Biography

Gary Pancer focuses his practice on general civil, business and healthcare litigation.  Mr. Pancer has extensive experience representing healthcare service plans, physicians and other healthcare clients in complex business litigation and consumer disputes including bad faith litigation.  He also represents healthcare clients in administrative proceedings before the Department of Managed Health Care, the Medical and Dental Boards of California, U.S. Department of Labor and other state and federal agencies.

Mr. Pancer has successfully litigated many cases on behalf of healthcare clients in trial courts and binding arbitration, including several multi-million dollar business and consumer cases.  He frequently advises healthcare clients concerning general risk management issues.  Prior to becoming a lawyer, Mr. Pancer worked for several years in a management position for a large publicly traded HMO.

Presentations & Publications

• Speaker, "Retroactive Rescission of Health Plan Contracts," State Bar of California Annual Meeting, Monterey, California (September 2008).
• Speaker, "Medicare Preemption of State Law Tort Claims Under the MMA," Four Seasons, Westlake Village, California (February 2008).
• Speaker, "Recent Developments In Managed Care Litigation," The Hartford Club, Hartford, Connecticut (September 2007).
• Co-author, "Recent Developments in Medicine and Law," Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal , American Bar Association, Volume 40, No. 2 (Winter 2005).
• Author, "The Role of Cost-Effectiveness in Managed Care Contracts," Health Plan & Provider (BNA), Volume 10, No. 31 (August 10, 2004).
• Author, "Lanterman Centeres Are Not Liable for Provider Actions," Daily Journal (February 18, 2004).
• Moderator, "Health Plan External Review-Effective Mediation or Liability Landmind?," American Health Lawyers Association (February 2004).

Memberships & Honors

Mr. Pancer is a member of The American Health Lawyers Association, the Healthcare Law Section of the Los Angeles Bar Association and the California Society of Healthcare Attorneys.

Mr. Pancer also serves as president of the board of the Frank D. Lanterman Regional Center, a non-profit organization that provides services to thousands of children and adults with developmental disabilities in the greater Los Angeles area.