PPSV's John D. Kemp Recognized by Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao for Contributions toward Employment of People with Disabilities
October 24, 2007
Three PPSV Attorneys Again Selected as Best Lawyers in America
The Best Lawyers in America™, 2008 Edition, October 1, 2007
Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC is pleased to announce that principals Joel Hamme, Galen Powers, and Diane Millman were again selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America™ for Health Law1. The list of Washington-based attorneys for the 2008 edition was released September 30th and excerpted in the Washington Post Magazine. For more information about Best Lawyers and their methodology, see www.bestlawyers.com.
PPSV Helps Yale New Haven Health System Fund Disaster and Bioterrorism Response Unit
September 5, 2007
Judith A. Buckalew, Director of Public Policy and Legislation at Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC, has secured $2.5 million in funding from the Department of Defense for the Yale New Haven Health System Center for Emergency Preparedness to establish the National Center for Integrated Civilian-Military Domestic Disaster Medical Response. The Yale New Haven Health System is the only hospital system in the United States to be recognized by the Centers for Disease Control as a Center for Emergency Preparedness, a designation obtained with the assistance of Ms. Buckalew.
Final Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System ("IPPS") Rule - Federal Fiscal Year (“FFY”) 2008
Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville, PC
August 8, 2007
Emerging Legal Developments in Title IV Administration
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators Annual Conference
Stanley A. Freeman, Sherry Mastrostefano Gray, Sharon H. Bob, Ph.D., Joel M. Rudnick
Washington, DC
July 9, 2007
Three PPSV Attorneys Again on Chambers List of America's Leading Business Lawyers
Firm recognized as leader in Healthcare Law (among top 8 firms in the nation)
June 20, 2007
Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC is pleased to announce that three of the firm’s partners, Mark Fitzgerald, Mary Susan Philp and Robert Saner, have been selected for the 2007 Chambers USA - America's Leading Business Lawyers. Chambers’ rankings were compiled from over 5,000 independent interviews with top business leaders and legal advisors.
US Business Leadership Network Taps John Kemp
April 23, 2007
PPSV announces the appointment of partner John D. Kemp as Executive Director and General Counsel of the US Business Leadership Network (USBLN®). Under Mr. Kemp’s leadership, the USBLN will continue to advance America's commitment to hire, retain and promote qualified people with disabilities and to value them as important customers and consumers in the marketplace. Mr. Kemp will maintain his legal and legislative practice serving disability, rehabilitation, health care, and nonprofit organization clients at the firm while assuming this new role for USBLN.
Stanley A. Freeman Elected President and Chair of the Firm's Executive Committee
April 18, 2007
Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC is pleased to announce that partner Stanley A. Freeman was elected President of the firm and Chair of the Executive Committee, effective April 27, 2007. He succeeds Robert J. Saner, who served the firm in that capacity since 2000. Mr. Saner remains a partner in the firm and will continue his representation of health care clients.
PPSV adds Two New Partners and Three New Associates
February 1, 2007
Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville, PC is pleased to announce the arrival of two new partners, Robert M. Portman and Robert “Bobby” Silverstein, and three associates, Elisabeth Doyle, Hilton Marcus and Kathleen Romanow.
Bobby Silverstein joins PPSV
Silverstein was Staff Director and Chief Counsel for the US Senate Subcommittee on Disability Policy and is currently Director of the Center for the Study and Advancement of Disability Policy
January 18, 2007
PPSV is pleased to announce the arrival of new partner Robert “Bobby” Silverstein, effective February 1, 2007. Mr. Silverstein joins Dick Verville, John Kemp, Peter Thomas and others in PPSV’s well-established disability, public policy and healthcare practice areas. His federal regulatory and legislative practice will also focus in the areas of rehabilitation, employment, education, social security, and civil rights. Mr. Silverstein is currently the director of the Center for the Study and Advancement of Disability Policy (www.disabilitypolicycenter.org). The Center conducts research and analysis of complex public policy issues affecting individuals with disabilities and their families. Prior to directing the Center, Mr. Silverstein was Staff Director and Chief Counsel for the US Senate Subcommittee on Disability Policy chaired by Senator Tom Harkin.
Rob Portman joins PPSV
Portman brings extensive nonprofit counseling and health law experience
January 17, 2007
PPSV is pleased to announce the arrival of new partner Robert M. Portman. Mr. Portman concentrates his practice on counseling nonprofit organizations in healthcare, education, business, social services, and numerous other fields. He represents national and state professional societies, trade associations, certification bodies, and voluntary health and social service organizations. He counsels these clients on a wide range of legal issues, including governance, antitrust, transactions, tax exemption issues, intellectual property, election and lobbying law, and legislation and regulation in healthcare and other fields. Mr. Portman also represents numerous individual physicians, medical groups, other health care providers, and manufacturers and distributors of various health care products. Mr. Portman augments the firm’s significant depth of experience in HIPAA patient privacy rules; Stark II self-referral and Medicare-Medicaid anti-kickback counseling; physician-hospital transactions and medical staff issues; antitrust, EMTALA, and FDA counseling; and numerous other health law issues.
