StephanieI.
Awanyai-Ufondu

Associate
LANGUAGES
Igbo
LINKEDIN
Stephanie Awanyai-Ufondu

Overview

Stephanie Awanyai-Ufondu is an associate in the Corporate Practice Group in the firm's Century City Office and is a member of the firm's healthcare practice team. 

Stephanie's practice focuses primarily on healthcare regulatory and compliance matters that impact healthcare industry clients and their business operations. Her experience includes advising a variety of healthcare entities, such as medical groups, hospitals, and non-profit health organizations, on healthcare fraud and abuse laws and other regulatory issues, including the federal anti-kickback statute, Stark physician self-referral laws, state fraud and abuse laws, scope of practice considerations, corporate practice of medicine doctrines, state licensing issues, state telehealth and telemedicine matters, and compliance issues. She has also assisted clients with nonprofit and tax-exempt matters.

Credentials
Clerkships

Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Benita Y. Pearson of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Judicial Extern to the Honorable Consuelo B. Marshall of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Education

J.D., Loyola Law School, Los Angeles

B.A., University of California, Irvine

Admissions

California

Honors

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, Best Lawyers, 2023-2026

Thought Leadership

"Health Equity Starts in the C Suite: Examining the Intersection between Diversity, Leadership, and Health Equity," WHLC Health Equity Event, May 18, 2023 

  • "California Overhauls the Health Care Landscape," Daily Journal, November 2, 2022