S Derek Bauer

Practice Areas

Derek Bauer is a trial lawyer with a concentration on healthcare and media litigation, and regularly handles high-profile and complex commercial litigation matters involving healthcare regulatory, real estate, media and First Amendment issues. Derek is a past President of the Federal Bar Association, Atlanta Chapter.

Derek serves as BakerHostetler’s Healthcare Litigation Practice Team Leader of more than 30 litigators, as well as the firm’s Atlanta Litigation Leader. He helps hospital systems, physician practices, imaging providers, pharmacies and other provider-side entities resolve their commercial and regulatory disputes. Derek also helps news media, entertainment and other content providers protect their and the public’s freedom to access, create and receive information, including defending print and broadcast defamation and privacy claims and ensuring news media rights of access and protection of confidential sources. Derek is general counsel for the Georgia Association of Broadcasters.

Professional Memberships

Federal Bar Association, Atlanta Chapter

-- President (2016)

American Bar Association

State Bar of Georgia

-- Intrastate Moot Court Committee: Former Chairman

Atlanta Bar Association

American Health Lawyers Association

Georgia Academy of Healthcare Attorneys

Media Law Resource Center

Emory Public Interest Committee (EPIC): Board of Directors