Charles Bond
CB@physiciansadvocates.com

Charles Bond is a leading health law and appellate attorney, strategic planner and policy advisor. For 30 years he has advised physicians, medical groups and medical societies nationwide in all aspects of practice organization, managed care, health law and policy. He has been actively involved in the development of strategies for dealing with managed care and healthcare reform. Because of his recognized expertise in health policy and medico-economic trends, Mr. Bond has been named legal and policy advisor to the Center for Practical Health Reform, a non-profit group of healthcare experts which The Wall Street Journal suggests may be the successor to the “Jackson Hole Group.”

Mr. Bond has lectured and written on all aspects of physicians and the law, including authoring books, treatises, and chapters for the American Medical Association and the California Medical Association. Additionally, he has been published on topics such as health policy, managed care strategies, physician employment contracts, and the legal aspects of asthma and pain management. His career has touched virtually all aspects of law and policy for doctors and patients. He began in 1974-75 by helping draft and champion MICRA, the malpractice reform law in California that has become a nationwide model for tort reform. Known as the “Physicians’ Advocate,” he has helped develop the concepts of doctor-owned malpractice insurance companies, the living will, management service organizations and many other healthcare innovations. He is recognized nationally as an expert on hospital-medical staff matters, licensure and medical ethics, as well as physicians’ business strategies and medical device entrepreneuring.

Mr. Bond was selected by his peers and Law and Politics Magazine as one of Northern California's Super Lawyers. The distinction places Mr. Bond in the top 3% of the 35,000 attorneys in Northern California.

Mr. Bond also maintains a distinguished appellate law practice, winning more than 80 percent of his cases before the higher courts for both physicians and other clients. He is a member of the California Academy of Appellate Lawyers, the California Academy of Attorneys for Healthcare Providers and the American Medical Association Consulting Network. He is often consulted by other lawyers to assist with strategic and tactical decisions in pre-appellate situations at the trial level. His California offices are in Berkeley and Pasadena, and he maintains an office in Paris, France, for the practice of international law where his practice consists primarily of assisting other lawyers and clients in deal-making. He is a graduate of Duke University and the University of California, Hastings College of Law. He and his firm carry Martindale-Hubbell’s highest rating for law firms.

Jane Luciano serves as lead trial counsel in a wide variety of health care litigation matters and administrative matters. She handles all aspects of litigation, from initial case analysis, pleading, discovery, pleadings, motion, settlement, mediation, arbitration and trial. She has 20 years experience representing health care clients , collaborating with experts and managing witnesses for successful deposition and trial testimony. She has produced positive verdict results on behalf of physicians and other clients in diverse venues.

Ms. Luciano has an extensive medical background which compliments her health care litigation practice. She holds a Certification in Healthcare Risk Management credential demonstrating knowledge in Loss Prevention/Risk Reduction, Regulatory, Accreditation, Compliance, Operations and Bioethics within the health care delivery system. She also holds a current Registered Nurse license as well as a Public Health Nurse license.

Ms. Luciano is an active member of the American Society of Healthcare Risk Management and the California Society of Healthcare Risk Management with a strong interest in Patient Safety and Quality of Care initiatives which impact physician practices.

Todd Vollmerhausen

TV@physiciansadvocates.com

Todd Vollmerhausen serves as counsel for physicians facing the complex array of legal, regulatory, and business challenges inherent in today’s practice of medicine. He has over 10 years of law practice experience representing health care professionals, medical staff committees and other business entities throughout the State of California. Mr. Vollmerhausen has successfully defended his clients in professional liability litigation, medical staff hearings, and Medical Board disciplinary cases. He is also an expert in medical staff operations and private practice transactions such as employment contracts, partnerships and group formation. He regularly advises physicians on issues such as, non-profit exemptions, fraud and abuse avoidance, HIPAA compliance, and disability rights.

In addition to his Jurisdoctorate, Mr. Vollmerhausen holds a Master of Laws in Intellectual Property. He is a member of the State Bar of California admitted to practice in all courts of the State of California and the United States’ District Court for the Eastern District of California.

Thayer Goodenow
TG@physiciansadvocates.com

Thayer Goodenow is a health lawyer with uniquely strong qualifications. She graduated with a B.A. in Literature with Honors from UC Santa Cruz. She received her J.D. from UC Hastings College of the Law in 2005.

Ms. Goodenow served as a Writer/Editor for the Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics Proceedings of The Third Public Health and the Law in the 21^st Century Conference.

Loyal to the medical profession because of numerous physician family members, she completed legal externships at both the Centers for Disease Control and with California’s Office of the Attorney General in the Health Quality Enforcement Section. At the Office of the Attorney General she argued license disciplinary cases for the various health boards. At Physicians’ Advocates she continues to be active in discipline cases, using her experience to represent physicians. While at the CDC she worked on issues such as health regulation, appropriations law, and a proposed UNESCO bioethics statement. Ms. Goodenow draws on her experience analyzing and interpreting regulations for the federal government to help physicians avoid regulatory problems and deal with them if administrative proceedings should arise.

Jennifer Shih
JS@physiciansadvocates.com

Jennifer Shih’s practice primarily focuses on health care law. Ms. Shih has a technical background in Molecular Cell Biology from the University of California, Berkeley. She received her J.D. from the University of California, Davis School of Law (King Hall). Ms. Shih has interned with the Attorney General’s Health, Education, Welfare section, the California Medical Association, and the Department of Managed Health Care. During law school, Ms. Shih helped co-found the King Hall Health Law Association and served as co-chair. Prior to law school Ms. Shih worked at the California Department of Public Health.

Ms. Shih serves on the Education Committee of the Asian American Bar Association of the Bay Area and the Business Development Committee of the Queen’s Bench. She is also a member of the Bar Association of San Francisco and the Alameda County Bar Association.

Ms. Shih is admitted to practice in the State of California and before the United States Patent & Trademark Office. Ms. Shih is also fluent in Mandarin.