Street Address
Duane Morris LLP
100 American Metro Boulevard, Suite 150
Hamilton, NJ 08619

Katherine Benesch practices in the areas of healthcare law and litigation, with particular emphasis on physician group practices, hospitals, hospital-physician relationships, academic medical centers, faculty practice plans, state and federal regulatory matters, fraud and abuse, managed care, faculty practice plans and employment and licensing matters. As a litigator, Ms. Benesch represents clients in trial and appellate cases involving physician, hospital and managed care liability, contract, credentialing, commercial, employment and reimbursement disputes and state licensure issues.

Ms. Benesch is a member of the American, Mercer County, New Jersey and Pennsylvania bar associations, the American Health Lawyers Association (vice chair of its Labor & Employment Law Practice Group), the Healthcare Financial Management Association and is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation. A frequent author and lecturer in the areas of health law and managed care, Ms. Benesch is a member of the Advisory Board of the BNA Health Law Reporter and is listed in Who's Who in American Law, Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America and Who's Who in New Jersey.

Ms. Benesch is a past president of the Princeton Bar Association, past chair of the Health and Hospital Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association, past chair of the Princeton Regional Health Commission and past governor of the American Bar Association Forum Committee (now Section) on Health Law. Ms. Benesch serves as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association and American Health Lawyers Association, and is certified as a healthcare mediator by the American Health Lawyers Association. She has served as an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and is on the Technical Review Board of the Princeton Journal of Bioethics. She was named by Nightingale's Healthcare News as one of the Outstanding Hospital Attorneys for 2004.

Admitted to practice in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia, Ms. Benesch is a graduate of Duquesne University School of Law, Yale University School of Medicine (M.P.H.) and Wheaton College.

Areas Of Practice

Litigation
Employment Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Health Law

Representative Matters

Counsel in various litigation matters involving the rights of physicians to practice medicine as a member of a hospital staff. These cases have involved multiple claims against our clients, including antitrust, defamation tortious interference with business relationships, discrimination and infliction of emotional distress. Successful results have been achieved prior to trial in all cases.
Mediation of a $25 million managed care reimbursement lawsuit, which was resolved through the renegotiation of a $400 million nationwide business agreement between the parties.
Development and ongoing representation of two professional corporations for the full-time faculty of a major medical school.
Counsel to a consortium of hospitals operating regional and statewide ambulance services to assist in the restructuring of its corporate entities.
Counsel representing physicians and other healthcare professionals and organizations in administrative hearings before state licensing boards, with successful outcomes in almost all cases.
Litigation Counsel to one of the premier national research laboratories in the country, including continuing resolution of disputes involving the Freedom of Information Act, the federal whistleblower and false claims statutes, as well as routine commercial litigation. To date, all cases in which firm counsel have defended this client have been dismissed.
Representation of professional corporations and healthcare organizations in mergers and acquisitions, including development of operational and compensation documents.
Representation of healthcare professionals and organizations in state and federal courts and administrative hearings before state boards and insurance commissions, with successful outcomes in almost all cases.

Professional Activities

Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 1981-1993
American Bar Association
- Tort and Insurance Practice Section
-- Medicine and Law Committee
--- Co-Editor, TIP Committee News: Medicine and Law Committee
--- Former Vice Chair
- Forum Committee on Health Law
-- Former Governor
- Medical Malpractice Advisory Panel (1989)
Special Master, Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, 1989-1992
Arbitrator, Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust
Arbitrator, Dalkon Shield Program, Duke University Private Adjudication Center
New Jersey State Bar Association
- Unlawful Practice Committee
- Legislative Committee
- Health and Hospital Law Section
-- Former Chair
-- Board of Trustees
Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Delegate, House of Delegates
- Vice Chair, Judicial Inquiry and Review Board Committee
- Civil Litigation and Labor Section
-- Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee
Princeton Bar Association
- Former President
Mercer County Bar Association
American Bar Foundation
- Fellow
Allegheny County Bar Association
- Board of Governors
- Former Chair, Young Lawyers Section
Academy of Trial Lawyers
- Special Subcommittee on Medical Malpractice Case Management (1990)
American Trial Lawyers Association
American Health Lawyers Association
- Vice Chair, Labor and Employment Law Practice Group, 2001-2004
- Certified Healthcare Mediator
Healthcare Financial Management Association
Association of the Federal Bar of the State of New Jersey
American Arbitration Association
- National Panel of Arbitrators
Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County
- Special Committee on Medical Malpractice
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
University of Pittsburgh Center for Medical Ethics
Catholic Health Association of the United States
- Committee on Legal Services, 1987-1989
Chair, Development Committee, Association for the Advancement of Mental Health
Executive Committee, Association for the Advancement of Mental Health
Robert Wood Johnson University Medical School
- Adjunct Professor, 2001-2006

