advantage plan.
  Regularly serve as counsel to independent insurance agencies
  brokerages in implementing growth strategies through acquisitions, joint ventures
  buy-sell agreements with add-on target companies.
  Lead counsel to sellers of a New York-based multi-line employee benefits
  insurance agency in sale to a national private equity backed buyer for $22 million in cash
  rollover equity.
  Lead counsel to sellers of a Florida-based specialty property-casualty insurance agency to a national private equity backed buyer for $28 million in cash
  rollover equity.
  Serve as lead regulatory counsel in New York
  New Jersey to a national workers' compensation
  liability claims third-party administrator in obtaining
  managing various managed care licenses
  certifications, including New York certified workers' compensation preferred provider organization status, formation of a diagnostic testing network, m
  atory pharmacy program
  New Jersey workers' compensation managed care organization.
  Facilitated a merger of multiple New York financial risk-bearing independent practice associations
  NYSDOH approval of novation of risk-shifting contracts resulting from acquisition of a specialty healthcare benefits administrator by major national health insurer.
  Represented national telehealth provider organization in development of business structure
  practices to comply with corporate practice of medicine doctrine, DEA controlled substance prescription
  dispensing regulations
  state telemedicine licensing requirements.
  Represented nephrology group in formation of joint venture
  practice management arrangement with national dialysis services provider to operate a dialysis center.
  The above representations were h
  led by Mr. Morris prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
  Previous Experience: Analyst, BlackRock, Financial Institutions Group, 2008-2009
  Internships: Intern, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Appellate Mediation Program, 2012
  Judicial Intern, Magistrate Judge David Strawbridge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2011
  Summer Honors Law Program, U.S. Securities
  Exchange Commission, Office of Compliance Inspections
  Examinations, 2010
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