Sedgwick Continues Dynamic Expansion of Healthcare Practice Group

February 2008

Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP announced it has experienced substantial growth within its Healthcare Practice Group. Sedgwick has added Los Angeles attorneys Keith Weaver, and Dina Richman to the group, and their fellow Los Angeles healthcare attorney Gary Pancer has been elevated to partner.

The 50 attorneys of Sedgwick's national Healthcare Practice Group offer a comprehensive array of legal services for the rapidly changing healthcare industry. They provide counsel which ensures their clients' compliance with current and anticipated statutes and regulations, while at the same time remaining sensitive to clients' business realities and constituent concerns.

"Sedgwick adds exceptional Healthcare attorneys such as our newest additions, so that we may continue to provide outstanding legal solutions to the nation's healthcare industry," said Chair of Sedgwick's Healthcare Practice Group David Humiston.

One of Sedgwick's newest partners, Gary Pancer represents healthcare service plans, physicians and other healthcare clients in complex business litigation and consumer disputes. Pancer also serves as president of the board of the Frank D. Lanterman Regional Center, a nonprofit organization that provides services to thousands of children and adults with developmental disabilities in Los Angeles. He earned his J.D. from Southwestern University School of Law and his B.A. from California State University, Northridge, cum laude.

Keith Weaver focuses his practice on healthcare litigation and healthcare compliance and regulatory matters. He has extensive experience representing healthcare service plans, medical groups, and individual healthcare practitioners in complex business litigation and consumer disputes, including bad faith litigation. He also represents healthcare clients in administrative proceedings before state and federal agencies, and in peer review proceedings. Weaver earned his B.A. from the University of Nevada, Reno, and his J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law.

Dina Richman represents health plans, managed care organizations, provider groups, and healthcare professionals. While attending law school, Ms. Richman served as a judicial extern to Justice Miriam Vogel of the California Court of Appeal. She also served on the editorial board of the UCLA Journal of Sexual Orientation Law, the executive board of the Animal Law Society, and participated in moot court. She earned her J.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles and her B.A., magna cum laude, from Pomona College.