Michael Moore is retired from the firm and is now Of Counsel. He specialized in representing physicians, medical groups, medical imaging centers, and other healthcare providers throughout California. His practice included: mergers and acquisitions, organization and implementation of multi-specialty medical groups and physician networks, negotiation and development of integrated delivery systems, affiliations with hospitals and healthcare systems, negotiation and creation of medical practice foundations or MSO relationships, development of ambulatory surgery centers and medical imaging joint ventures, and re-structuring existing relationships.
Michael served as general counsel to several large, multi-specialty medical groups in both Northern and Southern California, and also served as general counsel to some large radiology groups, several medical imaging centers, and hospital based physician groups. He routinely advised clients on a wide range of healthcare issues, including the Stark Law, fraud and abuse, Medicare compliance, negotiating and structuring joint ventures, and contracting issues. A frequent lecturer on healthcare topics, Michael was also a member of the American Health Lawyers Association and the California Society of Healthcare Attorneys.
Michael's practice focused on representing healthcare providers in business transactions, and providing ongoing, day-to-day operational advice and legal support. He had substantial experience in the legal issues, business issues, and professional relationships that arise in medium and large sized medical groups, as well in physician-hospital relationships.
After his admission to the California Bar in 1974, he served for three years as a tax attorney in the Office of Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service in Washington, D.C. From 1977 to 1980 he was a Trial Attorney with the Office of District Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service, in Richmond, Virginia. In 1980 he returned to San Diego and joined the law firm of Harrigan, Ruff, Sbardellati & Moore. In April 1999, he moved his practice to Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton.