News

1 Feb 2012

DLA Piper expands Health Care practice with addition of five-lawyer group in Miami

Partners Joshua Kaye and Michael Austin lead team to DLA Piper’s growing Miami office; Kaye to co-chair US Health Care practice

Press Release

DLA Piper today announced that prominent health care lawyers Joshua Kaye and Michael Austin have joined the firm as partners in the Miami office. Kaye joins the firm's Corporate practice and Austin joins the Litigation practice. Kaye will also serve as co-chair of the firm's interdisciplinary Health Care sector. They are also joined by of counsel Adam Rogers, and associates Valerie Novales and Matthew Grosack. The group previously practiced together in Miami at McDermott, Will & Emery LLP.

Kaye focuses his practice on health care transactional and regulatory matters, while also counseling health care providers on innovative business models. Austin focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation and arbitration matters with extensive experience handling health care litigation and regulatory investigations.

"Josh and Mike are well-recognized and highly accomplished health care lawyers who bring complementary transactional and litigation practices to DLA Piper's global platform," said Kimberly K. Egan, co-chair of DLA Piper's Health Care sector. "Their arrival underscores our commitment to expanding the firm's health care practice as the industry grows and evolves, and I look forward to working closely with Josh as we continue to grow our practice."

"Josh and Mike are experienced lawyers who will also help us serve the growing intersection between the health care and private equity sectors, which complements the firm's growing platform in Miami, and around the country," said Craig Rasile, managing partner of DLA Piper's Miami office. "We're excited to have Josh, Mike and this team join us as we continue to attract the top talent in the region to DLA Piper to further build out our capabilities not only in Miami but in the southeastern United States as well."

Since opening in March 2011, DLA Piper's Miami office has grown substantially, welcoming a number of nationally and internationally recognized lawyers: international arbitration partners Pedro J. Martinez-Fraga and C. Ryan Reetz from Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP; bankruptcy and restructuring partners Craig Rasile and Andrew Zaron, corporate partners Carlos Loumiet and John Haley, and tax partner Michael Silva from Hunton & Williams LLP; and corporate partner Jackie Hodes from McDermott, Will & Emery LLP.

About the Lawyers

Joshua Kaye counsels clients on a wide range of health care transactional and regulatory matters on a national and state level, including self-referral laws, state licensure, insurance laws and HIPAA, and is recognized as a "Board Certified Health Law Attorney" by the Florida Bar.  Among the health care clients that Kaye advises are hospitals/health systems, ambulatory surgical centers, home health agencies, urgent care centers, diagnostic imaging companies, concierge medicine practices, and medical groups and physicians.   He also advises private equity sponsors with their health care acquisitions and divestitures, along with the ongoing representation of their health care portfolio companies. 

Recognized as a leading health care attorney by Chambers USA, Kaye is also a frequent speaker on health care transactional and regulatory issues affecting physician groups and participates in a variety of pro bono projects.  Kaye earned his J.D. magna cum laude, from the University of Miami where he served as the managing editor of the University of Miami Law Review and his B.A. from the University of Florida with honors.

Michael Austin focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation and arbitration matters with extensive experience handling a wide range of health care litigation and regulatory investigations, hospitality industry litigation, corporate and real estate litigation, class action litigation and intellectual property (trademark, unfair competition, trade secret and copyright) litigation.

As part of his health care litigation practice, he represents a wide range of health care industry participants, including health systems, hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, diagnostic imaging companies, home health agencies, medical and physician practice groups and various other health care industry businesses in connection with handling a variety of complex health care litigation matters, regulatory investigations and enforcement actions by federal and state regulatory agencies, and responding to (and defending) potential whistle blower (qui tam) actions.

Austin received his J.D. from the University of Miami, summa cum laude and his B.A. from the University of Florida, with honors.