Yvonne Puig practices exclusively in the health care area, and represents hospitals, HMOs, medical schools and other institutional health care providers. She has extensive experience in a variety of health law regulatory matters, including, but not limited to: EMTALA, credentialing, due process hearings, and JCAHO accreditation and compliance.

Her trial experience includes complex litigation, such as representation of hospital systems, manufacturers and sellers of medical devices, and commercial litigation involving the health industry. Additionally, she has experience reviewing business arrangements among managed care providers and other statutory and regulatory compliance.

• Lead counsel representing a national hospital system sued for violations of federal and state antitrust laws, tortious interference and defamation.
• Lead counsel representing an international medical device manufacturer in state Attorney General investigation.
• Lead counsel representing a managed care company for severe neurological injury to twins arising out of credentialing, utilization review and cost-containment mechanisms.
• Lead counsel representing academic medical center and health systems in the creation and implementation of compliance programs in the areas of EMTALA and JCAHO.

• Texas Board of Legal Specialization Inaugural Exam Commission - authored the first health law specialty examination for the State Bar of Texas (2002 - 2007)
• State Bar of Texas
  • Health Law Section, Chair; Council Member
• American Board of Trial Advocates
• National Health Lawyers Association
• Texas Association of Defense Counsel

• The Best Lawyers in America,two categories - health law and litigation (1991 - 2007)
• "One of five outstanding lawyers in health law," Texas Lawyer "Go-To" Guide
• "Super Lawyer," Texas Monthly (2003 - 2007)
• "Outstanding Health Care Litigator of 2004," Nightingale News Service (One of twelve and only one in Texas)
• Chambers U.S.A. (2005 - 2006)
• "Top 50 Texas Super Lawyer," Texas Monthly Magazine (2006)

Yvonne is an author who has published numerous articles on a variety of health care topics and liability updates.

• "Emerging Issues in Healthcare," Chapter 3 of Managed Care, ERISA and Beyond, American Bar Association, February 2002

Recent speeches:

• Annual Fall THA/Health Law Section Seminar
  • Speaker, 2005 and 2006
  • Chair and Moderator, 2004
• 17th Annual Health Law Conference, Houston, Texas, April 2006
• Texas Association of Health Plans Conference, October 2006
• National Emergency Department Practice Management Association, New Orleans, Louisiana
• ABA Managed Care Liability, Houston, Texas
• Liability Update
  • ABA Managed Care, Washington, D.C.
  • State Bar of Texas Managed Care Seminar
• Child Abuse Reporting, Texas Pediatric Symposium

1978 - J.D., The University of Texas School of Law
1975 - B.A., High Honors, Psychology, The University of Texas

Yvonne was admitted to practice law in Texas in 1978; the U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas in 1980; and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit in 1985.