Maureen is recognized as a leading health care lawyer at both the state and national levels. She advises health care providers on complex regulatory, patient care, reimbursement, compliance, operational, and corporate matters. She was the firm’s first female Managing Partner and served as a member of the firm’s Executive Committee for many years.

She has been an effective advocate for clients because she understands both the law and the business challenges of health care. She helps hospitals, provider networks, long-term care providers, home health care agencies, hospices, physicians, and other providers and trade associations navigate the ever-changing regulatory, business, and competitive waters of the health care industry. Maureen represents clients in disputes with government payors and insurers.  She served as lead counsel in a series of challenges that led to a landmark settlement between the State of Connecticut and Connecticut hospitals concerning the adequacy of Medicaid reimbursement and hospital provider tax.

Maureen is particularly experienced in representing long-term care providers, including continuing care retirement communities, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and senior housing developers. For many years, she served as counsel to LeadingAge Connecticut (an association of not-for-profit organizations serving older adults), advising the association on legislative, regulatory, and policy matters. She was also a longstanding member of LeadingAge’s national Legal Committee.

Maureen has represented health care providers in state and federal investigations and audits on Medicare and Medicaid billing and civil False Claims Act issues, conducting compliance audits and internal investigations, and advising clients on reporting compliance issues to government authorities and in developing and evaluating corporate compliance programs.

She has received many honors and recognitions over the course of her career. Maureen is consistently listed in Band 1 by Chambers USA in the health care field and similarly by The Best Lawyers in America. Maureen has received the Life-Time Achievement Award from the Connecticut Law Tribune and the Women in Leadership Community Award from the Women and Families Center. She was also named a “Remarkable Woman in Business” by the Hartford Business Journal. The Connecticut Association of Not-for-Profit Providers for the Aging (now LeadingAge Connecticut) honored her with the “Rick Wallace Award of Merit.”

Beyond her client work, Maureen has lectured regularly at the state and national levels on legal topics relating to health care. She serves as a member of the Connecticut Department of Social Services’ Continuing Care Advisory Committee. She is past-president of the Connecticut Health Lawyers’ Association, a former director of the Connecticut Assisted Living Association, a director emeritus of The Connecticut Business and Industry Association and a former director of the Association for Long Term Care Financial Managers. Maureen has also been involved in community organizations. She is currently Chair of Continuum, a non-profit organization that provides services and housing to adults with mental illnesses and developmental disabilities. She previously served as a director of the Ronald McDonald House of Connecticut and as President of Theatre 4, a professional theater company startup.

She received her law degree from UCLA School of Law and an A.B. magna cum laude from Duke University.