Lippes Mathias is pleased to announce that Brigid M. Maloney, partner and longtime co-leader of the firm’s health care practice team, was one of 25 Western New York professionals to win Buffalo Business First’s Excellence in Health Care Award. Maloney joins other high-achieving professionals in the health care industry, including physicians, nurses, administrators, board members, advocates, researchers, and others in receiving the award, which honors those whose work has improved the way the health system operates in Western New York hospitals, labs, clinics, nonprofits, and health facilities. 

Brigid M. Maloney provides counsel to health care clients, including national digital health tech pioneers, telehealth providers, remote patient monitoring companies, management services organizations and friendly PCs, single and multi-specialty medical practices, hospitals, behavioral health providers, hospice and palliative care providers, human services agencies, med spas, medical call centers, physicians, dentists, and other licensed practitioners on structural, regulatory and reimbursement issues related to corporate formations, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, complex contractual arrangements, and other affiliations and collaborative efforts. She also assists physicians and dentists with the purchase and sale of practices and practice formation, including the creation of organizational and governance documents, filing documentation, and obtaining proper approvals from appropriate state departments. Maloney regularly provides counsel to both in-state and out-of-state clients on New York State corporate practice of medicine rules and requirements for compliance, including structuring “friendly P.C.” relationships and management service organization models. 

Prior to joining Lippes Mathias, she practiced health law as a partner at a midsize regional law firm. She also served for ten years as general counsel and chief compliance officer at UB|MD Physicians Group, and for four years advised the county hospital and nursing home as an assistant county attorney for Erie County, New York. In addition, Maloney served as a board member on the University at Buffalo Health Sciences Institutional Review Board (IRB) for eight years. 

About Lippes Mathias LLP 

Lippes Mathias is a full-service law firm with nearly 200 attorneys serving clients regionally, nationally, and internationally. With offices in Buffalo, Clarence, Albany, Long Island, New York, Rochester and Saratoga Springs, N.Y.; Greater Toronto Area; Chicago, Ill.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Cleveland, Ohio; San Antonio, Texas; Oklahoma City, Okla. and Washington, D.C., the firm represents publicly and privately-owned companies, private equity and venture capital firms, independent sponsors, real estate developers, financial institutions, municipalities, governmental entities, and individuals.