Biography

Dina Richman concentrates her practice in the healthcare field, primarily representing health plans, managed care organizations, provider groups, and other healthcare professionals. She is well-versed in healthcare issues pertaining to, inter alia, managed care, utilization review, reimbursement, bad faith, physician billing practices, Medicare preemption, premium disputes, and claims brought against medical groups and health plans for alleged negligent care. Ms. Richman also has experience in employment, premises liability, property insurance, professional liability, and business litigation.

Affiliations, Activities and Accomplishments

Ms. Richman is a member of the American Bar Association and the Los Angeles County Bar Association.

She serves on the board of directors of the Frank D. Lanterman Regional Center, a nonprofit organization that provides services to thousands of children and adults with developmental disabilities in the greater Los Angeles area. She previously served on the Associates Board of the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles. Ms. Richman was a member of the Anti-Defamation League’s 2009 Glass Leadership Institute, an organization committed to fighting anti-semitism, bigotry, and extremism all over the world.

While attending law school, Ms. Richman served as a judicial extern to Justice Miriam Vogel of the California Court of Appeal. She served on the editorial board of the UCLA Journal of Sexual Orientation Law (the Dukeminier Awards), the executive board of the Animal Law Society, and participated in moot court while obtaining her law degree.  As an undergraduate, she received the Harry J. Carroll Memorial Prize in Ancient Greek and remains a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Ms. Richman is proficient in ancient Greek and classical Hebrew, and is the co-captain of Sedgwick’s softball team.

Publications

• Co-Author, “Common Managed Care Disputes,” Chapter 2 of Managed Care Litigation, published by the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., May 2011.
• Co-author, “Insurance Coverage for Treatment of Autism: Legal Trend in California and Nationwide,” California Health Law News, May 2011.
• Co-author "Recent Trends in Insurance Coverage Litigation for Treatment of Autism," Sedgwick's Healthcare Law Newsletter, Winter 2011. 
• Author, “An Apple a Day Keeps the Robot Away?” Sedgwick’s Healthcare Law Newsletter, Fall 2010.
• Co-author, “Common Managed Care Disputes,” Chapter 2 of Managed Care Litigation, published by the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (March 2010).
• Co-author, “California Supreme Court Bans Balance Billing,” Healthcare Law Alert, January 2009.
• Author, "Court Limits Rescission in Health Plan Contracts," Sedgwick’s Healthcare Law Newsletter, Spring 2008.
• Author, "The Shot Heard Around the World Wide Web: Comcast Violates Net Neutrality," Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal, March 2008.
• Co-author, "Court Holds Attorney-Client Privilege Doesn’t Cover Messages Sent From Client’s Work E-mail," Healthcare Law Alert, November 2007.
• Author, "California Supreme Court Limits Enforceability of Class Arbitration Waivers to Enforce Statutory Rights," Healthcare Law Newsletter, Winter 2007.