Tony Patterson is the partner-in-charge of the Health Law Section of the Dallas office of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., a renowned law firm with over 1,000 attorneys, ten offices in the United States and six international offices.

Tony has over thirty years of legal experience in a broad range of business transactions, including representing corporate businesses (especially non-profit, tax-exempt and proprietary health care services provider organizations) and clients in real estate, joint venture and contractual arrangement transactions.

His practice focuses on the healthcare services industry, in which he has been involved in the formation of integrated health care provider systems; reorganizations, acquisitions and divestitures of healthcare facilities; advising Boards of Directors/Trustees on fiduciary duties and regulatory compliance; advice and documentation related to managed care; transactions with and on behalf of physicians and physician groups; advice on working within the current regulatory environment, including the federal Medicare anti-fraud and abuse and Texas anti-patient solicitation laws, the “Stark law”; hospital-physician arrangements, such as service line co-management arrangements, physician recruiting, hospital based physician contracts and “purchased under arrangements” transactions; advice on state and federal tax laws applied to tax exempt facilities; joint venture transactions in the United States and internationally; peer review and medical staff relations; representation of long-term care facilities, ambulatory surgery facilities and other ancillary services providers; and all facets of operating issues for healthcare providers.

Tony also has experience in the representation of lenders and borrowers in real estate lending transactions, including mortgage lending on commercial and residential projects, loans to hospitals and other entities for projects such as physician office buildings, assisted living communities, nursing homes, ambulatory surgery and other outpatient services facilities.

• University of Iowa College of Law, Adjunct Professor
• Southern Methodist University Law School, Former Adjunct Professor
• American Bar Association
  • Section Officers Conference, Chair (2006 - 2007)
  • Health Law Section, Chair (2004 - 2005)
• State Bar of Texas - Health Law Section
• Dallas Bar Association - Health Law Section
• American Health Lawyers Association
• Health Industry Council of the Dallas-Fort Worth Region, Board of Directors; former Vice-Chair and Member
• American Bar Endowment - Board Member
• World Justice Project - Steering Committee Member

• The Best Lawyers in America
• "Texas Super Lawyer" - Health Care Law
• Who's Who in American Law
• Outstanding Physician Practice Lawyer, Nightingale's Healthcare News
• Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Leading Healthcare Lawyer

• Co-Author, "Professional Licensure and Liability Issues," Chapter 6, E-Health Business and Transactional Law, Bureau of National Affairs, Health Law Section, American Bar Association
• Contributor, "Law, Policy and the Conversion of Non-Profit Organizations," Health Law Section, American Bar Association and The National Association of Attorneys General and the Milbank Memorial Fund, 2002
• "Emerging Issues in Electronic Health Law," Monograph 6, Health Law Section, American Bar Association, November 2001
• "A Review of Key Legal Requirements Affecting Ambulatory Surgery Centers," The Health Lawyer, Vol. 11 N. 5, July 1999

