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Seasoned courtroom lawyers.
Weve handled matters in 30 states, for 30 years.
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Respected
by our peers.
Our firm has the highest possible Martindale-Hubbell peer review rating, an AV®.*
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Top Credentials.
Lawyers from top law schools like Harvard, Emory, and the University of Georgia, with five published legal treatises.
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Patrick M. Connolly |
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Mr. Connolly is a
business lawyer who
represents a wide range
of business entities and
individual entrepreneurs
in matters pertaining to
business planning,
business formation and
governance,
transactions, dispute
resolution and
regulatory compliance.
Mr. Connolly has
particular expertise in
the health care
industry, having served
as legal Counsel to a
national hospital chain,
where he functioned as a
general counsel to
numerous acute care and
behavioral hospitals, as
well as to a physician
practice management
company subsidiary.
Mr. Connolly has
extensive health care
regulatory experience
involving fraud and
abuse, Stark,
certificate of need,
licensing and medical
staff issues, as well as
in the design and
implementation of
corporate compliance
programs.
Mr. Connolly also
handles mergers,
acquisitions, joint
ventures, equity and
debt management and a
wide range of other
business transactions in
both healthcare and in
other industries.
Education

• Harvard Law
School
• University of
Scranton (M.H.A.,
1992)
• College of the
Holy Cross (A.B.,magna
cum laude, 1972) |
Bar Admissions

• Georgia
• District of
Columbia
• Massachusetts
• Pennsylvania |
Representative
Transactions

• Lead Counsel -
acquisition of
forty hospitals
by national
hospital chain.
• Lead Counsel -
corporate integrity
agreement
negotiation between
group of nine
hospitals and Texas
Attorney General's
office.
• Lead Counsel -
physician practice
group acquisitions
in Georgia,
Florida, Texas and
California
• Representation of
both borrowers and
lenders in a
variety of
multi-million
dollar commercial
loan transactions
• Representation of
investor groups in
private placements
for hotel
developments and
other projects
throughout the
Southeast |
Publications

• Guidelines
for Physicians on
Security and
Privacy,
Trust the
Leaders,
Spring 2007
•
Should
Physician Groups
Merge?,
Atlanta Hospital
News,
June, 2007
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Tear Down the
Wall, Health
Leaders Magazine,
September, 2007
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Patient
Privacy in the
Information Age -
Atlanta
Hospital News,
December 2006
• Patient
Privacy in the
Information Age -
Georgia Scroll,
Winter 2007 |
Professional and Community Involvement

• State Bar
of Georgia
• American
Health Lawyers
Association
• Georgia
Society of
Healthcare
Attorneys
• Ireland
Chamber of Commerce
in the United
States
• St.
Joseph's Hospital
Grand Rounds for
Distinguished
Community Leaders
• Cherokee
Town & Country Club
Membership
Committee
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Contact Information

404-239-1150 ext 146
pconnolly@gorbypeters.com
Two Ravinia Drive Suite 1500 Atlanta, GA 30346-2104
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