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.

Mr. Hamme is the President-Elect Designate of the American Health Lawyers Association and will serve as the organization’s president in 2008. 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. His practice primarily involves reimbursement and operational issues for long term care providers and litigation related to Medicaid and Medicare rates.

Mr. Powers was the first Chief Counsel for the Health Care Financing Administration (now CMS) and Founding Director and a former President of the American Health Lawyers Association. His practice involves the restructuring of the health care industry, including the affiliation of hospitals, physician groups and insurers, and the creation and financing of emerging delivery systems.

Ms. Millman’s practice encompasses the full range of transactional, regulatory and legislative services. In recent years, she has focused primarily on the representation of physicians, ambulatory care providers and professional and trade associations.

Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville is a Washington, DC-based law firm that focuses on healthcare, education and the law of tax-exempt organizations. For more information, please contact Bob Saner, Managing Partner, at 202-466-6550 or e-mail rsaner@ppsv.com.