Admissions

District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Pennsylvania
United States District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of New York
Supreme Court of the United States
United States District Court for the District of Minnesota (Pro Hac Vice)
United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (Pro Hac Vice)
Circuit Court of Baltimore City (Pro Hac Vice)
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Education

Duquesne University School of Law, J.D., 1979

Yale University School of Medicine, M.P.H., 1970
Wheaton College, B.A., 1968

Experience

Archer & Greiner, P.C., Princeton, New Jersey
- partner, 1999-2001
Law Offices of Katherine Benesch, Lawrenceville, New Jersey
(formerly Benesch & Obade, P.C.)
- Principal, 1994-1998
Hannoch Weisman, Trenton, New Jersey
- Director, 1991-1994
Katherine Benesch & Associates, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Attorney, 1986-1991
Mellon Bank Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Attorney, 1984-1986
Specter & Buchwach, P.C., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Associate, 1982-1984
Presbyterian-University Hospital
- Assistant Executive Director and Legal Counsel, 1980-1981
Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote
- Associate, 1977-1980
Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 2001-present

Board Memberships

Advisory Board, BNA Health Law Reporter
Associates Board, McCarter Theatre
Princeton University Bioethics Journal, Editorial Board

Civic and Charitable Activities

Board Member, Association for the Advancement of Mental Health, 2002- present
Chairman, Regional Health Commission, Princeton, New Jersey, 1995-1997
Board Member, McCarter Theater, Princeton, 1994-2000

Honors and Awards

Named 1 of 12 Outstanding Hospital Lawyers in the US for 2004
Named by Nightingale's Healthcare News as one of the Outstanding Hospital Attorneys for 2004
Who's Who in American Law
Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America
Who's Who in New Jersey

