Ober|Kaler's Jeff Miles Selected
by Nightingale's

Leading DC Lawyer Among "Outstanding Healthcare Antitrust Lawyers" 2006

WASHINGTON, DC December 19, 2006 Nationally respected Washington, DC antitrust lawyer, John J. Miles, was one of twelve lawyers selected by Nightingale's Healthcare News for its December 2006 "Outstanding Healthcare Antitrust Lawyers" list.

A principal in Ober|Kaler's Washington, DC office, Mr. Miles has more than thirty years of experience practicing antitrust law in the health care sector. His clients include hospitals, health systems, hospital networks, large physician practices, and physician networks. Mr. Miles is particularly adept with the antitrust ramifications of different types of collaborative transactions, including mergers, virtual mergers, joint ventures, and networks.

Mr. Miles wrote and updates Health Care & Antitrust Law, a five-volume treatise on health care antitrust law published by West Group. He has written and co-written numerous other books, book chapters, law review articles, and shorter articles and papers dealing with antitrust issues. He is the past chair of the American Health Lawyers Association's Antitrust Practice Group and former vice chair of the ABA Antitrust Law Section's Health Care Committee.

In addition to the American Health Lawyers Association, and American Economic Association, Mr. Miles is a member of the American, District of Columbia, and Virginia State Bar Associations.

Mr. Miles is a former Trial Attorney with the US Department of Justice Antitrust Division, where he focused on health care antitrust enforcement. He also served as the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Virginia Attorney General's Antitrust Unit.

Before earning his law degree from Washington & Lee University School of Law (magna cum laude, 1973), Mr. Miles graduated from Virginia Tech, earning his M.A. in 1971, and his B.S. in 1968.

He lives in Alexandria, Virginia.

About Ober|Kaler
With thirty-two attorneys dedicated to the practice, Ober|Kaler's Health Law Group is among the largest health law practices in the nation. A pioneer in the industry, the Group celebrated its 30th year of service to clients last year.

Ober|Kaler is a national law firm providing integrated regulatory, transactional, and litigation services to financial, health care, construction, and other business organizations. The firm has more than 125 attorneys, and offices in Baltimore, Washington, D.C. and Falls Church.

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