Carin Marney

Carin Marney is co-leader of Ballard Spahr’s Health Care Industry Team. She represents health care and long-term care providers in regulatory and litigation matters. She has deep experience advising clients in this highly regulated industry on compliance and helping them avoid and resolve disputes, both in and outside of court.

Carin serves as outside general counsel to seniors housing and long-term care clients on a wide range of issues including:

- Operational advice

- Fair housing

- Resident transfers and discharges

- Compliance with skilled nursing requirements of participation

- Compliance with assisted living regulations

- Informal dispute resolution and administrative appeals of state and federal enforcement action

- Drafting residency agreements, policies and procedures, and resident handbooks

- Risk management advice and training

- Resident rights issues

- Legislative advocacy

- Admission agreements, policies and procedures, and resident handbooks

- Drafting and training facilities on the use of arbitration agreements

- Crisis management

Carin’s years of litigation experience often intersect with defending long-term care clients in regulatory enforcement actions brought by state and federal agencies and in administrative hearings:

- Administrative appeals disputing federal and state survey and enforcement action, including issuance of immediate jeopardy citations and civil monetary penalties

- Informal dispute resolution

- Administrative hearings regarding resident notices of discharges

- Department of Health licensing investigations and disciplinary hearings involving the Department of Health

- Risk management advice, training, and drafting managed risk agreements

- Defense of facilities and professionals in high profile litigation including allegations of wrongful death, abuse, and neglect

Admissions

Washington

Idaho

Oregon

U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Washington

U.S. District Court for Idaho

U.S. District Court for Oregon

Professional Activities

LeadingAge Legal Committee (representing Washington state), 2021-present

American Health Lawyers Association, Strategic Activities, Alternative Dispute Resolution Affinity Group, past, Vice Chair; Post-Acute and Long-Term Service Practice Group

Long-Term Care Power Lawyers Program, past, Faculty Member