Department profile
Leech Tishman

Healthcare

USA Guide 2026 : California


Leech Tishman

About

Provided by Leech Tishman

Leech Tishman delivers sophisticated legal counsel to healthcare organizations, life sciences companies, digital health platforms, healthcare investors, and health-adjacent businesses nationwide. Our healthcare practice combines deep regulatory knowledge, experienced litigation advocacy, and practical transactional guidance to help clients navigate complex legal environments, high-stakes disputes, strategic transactions, government investigations, and periods of rapid growth or operational challenge.

Clients ranging from large publicly traded healthcare companies to emerging startups rely on Leech Tishman to address the legal and regulatory issues that shape modern healthcare delivery. We advise clients on regulatory compliance strategies, corporate and transactional structuring, reimbursement issues, government audits and investigations, healthcare litigation, crisis response, privacy and cybersecurity, FDA compliance, DEA matters, telehealth, artificial intelligence, and healthcare business models involving complex state and federal regulation.

In an industry shaped by rapid innovation, increasing consolidation, reimbursement pressure, evolving technology, and expanding regulatory oversight, we focus on delivering practical, strategic, and results-driven counsel that protects our clients’ business, regulatory, financial, operational, and reputational interests.

Industries (22)

  • Life Sciences
  • Beauty & Wellness
  • Behavioral Healthcare
  • Cannabis
  • Dentistry
  • Direct to Consumer Health
  • Home Health Agencies
  • Hospitals & Health Systems
  • Laboratories
  • Pharmaceutical Companies
  • Telemedicine
  • Physician Practices
  • Management Services Organizations
  • Health Information Technology
  • Skilled Nursing
  • Genomics
  • Assisted Living Facilities
  • Ambulatory Surgery Centers
  • Addiction Treatment
  • Health Plans
  • Medical Devices
  • Nutraceuticals and Dietary Supplements

Chambers Review

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Healthcare - California

Band 5

Band 5


What the Team is Known For

Leech Tishman is highlighted for it's broad based expertise across the healthcare industry. The team has substantial experience in complex transactional and regulatory mandates. It counts hospital systems, life sciences sector clients and individual practitioners among its client base.

Notable practitioners

Harry J. Nelson is a key contact at the firm.

Work Highlights

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  • Leech Tishman advised on and managed SkinSpirit Essential, LLC's multi-state and multi-entity restructuring project.

Strengths

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  • Leech Tishman have demonstrated a deep and nuanced understanding of healthcare law and related regulatory frameworks. They exhibit confidence in their legal analysis. Their depth of knowledge in the areas for which we have engaged them has consistently provided clarity and actionable guidance, reinforcing their role as a trusted advisor.

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Members

Provided by Leech Tishman

  • Joshua G. Singer

    Head of Department

  • John A. Mills

  • Harry J. Nelson

    Head of Department

  • Aviva R. Morady

  • David H. Chao

  • Tara A. Davidoff

  • Mark S. Hardiman

  • Aaron C. Lachant

  • Adella Katz

  • Ruhee Singh

  • T. Nancy Lam

  • Wakaba Tessier

  • Michael (Akiva) Newborn

  • Phil Kanarsh

  • Moshe J. Kupietzky

  • Hye Jin Lee

  • Lucia Pallier, Ph.D.

  • Elissa Steiner

  • Robert D. Estrin

  • Carolina S. Arenas

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