BUSINESS EXPERIENCE Orrill, Cordell & Beary, New Orleans, LA. Associate for firm engaging in business, commercial and health law. Advised client in construction, development, licensure & accreditation of new 50-bed specialty hospital Spring 2004 to present. Ochsner Health Plan, Metairie, LA. Corporate Attorney for the largest privately held employer in Louisiana. Provided business, regulatory, and administrative advice, and litigation oversight for HMO with 500 employees and 250,000 members. Regulatory focus is on ERISA, COBRA, HIPAA, and state insurance regulation. Summer 2003 to Spring 2004. Touro Infirmary, New Orleans, LA. Risk Manager and in-house attorney for 567 licensed bed facility with 2,000 member workforce. Provided oversight of insurance portfolio, malpractice and commercial liability defense, HIPAA implementation, corporate and regulatory compliance, transactional and professional licensure matters. Winter 2000 to Summer 2003. The Louisiana Clinic, N