PERSONNEL FILE: Nelson Mullins ranks among top health care practices

WASHINGTON -- The American Health Lawyers Association has ranked Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough as its third largest health care practice in the United States, up from fifth last year.

The firm's National Healthcare Practice Group and the Nelson Mullins Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Practice Group includes more than 110 attorneys and professionals dedicated to the health care industry.

All of the firm's 12 offices house members of the National Healthcare Practice Group and the Nelson Mullins Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Practice Group.

"We are pleased that we continue to be recognized as a major national health care law firm," said partner Barry Alexander, chair of the National Healthcare Practice Group.

"In this critical time for the health care industry and the ever evolving health care landscape, we continue to be committed to enhancing and broadening the scope of our legal services to our dynamic clients located throughout the United States."

Jim Rogers, chair of the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Practice Group, added, "We continue to grow our life sciences team throughout our offices to better serve the needs of our clients in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.

"We are pleased to be a part of the national recognition by the AHLA."

Nelson Mullins lawyers and policy advisors bring real world experience from prior careers in health care as varied as a billing and coding provider, a cardiac care nurse, a director of an ambulatory surgery center, a hospital administrator, a VP of business development for a technology company and a hospital compliance officer.

The firm's E-Health and Healthcare IT Practice Group includes a former leader of a national privacy and security consulting practice, a Certified Information Privacy Professional who was formerly a senior manager at a global corporation, and a former advisor to top management of one of the world's largest technology companies.

The Nelson Mullins Healthcare Transactions Group has managed more than $10 billion in health care mergers and acquisitions transactions and more than $5 billion in health care finance transactions.

The American Health Lawyers Association is the nation's largest, nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) educational organization devoted to legal issues in the health care field with more than 10,000 members.