• “Physician Integration Approaches,” presentation to the 2008 Montana Hospital Association Annual Convention & Trade Show, sponsored by the MHA, Billings, Montana, September 24 - 26, 2008
• “Stark Regulations III & IV: A Deep Dive Approach,” presentation to the Healthcare Roundtable for Corporate Counsel, San Francisco, California, September 14 - 16, 2008
• “Hospital Owned Physician Practices,” Moderator of and presentation to the 25^th Annual National CLE Conference, Health Law, sponsored by the Colorado Bar Association CLE, Vail, Colorado, January 4 - 9, 2008
• “Business Transactions and Compliance Issues for Hospitals and Physicians,” presentation to the Third Annual Health Law Symposium, sponsored by Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Austin, Texas, May 31 - June 1, 2007
• “Foundations of Health Law,” presentation to the 17^th Annual National Institute on Health Care Fraud, sponsored by the ABA Health Law Section, New Orleans, LA, May 16 - 18, 2007
• “Profiles of Outstanding Women,” Welcome and Opening Remarks at the Texas Diversity Council, North Texas Chapter, A Women in Leadership Symposium, Dallas, Texas, January 25, 2007
• “A Review of Developments of the Past Year,” Moderator of and presentation to the 24^th Annual National CLE Conference, Health Law, sponsored by the Colorado Bar Association CLE, Snowmass, Colorado, January 5 - 10, 2007
• “Studies in Health Law Policy and Practice: The Stark Law,” presentation to the Washington Healthcare Summit, sponsored by the ABA Health Law Section, Washington, D.C., October 23 - 24, 2006
• "Who Says There Is No Free Lunch? Compliance Challenges With Vendor Representatives,” presentation to the Healthcare Roundtable for Corporate Counsel, Carmel, California, September 17 - 19, 2006
• Adjunct Professor, University of Iowa College of Law, Iowa City, Iowa - Federal Regulation of Health Care Fraud and Abuse
• "Physician Recruitment:  Fact or Fiction," presentation to the Health Care Compliance Association South West Local Conference, Dallas, Texas, February 17, 2006
• "Fraud and Abuse and Stark Law Developments in Physician Recruitment Arrangements," Moderator of and presentation to the 2005 National CLE Conference, Health Law, sponsored by the Law Education Institute, Inc., Snowmass, Colorado, January 3 - 7, 2006
• "Laws Governing Financial Arrangements with Physicians," presentation to the VHA Southwest, Inc. Corporate Compliance Officers Consortium, Dallas, Texas, June 21, 2005
• "The Private Bar, A Force for Public Health," presentation to The Public's Health and the Law in the 21st Century 4th Annual Partnership Conference, sponsored by the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Atlanta, Georgia, June 13 - 15, 2005
• Adjunct Professor, University of Iowa College of Law, Iowa City, Iowa - taught Federal Regulation of Health Care Fraud and Abuse, March 14 - 18, 2005
• "Fraud and Abuse and Stark Law Developments in Physician Recruitment Arrangements," Moderator of and presentation to the 2005 National CLE Conference, Health Law, sponsored by the Law Education Institute, Inc., Snowmass, Colorado, January 3 - 7, 2005
• "Successfully Exploring the Parameters of the Specialty Hospital Moratorium," Panelist, Physician Agreements and Ventures, Renaissance American Management, Inc. & Beard Group, Chicago, Illinois, November 11, 2004
• "Understanding & Overcoming Stark II Phase II Compliance Challenges," Stafford Legal Briefings National Teleconference, Stafford Publications, Inc., October 14, 2004
• "Structuring a Health Care Transaction, Addressing Issues & Drafting Documents to Survive in a Health Care Regulatory Environment," Panelist, ABA Business Law Section, ABA Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, August 2004
• "Update of Significant Fraud and Abuse and Stark Law Developments," 2004 Health Law National CLE Conference, Law Education Institute and the Health Law Section, American Bar Association, Aspen, Colorado, January 2004
• "Tax Update 2002," 2002 Health Law Update, Health Law Section, American Bar Association and American College of Healthcare Executives, Washington, D.C., May 2002
• "Compliance with the Stark Law," Region VI Compliance Conference, Health Care Compliance Association, Fort Worth, Texas, February 2002
• "The Privacy of Health Information," Privacy and Data Protection Risk Issues You Can No Longer Ignore Seminar, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., February 2002
• "Physicians Contracts: Recruitment and Coverage Agreements," 2002 Health Law National CLE Conference, Law Education Institute and the Health Law Section, American Bar Association, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, January 2002
• "Working with the Stark Law as We Know It Today," Healthcare Roundtable for Corporate Counsel, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, September 2001
• "Joint Ventures, Gainsharing and Other Hospital-Physician Financial Relationships," 2001 American Health Lawyers Association Annual Meeting, Orlando, June 2001
• "An Interactive Healthcare Roundtable Discussion: Are You Embracing the Future of Healthcare with Confidence or Moving Forward with Uncertainty?" Industry Conference, Baylor Health Care System, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. and Houlihan Lokey Howard and Zukin, April 2001
• "Emerging Issues in Electronic Health Law," Emerging Issues in Health Law Conference Mid-Year Meeting, Health Law Section, American Bar Association, Orlando, February 2001
• "Fraud and Abuse 2000: A Review," 2001 Health Law National CLE Conference, Law Education Institute and the Health Law Section, American Bar Association, Vail, Colorado, January 2001
• "The Fundamentals of ADR," 2001 Health Law National CLE Conference, Law Education Institute and the Health Law Section, American Bar Association, Vail, Colorado, January 2001

1973 - J.D., cum laude, Southern Methodist University School of Law
1970 - B.A., Coe College

As an undergraduate, Tony served as student government vice-president and was chosen as the Outstanding Senior Man.  While in law school, he was an editor of the Southwestern Law Journal and was elected to the Order of the Coif. He was admitted to practice law in Texas in 1973.

In his spare time, Tony enjoys road biking and exercising, two activities that keep him prepared for snow skiing, hiking and fly fishing excursions. He also enjoys catching up with his children and grandchildren on the slopes, especially on those days he considers perfect: 24 degrees, no wind, crisp and clear.