Selected Publications

"The Increasing Use of Arbitration and Mediation in Adjudicating Healthcare Cases," New Jersey Lawyer, April 2007
Benesch and Hathaway, Advanced Strategies in Managed Care Contracting, American Health Lawyers Association, June 2006
Benesch and Boyle, Introduction to Health Care Law, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, April 2006
Update on the Use and Effectiveness of Arbitration and Mediation in Healthcare Cases, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia, March 2006
Update on Covenants Not to Compete: Will They Survive in the Healthcare Industry? American Health Lawyers Association, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 2006
"Does Nursing Home Compare Offer the Wrong Impression to Consumers?" 6 Long Term Care Interface 34, May 2005
Co-author, Covenants Not to Compete And The Healthcare Industry: A Fifty State Survey, American Health Lawyers Association, 2004
Co-Author, "Joint Negotiation by Physicians Now Possible Under New Jersey's New Law," Newsletter of the American Health Lawyers Association Labor & Employment Practice Group, Summer 2002
Co-Author, "Joint Negotiation OK by Doctors Under the New New Jersey Law," Newsletter of the American College of Surgeons, New Jersey Chapter, Spring 2002
"Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. United States ex rel. Stevens: The Affirmation and Limitation of Private Party Qui Tam Actions under the False Claims Act," American Bar Association, Winter 2000-2001
"New and Revised Anti-Kickback Safe Harbors," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, September 2000
"Selected Fraud and Abuse Laws, Regulations and Penalties," Lorman Education Services, July 2000
"Recent Developments in New Jersey Health Law," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, March 2000
"The Fundamentals of ERISA: Implications for Managed Care," American Health Lawyers Association, December 1999
"Implications of ERISA for Consumer Protection Provisions in Managed Care," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, May 1999
"Managed Care Liability: The Fundamentals of ERISA," Mealey Publications, Inc., March 1999
"Employer Liability for Managed Care: A Cloud on the Horizon," 7 Managing Employee Health Benefits, 32, Fall 1998
"Health-Care Fraud Criminalization Growing," 7 New Jersey Lawyer, 1422, June 22, 1998
"Fraud and Abuse Enforcement under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and the Balanced Budget Act of 1997," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, May 1998
"Increased Risk of Liability in Mature Managed Care Markets," RIMS, April 1998
"Managed Care Liability: Maturity Leads to Increased Risk," Mealey Publications, Inc., October 1997
"Making Physician Consolidation Work: Acquisition and Employment Contracts and Negotiations," National Health Lawyers Association, March 1997
"Managed Care Liability: An Expansion of Familiar Theories," 9 (3) The Health Lawyer, 1997
"Liability Concerns in Managed Care," New Jersey Medicine, 57, November 1996
"Emerging Theories of Liability for Negligent Credentialing in HMOs, Integrated Delivery and Managed Care Systems, 9 (1) The Health Lawyer, 14, Fall 1996
"Liability Concerns in Managed Care," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, April 1996
"Credentialing in Managed Care Systems," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, March 1995
"Liability for Negligent Credentialing in Managed Care Systems," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, March 1995
"The Tyranny of Technology: The Case of Baby K," 9 Trends in Health Care, Law & Ethics, 47, Winter 1994
"AIDS and the ADA in the Health Care Workplace," 23 The Brief, 22, Spring 1994
"Contract Negotiation: The Means of Survival for Hospital Medical Staffs," 7 Capital Physician Quarterly, 21, Spring 1994
"HIV-Positive Healthcare Professionals and the Americans With Disabilities Act," Newsletter of the American Bar Association TIPS Medicine and Law Committee, Winter 1993
"Medical Staff Privileges and Economic Credentialing," 8 Trends in Health Care, Law & Ethics, 59, Fall 1993
"Why the Hospital Medical Staff Needs Its Own Attorney," 6 Capital Physician Quarterly, 44, Summer 1993
"The Impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act on the Ability of Health Care Providers to Practice Their Profession," Governmental Responsibilities under the ADA, August 1993
"Credentialing Criteria Puts Hospitals at Risk," 133 New Jersey Law Journal, 10 April 5, 1993
"Medical Staff Issues," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, March 1993
"The Dilemma of the HIV-Positive Member of the Medical Staff," Catholic Health Association of the United States, March 1993
"Economic Credentialing and the Fraud and Abuse Caveat," 6 Medical Staff Counselor, 27, Fall 1992
"Cost-Benefit Factors in New Case Selection," 28 Trial, 20, January 1992
"Foregoing Life-Sustaining Therapy in Hopeless Cases," Textbook on Trauma Anesthesia and Critical Care, 1992
"Selected Regulatory Issues Affecting the Medical Staff and Hospital," ABA Forum Committee on Health Law, April 1991
"Corporate Liability for Practitioner Negligence," ABA Forum Committee on Health Law, November 1990
"Medical Staff Privileges: Competition for Physician Profits," 25 Trial, 57, May 1989
"The Duty to Treat AIDS Patients," 24 Trial, 22, May 1988
"Legal Issues in Determining Competence to Make Treatment Decisions," Legal Implications of Hospital Policies and Practices, Spring 1989
"Privileges and Confidentiality," Medical and Hospital Negligence, 1988
"Malpractice Legislation, A Search for Consensus," 135(3) Pittsburgh Legal Journal, 10, 1987
Editor, Medicolegal Aspects of Critical Care, 1986
"Medical Staff Privileges: Challenging Rejection or Termination," 20 Trial, 28 May 1984
The Hospital Emergency Room: Haven and Hazard," 19 Trial, 78, May 1983
"Medical and Legal Aspects of Brain Death Certification and Withdrawal of Life Support in Hopeless Cases," Principles and Practice of Critical Care, 1983
"Risk Management in Pennsylvania Hospitals: Panacea or Poison?," 47 Insurance Counsel Journal, 334, July 1980

