Elise Dunitz Brennan

Community & Professional

American Health Lawyers Association, Current fellow, Past Member of the Board Directors and Executive Committee, Past Chair of Credentialing Practice Group, Public Interest Committee and Alternative Dispute Resolution Task Force

Oklahoma Health Lawyers Association, Past President

American Arbitration Association, Member of the Commercial and Health Panels

American Health Lawyers Association, Alternative Dispute Resolution Panel - Mediator, Arbitrator and Trainer

University of Oklahoma Adjunct Law Professor

Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Health and Life Sciences Law

She has served as an arbitrator or mediator in health care provider disputes ranging in controversy from $50,000.00 to $23,000,000.00.

Ms. Brennan advises one of the state's largest managed care organizations, and the largest Oklahoma community behavioral health center. Her long term care expertise includes the acquisition of a certificate of need, bond financing and regulatory approval for the first life care community in Oklahoma. She has represented hospitals in over 20 physician peer review hearings and is retained regionally to assist with revisions to bylaws and other medical staff matters. Recently her practice has involved healthcare facility mergers and acquisitions, HIPAA, corporate compliance, and health care operational and billing issues including anti-kickback, Stark, EMTALA and Medicare & Medicaid appeals. She advises nursing homes, assisted living centers, hospices and home health agencies. She graduated in 1976 from Newcomb College of Tulane University, magna cum laude, received a Master's degree in Social Work from the University of Michigan in 1978, and her law degree from Southern Methodist University in 1983. Ms. Brennan is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Order of the Barristers. Prior to attending law school, Ms. Brennan worked as a social worker in hospitals and related healthcare organizations.

Memberships & Affiliations:

· Oklahoma Health Lawyers Association, 1987-Present (Past President)

· Family & Children's Services, 1983-Present (Past President and Current Member of Advisory Board)

· American Health Lawyers Association, 2006-Present (Fellow, Past Member, Board of Directors and Executive Committee)

· American Health Lawyers Association (Past Chair, Credentialing Practice Group)

· American Health Lawyers Association (Past Chair, Public Interest Committee)

· American Health Lawyers Association (Past Chair - Alternative Dispute Resolution Task Force)

· American Arbitration Association, 2007-Present (Commercial Panel)

· American Health Lawyers Association, 1995-Present (Alternative Dispute Resolution Panel)

· CPR, International (Institute of Conflict Resolution), 2009-Present (Healthcare and Life Sciences for Panel of Distinguished Neutrals)

Other Distinctions:

· 2011 Tulsa Lawyer of the Year in Health Care - Best Lawyers

· Listed as one of the Pre-eminent Practitioners in the Country of Leading US Healthcare Lawyers by Legal Media Group, 2010

· Chambers U.S.A. Leading Lawyers for Business: Corporate/Commercial: Healthcare, 2010

· The Best Lawyers in America for Health Care Law, 1991-2010

· Listed as One of the Top 50 Super Lawyers in Oklahoma by Oklahoma Magazine, 2006-Present

· Listed as One of the Top 25 Women Lawyers in Oklahoma by Oklahoma Magazine, 2006-Present

· Elected as Fellow of the AHLA Board of Directors, 2007-Present

· A-V Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating

· Appointed ot the Editorial Board of the Journal of Health and Life Sciences Law, 2007-Present

· Listed as One of the Top 25 Women Lawyers in Oklahoma by Super Lawyers, 2010

Industry Expertise

· Health Care