Mediator Resume

MZ Healthcare Consulting and Alternative Dispute Resolution – Independent Arbitrator & Mediator/Healthcare Strategic Consultant University of California Law School at Berkeley - Adjunct Professor (Fall Semesters, Healthcare Law) and University of San Francisco Law School (Spring Semesters, Healthcare Law)

Senior Executive, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, Legal Advisor

Arbitrator/Mediator/Consultant, MZ Healthcare Consulting and Alternative Dispute Resolution, 2022-Present; Strategic Advisor/Senior Vice-President/General Counsel, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc (dba Kaiser Permanente), 2010-2021; Vice-President/Assistant General Counsel, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc (dba Kaiser Permanente), 1998-2010; Senior Counsel/Counsel, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc (dba Kaiser Permanente), 1991-1998; Associate Attorney, Mccutchen Doyle Brown & Enersen, 1986-1991; Associate Attorney, Law Offices of Sanford J. Rosen, 1985-1986; Associate Attorney, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, 1983-1985.

Forty years of experience advising major healthcare and non-healthcare companies. General Counsel for 12 years with Kaiser Permanente (KP), the largest nonprofit integrated health system in the U.S., with $90B in revenue, 12 million members, 225k employees, 22k physicians, 39 hospitals, and 700+ medical offices. Previously Assistant General Counsel for Kaiser Permanente for 11 years. Legal advisor to national leadership and Boards of Directors on a wide range of healthcare-related activities, including merger/acquisition, corporate restructuring, tax exemption, corporate governance, bond disclosures, compliance, contracting, and litigation. Oversaw KP’s role in the Kaiser Permanente Arbitration System, the largest mandatory arbitration program in the U.S. Oversaw litigation of all large cases, including business litigation, employment litigation, consumer class actions, plan v hospital litigation, labor litigation, and regulatory charges. Directly managed the largest litigation matters, involving damages of up to $2 billion. Extensive payor/provider contracting and litigation experience; knowledgeable about the full range of federal and California healthcare programs, including Medicare, Medicaid, FEHBP, 340B, and CHIP; and experienced with the laws protecting consumers and employees, including Title IV and state anti-discrimination statutes, ERISA, insurance bad faith law, and HIPAA and state data privacy statutes.

University of California San Francisco (formerly Hastings College of Law) (JD, Magna Cum Laude-1983); University of California (BA-1978).

Admitted to the Bar: California (1983).

Co-author, Extending Justice: Strategies to Increase Inclusion and Reduce Bias (Carolina Academic Press, 2022). Numerous presentations regarding healthcare law and policy, hospital and health plan tax exemption, corporate legal department operations, and diversity in the legal profession. Organizations for whom presentations have been made include: University of California, Berkeley Law School (General Counsel Institute); Cumberland School of Law at Birmingham; Santa Clara University Law School; Practicing Law Institute; American Health Law Association (multiple presentations, including keynote for national in-house legal conference); Healthcare Law & Compliance Institute (a regular function of the International Performance Management Institute); Rosie The Riveter National Park Trust 20th Anniversary Event (keynote); National Bar Association (joint presentation with Kaiser Permanente CEO Bernard Tyson); California Minority Counsel Association; Consero (healthcare law division).

Hourly Rate: Not provided Daily Rate: $15,000.00 Study Rate: $1,500.00/hr Cancellation: $15,000.00/Day Cancellation Period: 45 Days Comment:

English

United States of America

San Rafael, California