Selected Speaking Engagements

Speaker, "Should Doctors Continue to Participate in Managed Care?" Physicians and Physician Organizations Law Institute national conference sponsored by the American Health Lawyers Association, Orlando, Florida, February 13-14, 2008
Speaker, "Stark Law: Changes in the Phase III Final Rule," Healthcare Interest Committee of the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants program, October 30, 2007
Co-chair, "What's New in Managed Care," Pennsylvania Bar Institute's Health Law Fundamentals Program, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 18, 2006, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 24, 2006
"Advanced Strategies in Managed Care Contracting" - American Health Lawyers Association, Philadelphia, 2006
"Introduction to Health Care Law"- Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, 2006
"Update on the Use and Effectiveness of Arbitration and Mediation in Healthcare Cases," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia, 2006
"Update on Covenants Not to Compete: Will They Survive in the Healthcare Industry?" American Health Lawyers Association, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 2006
"Gainsharing Revisited," Healthcare Interest Committee of the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants, Woodbridge, New Jersey, 2005
Lecturer, "Medical Group Practices: Regulatory Minefields," Beard Conference on Physicians' Agreements and Ventures, Chicago, 2004
Speaker, "A Partnership Approach to Restructuring Managed Care Contacts," Annual Meeting of the American Health Lawyers Association, New York City, June 2004
Lecturer, "Summary of Federal Protections for Impaired Healthcare Workers," American Health Lawyers Association (Teleconference), 2004
"Tools to Avoid Lawsuits: Effective Risk Management"- Gerontology Institute of New Jersey, Edison, New Jersey, 2004
Lecturer, "Emerging Issues in Peer Review and Court Oversight of Medical Staff Decisions," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Woodbridge, New Jersey, 2003.
Speaker, "Restructuring Provider Contracts in Light of Most Recent Legislative and Regulatory Reform," Managed Care Liability Conference sponsored by the American Conference Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 30, 2003
Co-chair, "Introduction to Health Care Law," Pennsylvania Bar Institute program, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 20, 2003; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 26, 2003; Pennsylvania Bar Institute, June 2001
Speaker, "Erosion of the Peer Review Privilege," National Teleconference sponsored by the American Health Lawyers Association, May 29, 2003
Speaker, "Managed Care Liability and ERISA Preemption," ALI-ABA program on Litigation Medical Malpractice Claims, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 5-6, 2003
Lecturer, "Finding and Working with Experts," American Law Institute-American Bar Association (ALI-ABA), Philadelphia, 2003
Speaker, "The Application of the Sarbanes-Oxley Law to Non Profit Healthcare Organizations," Hospital Corporate Compliance Group at the New Jersey Hospital Association, May 28, 2003
Speaker, "HIPAA Final Privacy Rule and Implementation of HIPAA in a Provider Setting," presentation to the Medical Education Services, Inc., Edison, New Jersey, March 24, 2003
Speaker, "The Success of Alternate Dispute Resolution in Resolving Healthcare Cases," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 2003; New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, September 2002
Speaker, "Nontraditional Employment of Physicians," Nontraditional Employment in Healthcare, American Health Lawyers Association, January 9, 2003
Speaker, "Fraud, HIPAA and Risk Management,: American Society of Abdominal Surgeons, Tampa, Florida, November 10, 2002.
Speaker, "Long-Term Care Malpractice: Are the 5 Myths True?" Gerontology Institute of New Jersey Seminar, West Caldwell, New Jersey, October 22, 2002.
Speaker, "Practical Considerations for Health Care Employees and Physicians Faced with Mandatory Arbitration," American Health Lawyers Association, San Francisco, July 3, 2002.
Speaker, "Liability & Risk Management in LTC: How to Prevent and Resolve Disputes with Patients, Families and Employees," Gerontology Institute of New Jersey Seminar, Andover, New Jersey, March 12, 2002
Moderator, National Teleconference, "Mandatory Arbitration in Employment - The Impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's Decisions in Waffle House and Circuit City and the Practical Realities of Implementing a Mandatory Arbitration Program," American Health Lawyers Association, March 6, 2002.
Speaker, "The Success of ADR in Resolving Health Care Cases," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Edison, New Jersey, 2002
Lecturer, "Medicine and the Law" (for second year medical students), Robert Wood Johnson University Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, 2001
"Update on ERISA and Managed Care Liability," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 2001.
