Tom is a principal of the firm and resident in the Washington, D.C. office. His practice focuses on corporate and tax-exempt organization issues for health care providers. He represents organizations including public and private hospitals, multi-hospital systems, integrated delivery systems, academic medical centers, home health agencies, health maintenance organizations, continuing care retirement communities, provider associations, physician clinics, faculty practice plans, physician-hospital organizations, management services organizations and shared service organizations in such matters. Tom also chairs the firm's Nonprofits Group.

A substantial portion of Tom's practice involves counseling nonprofit health care organizations on governance and transactional matters. He frequently works with nonprofit governing boards and board committees to address such issues as regulatory compliance, fiduciary duty, conflicts of interest, bylaws development and revision, senior management compensation and benefits, CEO transition, fund raising, lobbying and political campaign activity, board development, membership matters, corporate restructuring, mergers, and joint ventures. Tom frequently makes educational presentations to boards of directors on current issues, conducts in-service training, and facilitates board discussions and retreats. He has recently given a number of presentations to nonprofit associations and boards regarding the implications of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on corporate responsibility for nonprofit organizations. Tom is the Chair Emeritus and serves on the faculty of the annual Tax Issues in Healthcare Organizations seminar sponsored by the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA), and past Chair of AHLA's Tax and Finance Practice Group. Tom frequently lectures on business and tax planning issues for nonprofit health care providers and has written numerous articles for publication on tax-exempt organization topics.

Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

United States District Court for the District of Columbia

United States Supreme Court

University of Pittsburgh, J.D., 1982

Journal of Law and Commerce, Editor-in-Chief

Boston College, B.A., cum laude, 1979

American Bar Association

Section on Health Law

Section on Taxation

American Health Lawyers Association

Board of Directors, 1992-1998

Chair Emeritus, Faculty Member, Annual Tax Issues in Healthcare Organizations Seminar

Catholic Network of Volunteer Service, Board of Directors

David J. Greenburg Service Award Recipient, 2004

District of Columbia Bar Association

Section on Health Law

Section on Taxation

The Exempt Organization Tax Review

Advisory Board

University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Health Law Certificate Program

Advisory Board

Charter Fellow, American Health Lawyers Association

Listed since 2006 in The Best Lawyers in America, Health Law category and in the Non-profit/Charities Law category for 2008 (Woodward/White, Inc.)

Listed in Expert Guides to the Leading Lawyers — Best of the Best USA 2007, healthcare category

Listed in Washington, DC Super Lawyers, 2007

Editor, Chapter author, "Tax Considerations for Nonprofits," Ober|Kaler's The Nonprofit Legal Landscape, BoardSource, 2004

Co-author with Bruce R. Hopkins, Esq., The Law of Tax-Exempt Healthcare Organizations, 2^nd. Ed. John Wiley & Sons, 2001

Author, "Tax Exemption Issues for Healthcare Organizations" (Chapter 6), Health Law Practice Guide, Clark Boardman Callaghan, Supp. 2001

Author, "Healthcare Joint Ventures and Tax Exemption: Current Issues," The Expert Series Monograph, American Health Lawyers Association, 1999

Lecturer at conferences sponsored by organizations including American Health Lawyers Association; Healthcare Financial Management Association; Medical Group Management Association; D.C. Bar Health Law Section; D.C. Hospital Association; National Institute on Physician Recruitment and Retention; Individual Case Management Association; Kentucky Hospital Association; South Carolina Bar Association; New York State CPA Association; various state bar and CPA associations

Lecturer, Federal Judicial Center Special Focus Program on Health Care Legal Issues

Lecturer, Conference on The Law of Tax-Exempt Healthcare Organizations, sponsored periodically by Professional Education Systems, Inc.

Lecturer and Panelist, Montgomery Dorsey Symposium

Guest Lecturer, University of Pittsburgh School of Law; Georgetown University Law School

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