Katy Lucas

Special Counsel

  • Katy Lucas
  • Phone: +1 404 253 6912

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  • Duane Morris LLP
    1075 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 1700
    Atlanta, GA 30309-3929
    USA

Katy Lucas practices in the area of litigation, representing hospital systems, pharmaceutical companies and healthcare providers in commercial and healthcare litigation matters, including government investigations, employment counseling and litigation, compliance, the False Claims Act, mergers and acquisitions, physician contracting, torts and white-collar investigations. Ms. Lucas also regularly litigates on behalf of clients in a diverse range of complex commercial matters, including cases involving restrictive covenants, fraud and breach of contract

Ms. Lucas is a 2005 graduate of Vanderbilt University Law School, where she was associate editor of the Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment Law & Practice, and a magna cum laude graduate of Southern Methodist University, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Areas of Practice

  • Trial
  • Healthcare Law
  • Employment Law

Admissions

  • Georgia
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia
  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Education

  • Vanderbilt University Law School, J.D., 2005
    - Associate Editor, Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment Law & Practice
  • Southern Methodist University, B.A., magna cum laude, 2000
    - Phi Beta Kappa

Experience

  • Duane Morris LLP
    - Special Counsel, 2022-present
  • Southern Health Lawyers
    - Partner, 2017-2022
  • King & Spalding
    - Senior Attorney, 2007-2014

Professional Activities

  • American Bar Association

  • Atlanta Bar Association

  • American Health Lawyers Association

Selected Publications

  • Editor, "Orphan Does Not Always Mean Alone - A Case Study of Eosinophilic Esophagitis, An Orphan Disease," Food and Drug Law Journal, 2023

  • Author, “Buyer Beware: CMS Strengthens Its Oversight of Unpaid Debts,” Dennis Barry’s Reimbursement Advisor, February 2015

  • Co-author, “Is Quality of Care the Next Frontier of FCA Litigation?” AHLA Fraud and Abuse Practice Group Newsletter, December 2013

Selected Speaking Engagements

  • Moderator, "Ethics in Artificial Intelligence," SWIFS Spring Symposium, May 6, 2025

  • Presenter, “The Compliance Risks and Rewards of Big Data in Health Care,” AHLA/PHLP Webinar #3: Achieving Optimal Data Sharing to Improve Health Outcomes, July 11, 2016

  • Co-author, “The Compliance Risks and Rewards of Big Data in Health Care,” AHLA Fraud and Compliance Institute, October 6-7, 2014