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Catherine Ballard is a partner in the Bricker & Eckler health care department with a practice focusing on the day-to-day operations of a variety of health care facilities as well as those facilities' dealings with administrative agencies, private accrediting agencies and court proceedings. She works with clients in the areas of hospital/medical staff integration, quality assessment/performance improvement/peer review; medical staff/AHP governing documents; Medicare conditions of participation and private accreditation; physician recruitment/employment; provider scope of practice; and general patient care.
Representative Experience
Law Clerk to the Honorable John D. Holschuh, Federal District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, 1985-87
Adjunct assistant professor in legal writing, The Ohio State University College of Law
Community and Professional Activities
Member, American and Ohio State Bar Associations
Member, American Health Lawyers Association and Society of Ohio Healthcare Attorneys
Past President, Society of Ohio Healthcare Attorneys Board Member, Kya's Krusade LLC
Award and Recognitions
Listed, Best Lawyers in America (health care law) 1995-2010
Listed in Ohio Super Lawyers since 2004; Recognized in 2010 as one of the Top 50 Ohio Women Lawyers, Top 50 Columbus Lawyers, and Top 25 Columbus Women Lawyers
Publications
"Rise in Censured Doctors Challenging Peer Review," Medical Malpractice Law and Strategy Vol. X, Number 10, August 1993
Representative Litigation
Michael M. Fox, M.D. v. Parma Community General Hospital, Eighth Appellate District Case No. 84428 (April 7, 2005) (Ohio Supreme Court declined jurisdiction)
Catipay v. Trumbull Memorial Hospital, Case No. 2003-T-0136, Eleventh Appellate District (2004) (granting HCQIA immunity to all defendants)
Menon v. Stouder Memorial Hospital, 1997 Ohio App. LEXIS 567 (1997) (granting HCQIA immunity to all defendants)
Landefeld v. Marion General Hospital, Inc., 994 F.2d 1178 (6th Cir. 1993) (failure of physician terminated from medical staff to prevail on claim of disability)
Amicus Curiae Briefs on Behalf of the Ohio Hospital Association
Browning v. Burt, 66 Ohio St.3d 544, motion for rehearing denied, 67 Ohio St.3d 1439 (1993) (statute of limitations for negligent credentialing)
Nemazee v. Mt. Sinai Medical Center, 56 Ohio St.3d 109 (1990) (exhaustion of administrative remedies)
State, ex rel., Hardin County Publishing Co. v. Hardin Memorial Hospital, Third Appellate Judicial District Case No. 6-02-04 (October 18, 2002) (Ohio's Sunshine Act)
State of Ohio, ex rel. Stys v. Parma Community General Hospital, 93 Ohio St.3d 438, motion for reconsideration denied, 93 Ohio St.3d 1499 (2001) (Ohio's Public Records Law)
Education
University of Louisville (B.A, 1975)
The Ohio State University College of Law (J.D., summa cum laude 1985); Member, Order of the Coif; Member, Ohio State Law Journal
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