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Professional Background

MARY K. AUSTIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW

New York, New York (2015 to the present)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (2013-2014)

Health care, business and employment mediation, arbitration and conflict resolution; consulting on health care related legal matters; medical staff hearings

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UPMC (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Senior Associate Counsel (2009-2013)

Associate Counsel (2000-2008)

Supervision of litigation and alternative dispute resolution (ADR); general counsel representation for hospitals, a charitable foundation and employed physician organizations; billing disputes; medical staff hearings and governance; physician disputes; purchase and sale of physician practices; physician employment and contract matters; patient care matters; risk management; audits and investigations; strategic planning; corporate transactions; real estate and construction matters; compliance, regulatory and governance issues; insurance matters; development of medical legal collaborative to provide pro bono representation for indigent patients.  Litigation and ADR experience included uninsured patient class actions and cases involving contracts, antitrust, billing, patient care and access, physician and medical staff disputes, restrictive covenants, employment contracts, whistle-blowing claims and construction disputes, as well as regulatory, investigatory and audit matters.

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ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT, LLC

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Partner (1990 to 2000)

Associate (1987 to 1990)

Vice-chair of the Litigation Department for several years.

Extensive litigation practice in federal and state courts and agencies, including complex commercial, antitrust, contract, restrictive covenant, intellectual property, clerical abuse and product liability cases.  Extensive courtroom experience and a focus on developing conflict strategy, directing discovery and conducting settlement negotiations in highly complex and sensitive matters. ADR experience.


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FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP

New York, New York 

Of Counsel (2016), health care law practice

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REBOUL MacMURRAY HEWITT MAYNARD & KRISTOL 

New York, NY, associate

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CHADBOURNE & PARKE 

New York, NY, associate

Bar Admissions

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  • New York and Pennsylvania

  • Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the Western District of Pennsylvania

  • Second, Third and Fourth Circuit Courts of Appeals

  • Supreme Court of the United States

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW SCHOOL, LLB, Cum Laude 

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WELLESLEY COLLEGE, AB in History  (Wellesley Scholar)

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WESTFIELD COLLEGE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, London, UK

Education

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