National Teleconference, "Responding to Crisis Situations: Legal Issues Related to Emergency Management and the Activation of Military Personnel," American Health Lawyers Association, November 27, 2001
Lecturer, "New Jersey Medical Records for the 21st Century," Medical Education Services, Princeton, New Jersey, 2001
Lecturer, "JCAHO Sentinel Events Policy and Compliance Guidance for Small Physician Practices," American Society of Abdominal Surgeons, Tampa, Florida, 2000
Lecturer, "New and Revised Anti-Kickback Safe Harbors," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 2000
Lecturer, "Selected Fraud and Abuse Laws, Regulations and Penalties," Lorman Education Services, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, 2000
Lecturer, "Negotiating with Managed Care," Physicians Conference 2000, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 2000
Lecturer, "Recent Developments in New Jersey Health Law," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2000
Lecturer, "ERISA, Healthcare Reform and Managed Care: What is the Effect on Medical Malpractice?," American Law Institute-American Bar Association (ALI-ABA), San Francisco, California, November 1999
Lecturer, "Managed Care Contracting," American Medical Association, New York, New York, March 1999
Lecturer, "Managed Care Liability: Beyond the Fundamentals of ERISA," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, New Brunswick, New Jersey, March 1999
Lecturer, "Fundamentals of ERISA," Mealey's HMO Liability Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, 1999
Lecturer, "Consumer Protection, Managed Care and ERISA," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1999
Lecturer, The Fundamentals of ERISA: Implications for Managed Care," American Health Lawyers Association, Chicago, Illinois, 1999
Lecturer, "Hot Topics in Thriving Practice Areas: Health Law," Duquesne University Law School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1999
Lecturer, "The Evolution of Managed Care Liability: ERISA and Consumer Protection Laws," American Health Lawyers Association, Chicago, Illinois, December 1998
Lecturer, "The Other Compliance Plans," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1998
Lecturer, "Fraud and Abuse under the HIPAA and the Balanced Budget Act of 1997," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, New Brunswick New Jersey, 1998
Lecturer, "Making Managed Care Costs Manageable," Risk Insurance and Management Society, Inc., San Diego, California, 1998
Program Chair, "Liability Frontiers in a Changing Health Care Environment: How Far Can It Go?," American Conference Institute, New York, New York, January 1997
Lecturer, "Emerging Theories of Liability in Managed Care," Mealey's Managed Care Law and Litigation Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1997
Lecturer, "When is Medical Fraud Really Fraud: What Have We Learned from Columbia/HCA?," Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1997
Lecturer, "Legal Remedies and Responses to Fraud and Abuse Charges," Home Health Assembly of New Jersey, Jamesburg, New Jersey, 1997
Lecturer, "How to Handle Problems with Expert Witnesses," Trial Advocacy Institute, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1997
Lecturer, "Managed Care Liability," Intermediary and Reinsurance Underwriters Association, New York, New York, 1997
Lecturer, "Managed Care: Litigating the HMO Case," American Bar Association, Washington, D.C., 1997
Lecturer, "Civil Procedure Update," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Annapolis, Maryland, 1997
Lecturer, "Making Physician Consolidation Work: Acquisition and Employment Contracts and Negotiations," National Health Lawyers Association, Chicago, Illinois, 1997
Lecturer, "Peer Review, Credentialing and Corporate Liability in Managed Care," American Conference Institute, New York, New York, 1997
Lecturer, "The Changing Nature of the Doctor-Patient Relationship: Will it Survive Managed Care?," Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1997
Lecturer, "Sale of a Physician Practice," New Jersey State Bar Association, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1997
Lecturer, "Demonstration of Cross Examination Techniques," Trial Advocacy Institute, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1996
Lecturer, "Liability Concerns in Managed Care," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1996
Lecturer, "Is Assisted Suicide Now Legal?," Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1996
Lecturer, "Legal Issues in Home Care Marketing," Home Health Assembly of New Jersey, Princeton, New Jersey, 1996
Lecturer, "Credentialing in Managed Care Systems," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1995
Lecturer, "Liability for Negligent Credentialing in Managed Care Systems," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1995
Program Chair, "Credentialing '94: New Issues in Managed Care, Integrated Deliver Systems and the Changing Healthcare Environment," ABA Forum on Health Law, San Francisco, California and Nashville, Tennessee, Fall 1994
Lecturer, "Emerging Theories of Liability Against Healthcare Payors and Providers," ABA Forum on Health Law, San Francisco, California and Nashville, Tennessee, 1994
