Bryant C. Witt
Biography
Bryant Witt has extensive experience in all aspects of the representation of hospitals, physicians, and other health care organizations. He has also handled many complex regulatory issues. Bryant has substantial trial experience defending health care entities in professional liability matters and business litigation. He served as leader of his former law firm’s health care practice group.
Experience
Bryant has frequently represented health care providers at trial in complex or catastrophic injury cases including birth trauma, wrongful death, and cases involving allegations of profound neurological injury to the plaintiff. He is also a member of the American Health Lawyer’s Association and the Health Law Sections of the Tennessee and Nashville Bar Associations.
Credentials
Admitted
State Courts:
- Tennessee
U.S. District Courts:
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
Education
- J.D., University of Memphis, 1996
- B.S., Rhodes College, 1991
Memberships
- American Health Lawyer’s Association
- Nashville Bar Association, Health Law Section
- Nashville Council of Healthcare Attorneys
- Nashville Health Care Council, Health Care Leadership
- Rural Healthcare Association of Tennessee
- Tennessee Bar Association, Health Law Section
Presentations
- Healthcare Reform – How Did We Get Here and What Do We Do Now?
Tennessee Institute of Management Accountants Annual Meeting; Knoxville, TN; October 21, 2010 - Healthcare Reform and its Impact on Businesses
Legacy Firms Financial Consulting Group Seminar; Knoxville, TN; September 2010 - Nuts and Bolts of Healthcare Reform for H.R. Professionals
Seminar; Nashville, TN; September 23, 2010 - Nuts and Bolts of Healthcare Reform for H.R. Professionals
Seminar; Chattanooga, TN; September 16, 2010
- Impact of Healthcare Reform
Panel with U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper; Nashville, TN; June 21, 2010 - Potential Impact of Healthcare Reform Proposals
David Lipscomb University, Institute on Conflict Management; Nashville, TN; Summer 2009 - Stark Law and Fair Market Valuation Workshop
Medical Group Management Association National Meeting, Financial Management Section; Phoenix, AZ; April 2008 - Stark Law and Fair Market Valuation Workshop
Kentucky MGMA, February 2008 - Legal Malpractice Issues for In House and Outside Counsel
Tennessee Bar Association; Knoxville, Nashville, & Memphis, TN; December 2006 - Physician Recruitment Initiatives – Regulatory and Business Model Issues
Nashville, TN; Spring 2006 - Preparing Lay and Expert Witnesses for Deposition
Lorman Seminar, July 2005 - Expert Witness Evidentiary Issues
Lorman Seminar, Nashville, TN; May 2005
Publications
- New Transparency and Reporting Requirements Under the Health Care Reform Act: Why is My Steak Dinner Listed on the Internet
Client Alert, May 2010 - Court of Appeals Decision on Physician Fee Splitting Could Drastically Impact Physician-Hospital Management Agreements
Client Alert, December 2009 - Healthcare Reform Under the Obama Administration
Nashville Medical News, April 2009 - Termination of Life-Sustaining Medical Care Sparks Debate Regarding Federal Law
Medical Malpractice Law & Strategy, December 2000
- N-(5-Indanylsufonyl)-N’ -(4-chlorophenyl) urea, a Novel Agent Equally Cytotoxic to Nonproliferating Human Colon Adenocarcinoma Cells
Cancer Research; January 15, 1990