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Joan W Feldman

Joan W Feldman

USA 2026

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About

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Career

Chair of Shipman’s Health Law Practice Group, Joan W. Feldman delivers strategy, perspective, experience, and business acumen to the firm’s healthcare clients. Joan couples her healthcare experience, insight and legal prowess to serve as outside counsel or general counsel to hospitals, health systems, academic medical centers; specialty hospitals, home health agencies, hospice, behavioral health, and substance use disorder providers; DME providers; clinical laboratories; and life sciences companies. With nearly four decades of healthcare cross-disciplinary business and regulatory experience, Joan has an unmatched understanding of the competitive, operational, and regulatory pressures and opportunities facing today’s healthcare organizations. Equally valuable, Joan has earned a reputation among federal and state agency officials as a formidable, capable, effective, and trustworthy healthcare advocate.

Selected among the leading healthcare lawyers in Connecticut and ranked in the prestigious Band 1 by Chambers USA. According to Chambers USA, “Joan enjoys a strong reputation for her regulatory expertise and regularly advises clients on compliance and reimbursement matters."

Full Biography: https://www.shipmangoodwin.com/people/joan-w-feldman.html

Personal

University of Connecticut School of Law, J.D., 1986, with honors

State University of New York Downstate College of Nursing, B.S.N., 1977, magna cum laude

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Healthcare - Connecticut

Band 1
Band 1

Individual Editorial
Joan Feldman enjoys a strong reputation for her regulatory expertise and regularly advises clients on compliance and reimbursement matters.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • She is incredible - knowledgeable, responsive, compassionate, mission-driven, has amazing values and is a pleasure to work with.

    HealthcareChambers Guide to the USA
  • Joan is truly amazing. She has been instrumental to our success and continues to provide support needed to navigate the ever-changing healthcare environment.

    HealthcareChambers Guide to the USA
  • Joan Feldman is great to work with; always approachable and quick to respond. She makes things easy to understand. I also appreciate that she thinks beyond just the legal side and gives advice that fits our business needs.

    HealthcareChambers Guide to the USA

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Connecticut

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