Lecturer, "Peer Review and Credentialing - Recent Liability Developments," ABA National Institute, Washington, D.C., 1994
Program Chair, "New Issues in Medical Staff/Hospital Relationships," American Bar Association Forum on Health Law, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Illinois, and San Francisco, California, April 1993
Course Planner, "Fundamentals of Health Law," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 1993
Lecturer, "The Impact of The Americans with Disabilities Act on the Ability of Health Care Providers to Practice Their Profession," ABA Annual Meeting Presidential Showcase Program, New York, New York, 1993
Lecturer, "Hot Topics in Medical Staff Credentialing: Economic Credentialing and HIV-Affected Practitioners," ABA Forum on Health Law, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Illinois, San Francisco, California, 1993
Lecturer, "Antitrust Concerns After the New Jersey Healthcare Reform Act of 1992," Hannoch Weisman/Deloitte Touche Healthcare Forum, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1993
Lecturer, "Medical Staff Issues," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1993
Lecturer, "The Dilemma of the HIV-Positive Member of the Medical Staff," Catholic Health Association 1993 Attorney Forum, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1993
Lecturer, "Financial Arrangements Between Physicians and Hospitals - a Legal Perspective," Medical Society of the State of New York, Rye, New York, 1993
Program Chair, "Patient Care Law Update: Rights, Liabilities and Strategies," American Bar Association Forum on Health Law, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 1992
Lecturer, "Medicare/Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Law and The Safe Harbor Regulations," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Edison, New Jersey, 1992; New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1994
Lecturer, "The Nuts and Bolts of Living Wills and Other Advance Directives for Health Care in New Jersey and Pennsylvania," Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1992
Lecturer, Health Care - Evolution and Innovation in the 90's - Panel Discussion," The Venture Association of New Jersey, Inc., Morristown, New Jersey, 1992
Lecturer, "Alternate Dispute Resolution in the Health Care Field," American Academy of Hospital Attorneys, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1992
Lecturer, "Durable Powers of Attorney and Living Wills after Cruzan," Forbes Health System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991
Lecturer, "Selected Regulatory Issues Affecting the Medical Staff and Hospital," ABA Forum on Health Law, San Francisco, California, 1991
Course Planner, "Health Law Primer," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 1990
Lecturer, "Corporate Liability for Practitioner Negligence," ABA Forum on Health Law, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1990
Lecturer, "Persistent Vegetative State: The Right to Die after Cruzan," Westmoreland Hospital, Greensburgh, Pennsylvania, 1990
Lecturer, "Presenting a Persuasive Demand," Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, Scranton and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1990
Lecturer, "Selected Regulatory Issues Affecting the Medical Staff and Hospital," ABA Forum on Health Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 1989
Lecturer, "Laws Dealing with Confidentiality, Privacy and Defamation," Allegheny County Bar Association Seminar on Drug Testing in the Workplace, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1989
Lecturer, "Sexual Harassment," Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1989
Lecturer, "The Physician-Patient Relationship," University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1989
Lecturer, "Pulling the Plug - The Hospital Perspective," ACBA Bench-Bar Conference, Seven Springs, Pennsylvania, 1988
Lecturer, Clinical Ethics Course for second year medical students, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1988-1991
Lecturer, "Medical Records - Confidentiality versus Disclosure: A Primer," ABA Forum Committee on Health Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1987
Lecturer, "Legal Aspects of Life Support, Artificial Nutrition and Hydration," Regional Ethics Symposium sponsored by St. Joseph's Hospital and the Catholic Health Association of the United States, Atlanta, Georgia, 1987
Lecturer, "Overview of Professional Nursing Liability," University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, 1987
Lecturer, "Sexual Harassment in the Workplace," La Roche College, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1987
Lecturer, "Anesthesiology and the Law," Melvin Belli Seminar, ATLA Annual Convention, Washington, D.C., 1984
Lecturer, "Hospital Liability Surrounding the Granting of Staff Privileges," ATLA Fourth Circuit Seminar, Baltimore, Maryland, 1983
Lecturer, Annual Lectures on Prevention of Medical Malpractice, How to Handle a Lawsuit, and Legal Issues Pertaining to Life Support, Critical Care Fellowship Training Program, Presbyterian-University Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1982-1987