George Indest

1999 - Current

The Health Law Firm

President & Managing Partne

Firm represents primarily healthcare professionals in business, contractual, administrative, licensing and litigation matters. Clients include physicians, nurses, dentists, medical groups, nursing homes, hospital chains, and other health care professionals and facilities. Offices in Altamonte Springs, Orlando and Pensacola.

1997 - 1999

Unger, Swartwood, Indest & Acree, P.A.

Shareholder, Partner, Head of Business and Health Law Department

Business, corporate, transactional, regulatory and administrative practice for physicians, hospitals, nursing homes, home health care agencies, managed care organizations and insurers. Professional liability and business defense litigation. Supervised work of two other attorneys and two paralegals in this medium sized Central Florida firm with offices in Orlando and Jacksonville.

1995 - 1997

Baker Hostetler

Health Care Attorney

Member of Business Department, Firmwide Health Care Industry Group, and Mergers and Acquisitions Team in large, national firm. All aspects of business, corporate, transactional, regulatory and administrative law practice for physicians, hospitals, nursing homes, home health care agencies, managed care organizations and insurers. Formation of all types of business entities and not-for-profit corporations, professional associations and IPAs; drafted health-related business contracts of all types. Litigation involving defense of medical personnel, professional licenses, nursing home liability and administrative hearings.

1993 - 1995

Taraska, Grower, & Ketcham, P.A.

Litigation and Health Care Attorney

Associate in medium size Central Florida defense firm representing large number of hospitals, medical malpractice carriers, physicians, IPAs and medical associations among its major clients. Practice concentrated in medical malpractice defense, personal injury and insurance defense litigation; health care law; appellate practice. Advised clients on self-referral prohibitions, fraud and abuse laws, federal antitrust policies, and other regulatory initiatives. Represented institutional providers with respect to medical staff issues, emergency room patient transfers (COBRA), physician contracting, medical staff bylaws, Medicare/Medicaid issues, risk management and general operational matters.

1990 - 1993

United States Navy

Medico-Legal Advisor/Assistant Staff Judge Advocate, Chief of Naval Education and Training (CNET)

Primary assistant in supervising and monitoring CNET's legal program and overseeing all CNET attorneys. CNET's annual budget exceeded $1.2 billion and had 40,500 permanent staff. CNET provided all formal education and training for the U.S. Navy. Assisted in formulating policy, drafting and analyzing proposed legislation and regulations on following subjects: health care, legal assistance (consumer protection), management of legal assets, education, charitable organizations, military justice and other matters. Reviewed, researched and prepared recommendations on all medical malpractice claims investigations; claims averaged in excess of $120 million per year. Provided advice and assistance on all health care law issues relating to eleven major medical and dental commands.

1987 - 1989

United States Navy: Naval Medical Command, Mid-Atlantic Region Headquarters, Norfolk, Virginia

Staff Judge Advocate (Counsel

Counsel for regional health care system that included Virginia; North Carolina; South Carolina; Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; Puerto Rico; Bermuda; and Iceland; included eight hospitals, five major dental facilities and numerous widely dispersed branch medical and dental clinics, including legal offices staffed by attorneys at three of the major hospitals.

1986 - 1987

United States Navy: Naval Hospital Portsmouth, Virginia

Staff Judge Advocate (In House Counsel)

one of the U.S. Navy's largest teaching hospitals. Only attorney for teaching hospital of approximately 750 bed capacity (approx. 440 active beds), 400 doctors, 17 buildings and several thousand nursing and support staff personnel.

1983 - 1985

United States Navy: USS MIDWAY (CV-4l)

Staff Judge Advocate

Legal adviser for commanding officer and crew of approximately 4,500 men. Prepared all criminal cases for prosecution at courts-martial including direction of government investigators. Advised on various international law and admiralty issues including interpretation of status of forces agreements, laws of armed conflict (including Geneva Conventions) and treaty interpretation. Advised and acted in numerous administrative law matters including claims for and against the government.

1980 - 1983

Naval Legal Service Office

Military Attorney/ Magistrate

One of sixteen attorneys in office providing legal services to military organizations. Positions held: Senior Trial Counsel, Senior Defense Counsel, Head of Administrative Law Department, Head of Legal Assistance Department, and Head Military Magistrate.

Tulane University

B.A. | Political and Computer Science

Honors: Cum Laude

Tulane University School of Law

J.D.

1986

The George Washington University Law School

LL.M. (1986) | Health Care Law and International Law

Honors: With Highest Honors

1982

University of West Florida

M.P.A. (1982) | Public Finance