PPSV helps Yale New Haven Health System Set Up Disaster and Bioterrorism Response Unit
November 9, 2006
Judith A. Buckalew and the public policy and government relations team at PPSV recently helped its client the Yale New Haven Health System Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response secure $2 million in funding from the Pentagon to establish a National Center for Integrated Civilian-Military Medical Response and Homeland Security. The Yale New Haven Health System is the first and only hospital system in the United States to be recognized by the Centers for Disease Control as a Center for Emergency Preparedness, a designation obtained with the assistance of Ms. Buckalew.
Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville – 2006 Honors
November 6, 2006
Seven partners have been recognized for outstanding service in 2006:
Joel Hamme is the President-Elect Designate of the American Health Lawyers Association and will serve as the organization’s president from July 2008 – June 2009. He has long been active in the leadership of AHLA, serving as a Board Member and previously as Secretary, a member of the Executive Committee and chair of the Practice Groups Committee.
Galen Powers, Diane Millman and Joel Hamme are included in the 2007 edition of Woodward/White’s Best Lawyers in America for Health Law. Once again, no other Washington law firm, regardless of size, is home to more of the Best Lawyers in America for Health Law than PPSV.
Mark Fitzgerald, Mary Susan Philp and Robert Saner were selected for Chambers & Partners USA 2006—America’s Leading Business Lawyers. Chambers’ rankings are based on reputation in the market, technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, diligence, and commitment.
John Kemp holds the 2006 Henry B. Betts award, the most prestigious award within the national disability community. The award was created to annually honor an individual whose work and scope of influence have significantly improved the quality of life for people with disabilities. It is named for Henry B. Betts, MD, a pioneer in the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation.
Three PPSV Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America
The Best Lawyers in America - 2007 Edition, November 6, 2006
Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC is pleased to announce that Joel Hamme, Galen Powers, and Diane Millman were selected for inclusion in the 2007 edition of The Best Lawyers in America™ for Health Law. Again this year, no other firm has more health law attorneys on this prestigious list. For more information about Best Lawyers and their methodology, see www.bestlawyers.com.
PPSV Represents 28 State and National Mental Health Organizations in Important Medical Privacy Case
October 20, 2006
Founding partner James C. Pyles filed an amicus curiae brief on behalf of the 28 state and national mental health practitioner and patient organizations in a case pending before the Maryland Court of Special Appeals entitled Maryland State Board of Physicians v. Harold I. Eist, M.D., Case No. 00329. The amicus brief supports a prominent psychiatrist who delayed in turning over the psychiatric records of a mother and her two minor children to the Maryland Board of Physicians. The patients strongly objected to the disclosure because the subpoena was issued in response to a complaint filed by the estranged husband who was involved in a bitter divorce and child custody proceeding with the mother. The complaint against the psychiatrist was found to be without merit, but the Board still sought to sanction and fine the psychiatrist because he complied with the wishes of his patients and adhered to his standards of professional ethics. The Circuit Court has twice overturned the Board’s sanction of the physician, and the state now seeks to have the Circuit Court decisions reversed. The 28 associations represented in the amicus curiae brief support the affirmance of the Circuit Court decisions because it is consistent with the patients' constitutionally protected rights to privacy and established standards of medical ethics.
Joel M. Hamme Elected President of American Health Lawyers Association
June 28, 2006
Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville, PC is pleased to announce that Joel Hamme has been selected as "President-Elect Designate" of the American Health Lawyers Association. This means that he will be the President-Elect Designate for AHLA's fiscal year 2007 (beginning July 1, 2006), President-Elect for AHLA's fiscal year 2008, and President for AHLA's fiscal year 2009. It is a great tribute to the hard work he has put into this bar over the last several years as a Director, and for many years before that as a speaker, author and Chair of the Association's program on long term care law. It also continues the long history of contributions that people in the Firm have made to the AHLA, starting with Galen Powers, who was a founding Director of the predecessor National Health Lawyers Association and one of its early Presidents.
Three PPSV Attorneys on Chambers List of America's Leading Business Lawyers
Chambers USA - America's Leading Business Lawyers, June 1, 2006
PPSV is pleased to announce that three partners, Mark Fitzgerald, Mary Susan Philp, and Robert Saner, were selected for the 2006 Chambers USA - America's Leading Business Lawyers.
