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Distinguished Speaker Series The Center for Health Law Studies is pleased to announce its Distinguished Speaker Series for 2007-2008. As one of the leading centers for the teaching and study of the intersection of health care, law and policy, the Center is proud to welcome four distinguished individuals who make significant contributions to the development of health law and policy. These leading scholars will share their insights with our students and faculty on a variety of topics during the coming academic year. 2007-08 Health Law Programs Brochure
October 9, 2007 Partner and Co-chair, Health Law Practice Group Jones Day, Washington, D.C. Greg Luce is co-chair of the health care practice at Jones Day. His experience includes health care litigation and regulatory matters, and he previously served as assistant attorney general representing the health agencies of Virginia. In private practice, Mr. Luce has represented the American Hospital Association, health care providers and institutions in litigation involving fraud and abuse enforcement, “patient antidumping” under COBRA, Medicare reimbursement and compliance programs. His current areas of practice include counseling and defense of health care providers, suppliers, pharmaceutical companies and physicians under state and federal fraud and abuse laws and the False Claims Act. Mr. Luce recently represented numerous not-for-profit hospital clients defending against class action suits. Mr. Luce is a member of the ABA Health Law Section, the Virginia State Bar Health Law Section and the AHLA, having also served on the board of directors from 1995-2001. Recently, he was elected to the inaugural class of Fellows of the AHLA. He is listed in Who’s Who in American Law and The Best Lawyers in America and was named one of the “leaders in their field” in the 2007 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.
Minority Whip, Missouri State Legislature; Of Counsel, Armstrong Teasdale, LLP Ms. Johnson received a J.D./M.H.A. from Saint Louis University in 1996. In 2000, she was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives to serve the 61st District. She is now serving her second term in House Leadership as the Minority Whip. At Armstrong Teasdale LLP in St. Louis, she works in the litigation practice group with emphasis on medical malpractice and complex torts. Prior to being elected to the House of Representatives, Johnson served as the Assistant to the Director of the Division of Aging for the Missouri Department of Social Services, where she assisted with daily management and operations for one of the state’s largest regulating divisions.
Professor of Law, School of Law, Professor of Health Law and Director, Patient Rights Program, School of Public Health, Professor of Socio-Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Boston University Before joining Boston University, Professor Mariner taught health law at Harvard Schools of Public Health and Medicine. She has served as a member of numerous boards and commissions, including the Massachusetts Health Facilities Appeals Board, the NIH’s AIDS Policy Advisory Committee, the IOM’s Committees on the Ryan White CARE Act and the Children’s Vaccine Initiative, the CIOMS/WHO Steering Committee for the International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research, and the Executive Board of the APHA. Currently, she serves on the Massachusetts Health Care Quality and Cost Council Advisory Committee. She is a founding member of the Committee for Universal Patient Rights and the New England Coalition for Law and Public Health. Mariner is a member of the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy & Law, the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, and the Journal of Health Law and served as Contributing Editor for Health Law and Ethics of the American Journal of Public Health. Professor Mariner is a prolific scholar with over 100 publications in the legal, medical and health policy literature and recently co-authored a law school textbook, Public Health Law. Her research focuses on patient and human rights in health, risk regulation, public health surveillance, health insurance, managed care and ERISA.
Visiting Professor of Law, Georgetown University Professor Westmoreland holds academic posts in law and public policy at Georgetown University and was recently named Senior Scholar of the Georgetown Health Law Institute. He served as counsel to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1979 to 1995. Westmoreland taught in the Georgetown Law Center’s Federal Legislation Clinic and was counsel to the Koop-Kessler Advisory Committee on Tobacco Policy and Public Health. He was senior advisor on HIV/AIDS to the Kaiser Family Foundation and lobbied for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. From 1999 until 2001, he was the director of the Federal Medicaid program. At Georgetown, he teaches about health law, federal budget policy, and legislation and statutory interpretation. He is a recipient of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Investigator in Health Policy Research Award. Distinguished Speaker Series 2008-2009
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Gregory M. Luce
Rep. Connie L. Johnson
Wendy K. Mariner
Timothy Westmorland