Re is a member of the Healthcare and Litigation Departments. Her practice focuses on insurance, healthcare and civil matters. Re has an approachable and open communication style that puts her clients at ease. She values connecting with her clients and cultivating that relationship to ensure she understands their legal issues and solving them with success. Re provides a wide range of legal services to members of the healthcare industry including regulatory, confidentiality and privacy-related compliance services including HIPA A and state laws, licensing and risk management related services, federal and state agency investigations. Re’s practice also includes legal advice and litigation relating to insurance coverage and bad faith for policyholders and the insurance industry including property and casualty, life, health and disability. For her insurance and self-insured clients, Re provides guidance and advice with respect to obligations under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act and Section 111 of the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act (MMSEA). At the end of the day, Re’s style and compassion for law and her clients is what makes her the success she is today.
With over 30 years of litigation experience representing all facets of the healthcare industry [providers, hospitals and health systems, health plans, pharmaceutical companies, and pharmacies], Re offers comprehensive support to her healthcare clients. Re has a deep understanding and knowledge of the operational workings, and the evolving issues and challenges the industry faces. Most recently, Re’s healthcare practice has focused on investigations, pre-litigation, and litigation with state and federal enforcement agencies related to regulatory and statutory compliance, including, for example, the ADA, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, HIPAA, state privacy and confidentiality laws, charity care, reproductive rights, licensing, credentialing, and privileging, as well as claims brought pursuant to the Consumer Protection Act. The matters Re handles range from advice giving to complex multi-party litigation.
Re was selected by Super Lawyers Magazine to be included in the 2005 Washington Rising Stars list and Washington Super Lawyers list for 2010–present. She has also been recognized by Seattle Met magazine as a “Top Lawyer” in Health Care and has been designated as one of the “Top Women Attorneys in Washington” for the past eleven years.
Re received her B.A. in Architecture and Urban Studies from Smith College and her J.D., with honors, from University of Connecticut School of Law.
Bar Admissions
- Washington State
- State of Alaska
- State of Connecticut
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court (Western & Eastern Washington, District of Connecticut)
- U.S. Court of Appeals (Second & Ninth Circuit)
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education
- J.D., University of Connecticut School of Law
- B.A., Smith College
Speaking Engagements
- Presenter, “Insurance 101 & 201,” for client, December 11, 2023.
- Presenter, “Insurance 101,” for client, June 14, 2022.
- Presenter, “Insurance 101,” for client, June 14, 2022.
- Presenter, “Insurance 101,” for client, March 8, 2022.
- Presenter, “Health Care Providers and Intersection with the Legal System,” for client, November 9, 2021.
- Presenter, “Insurance 101,” for client, September 27, 2021.
- Presenter, “Washington Charity Care,” for client, April 7, 2021. Presenter, “MSP and MMSEA Compliance Update”, for client, February 4, 2021.
- Presenter, “Settling Cases with Minors and Medicare Beneficiaries”, Washington CRP Alliance Round Table, October 19, 2020.
- Presenter, “MSP and MMSEA for Washington CRP Alliance”, Washington CRP Alliance Webinar, September 21, 2020.
- Presenter, “MSP and MMSEA Compliance”, for client, August 19, 2019.
- Moderator, “Medicare Secondary Payer – Hot Topics 2019,” WCI Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, August 13, 2019.
- Panelist, “Liability Medicare Set-Asides (LMSAs) and Section 111 Civil Monetary Penalty (CMP) Rulemakings: Coming in 2019?”, WCI Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, August 13, 2019.
- Co-Presenter, “Compliance with State and Federal Public Accommodations Laws in the Healthcare Setting,” WSSHA Fall Quarterly Meeting, Seattle, WA, October 3, 2018.
- Presenter, “MSP and MMSEA Compliance”, for client, August 23, 2018.
- Panelist, “Medicare Secondary Payer – Hot Topics 2018,” WCI Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, August 21, 2018.
- Panelist, “Medicaid – The Next MSP?” WCI Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, August 21, 2018.
- Co-Author, “The ‘Secondary Payer’ Program: A Medicare Fix We Can All Get Behind,” Morning Consult Op-Ed, July 23, 2018.
- Presenter, “Balancing Risk Management and Practice: Unprofessional Conduct,” Wellspring Family Services, Seattle, WA, October 27, 2017.
- Presenter, “The Current Background of Medicare Advantage and Part D Litigation,” DRI Nursing Home Seminar, Atlanta, GA, September 15, 2017.
- Presenter, “Health Information Technology Law,” Seattle University Health Law Certificate Program, Seattle, WA, August 9, 2017.
- Panelist, “Medicare Secondary Payer: The False Claims Act, Medicare Advantage, and Part D,” WCI Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, August 8, 2017.
- Presenter, “Compliance with State and Federal Public Accommodation Laws for Persons with a Disability,” Washington Health Care Risk Management Society Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, June 2, 2017.
- Presenter, “Balancing Risk Management and Practice: Unprofessional Conduct,” Wellspring Family Services, Seattle, WA, May 19, 2017.
- Presenter, “Balancing Risk Management and Practice: Unprofessional Conduct,” Wellspring Family Services, Seattle, WA, October, 2016.
- Panelist, “Medicare Secondary Payer Update – Medicare Advantage and Part D," WCI Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, August 23, 2016.
- Presenter, “The Trips and Traps of Producing Medical Records,” 2016 Aldridge Health Conference, Seattle, WA, July, 2016.
- Presenter, “Balancing Risk Management and Practice: Unprofessional Conduct,” Wellspring Family Services, Seattle, WA, May, 2016.
- Presenter, “Just Press Print: Challenges in Producing EHRs in Litigation,” 2016 HIMSS Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV, March, 2016.
Professional & Community Activities
- Washington Defense Trial Lawyers
- Medicare Advocacy Recovery Coalition (MARC): Past Chair, 2021- Present, Chair 2018-2021; Treasurer, 2016-2018
- Defense Research Institute (DRI): Law Institute, Appointed Member (2009 - 2023); Medicare Secondary Payer Task Force, Chair (2009 - 2011) Past Chair, (2012 - Present); Annual Meeting Steering Committee, Member, 2002, 2007 and 2008; SLDO Relationship Committee, Member 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009; Medical Liability and Health Care Law Committee, Member; Program Chair, Medical Liability and Health Care Law Seminar 2006 & 2007; HIPAA Issues Committee, Chair, 2005, 2006; Publications Chair, 2005; Publications Vice-Chair, 2004 Program Chair – Young Lawyers Breakout Session, Medical Liability and Health Care Law Seminar, 2004; Internal Investigations, Regulatory and Enforcement Committee, Drug and Medical Device Committee, Member; Insurance Law Committee, Member; Product Liability Committee, Member; Young Lawyers Committee; Liaison to Medical Liability and Health Care Law Committee, 2003; Long Range Steering Committee, Member, 2003; Women’s Mentoring Committee, Chair, 2000 - 2002
- American Health Lawyers Association
- Washington State Society of Healthcare Attorneys
Accolades
- Top Women Attorneys in Washington, Seattle Met Magazine: 2012-Present
- Selected to the Washington Super Lawyers List, Super Lawyers Magazine: 2010–2024
- Richard H. Krochock Award, Defense Research Institute: 2012
- Selected to the Washington Rising Stars List, Super Lawyers Magazine: 2002, 2005
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