Joshua M. Weaver
Associate
1601 Elm Street, Suite 4600
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Josh joined Looper, Reed & McGraw in early 2007. Josh concentrates his practice primarily in health law and health care compliance, as well as commercial litigation.
Area of Practice
Industry Experience
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Representative Experience
Health Care
Assists health care providers and facilities with licensure, accreditation and Medicare/Medicaid enrollment.
Represents and advises hospitals, physicians and other health care providers on various operational and administrative issues.
Represents and advises hospitals and providers on reimbursement-related matters, including Medicare and Medicaid appeals.
Advises health care providers and suppliers on transactions that implicate federal and state health care laws and regulations, such as the Stark Law, the Anti-Kickback Statute, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ("HIPAA"), and the Texas illegal remuneration law.
Advises clients on various hospital-physician joint venture arrangements.
Advises hospitals and other health care companies on compliance-related issues.
Prepares and implements compliance program policies and procedures.
Prepares and advises clients on various agreements for physicians, hospitals and hospital systems, including consulting agreements, employment agreements, services agreements, lease agreements, and recruitment agreements.
Represents physician-owned hospitals on various operational, administrative and compliance-related issues.
Serves as the compliance officer for a major physician-owned hospital.
Served as a compliance officer for a major health care development and management company in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Served as a compliance officer for several hospitals and surgery centers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Business and Commercial Litigation
Represents commercial landlords, oil and gas companies, hospitals, health care companies, and real estate companies in various litigation matters.
Obtained complete dismissal of a California-based company from a lawsuit brought by several investors against it in Dallas, Texas.
Assisted in successful defense of debt settlement company in trade secret and breach of contract lawsuit.
Successfully represented commercial landlords in lease disputes.
Successfully obtained multiple temporary restraining orders in separate breach of contract actions, as well as in tortuous interference claims.
Defense of businesses in suits brought by former employees for breach of contract, wrongful termination, discrimination.
Representation of Oil & Gas companies in suits involving vendors, lessees, and other third parties.
Representation of contractors in construction matters.
Drafted and successfully argued numerous motions in courts throughout Texas.
Drafted Brief to Fifth Circuit in age discrimination case that was affirmed without oral argument.
Drafted and obtained summary judgment in defense of a school district on claims of age discrimination in Federal District Court.
Successfully defended residential tenant in lease dispute with landlord and, after a bench trial, obtained judgment in favor of residential tenant against the landlord.
Successfully represented residential landlord in dispute with tenants and, after a bench trial, obtained judgment in favor of landlord against the tenants.
Professional Activities, Memberships & Affiliations
Admitted to the United States District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, Southern, and Western Districts of Texas.
Dallas Young Lawyers Association
Dallas Bar Association
Education
2001 - B.B.A. - Southern Methodist University (Major in Finance, Minor in History, cum laude )
2004 - J.D. - Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law (graduated cum laude , Articles Editor, Southern Methodist University International Law Review; Board of Advocates Master)
Honors
Selected for inclusion in Texas Super Lawyers - Rising Stars Edition - 2010 and 2011
