Our Practice

Our firm offers a supportive, results-oriented approach to individuals, businesses, and institutions. Our goal is to be efficient and cost-effective, and to build long-lasting relationships with clients that generate mutual referrals.

We also have an international niche practice, serving clinicians and organizations involved in complementary and alternative medical therapies, and seeking to integrate these therapies into conventional medical settings. We strive to facilitate approaches to integrative and energy medicine that are both clinically sound and legally prudent. And for us, wellness is not just an area of law practice: it is a metaphor for the balance and judgment required to influence those critical business decisions that may affect your business and life for years.

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Representative Clients

Our legal team typically serves:

• Small businesses and entrepreneurs seeking general business law advice
• Other lawyers and law firms seeking consultation
• A variety of health care practitioners such as:
     • Chiropractors (DC) , LAcs, LMTs, NDs, and other complementary care providers
     • Acupuncturists (LAc)
     • Massage therapists (LMT)
     • Medical doctors (MD), naturopathic physicians (NP or ND) or osteopathic doctors (DO)
     • Nurses (RN, LPN)
     • Psychologists (PsyD, PhD), energy psychologists, other counselors
     • Non-licensed energy healers and other providers
• Business such as:
      •Dietary supplement manufacturers
      • Health plans designing CAM benefit packages
      • Integrative medicine clinics and medical spas
      • HMOs, PPOs, MCOs, other insurance organizations
      • Nursing homes, home health, hospices, labs
• Institutions such as:
      • Medical centers and other educational institutions
      • Membership organizations and associations
      • Nursing homes, home health, hospices, labs
      • Policy and consumer advocacy groups
• Others, such as:
      • Patients and their families
      • Pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies

• One of the largest integrative clinical care facilities implementing comprehensive clinical care programs, redesigning billing and coding strategies, and planning strategic expansion into other geographic markets. • An executive funding, designing, and planning a large, privately-run, integrative clinical care facility. • One of the premier manfacturers of Asian herbal products with sales to licensed acupuncturists and practitioners of traditional oriental medicine. • A multi-site, massage therapy educational institution initiating a local, regional, and national strategy to develop government relations, legislation, and policy within the industry. • A physician designing and implementing a Web-based, e-commerce site for information about herbal care and dietary supplements within his or her field of specialty. • A chiropractor negotiating an employment contract with a major East Coast hospital. • A California-based, health maintenance organization (HMO) in contractual matters and proposed expansion to the Southwest. • A patient seeking to negotiate compensation in a dental malpractice case. • A trading company, distributing police evidence collection vehicles and forensic equipment to the China market. • A dentist defending against disciplinary charges by a professional board for inclusion of integrative and energy medicine. • A spa consulting firm creating business models for hospitals interested in building medical spas in collaboration with a larger health care organization's administrative structure. • An eye surgeon running a LASIK vision center negotiating sale of intellectual property rights and royalties for development and commercialization of eye-care products. More ...

We are also involved in cutting-edge research in health law and policy focusing on integrative and energy medicine. Our books and articles offer the latest thinking on these frontier topics.