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Attorneys Joan M. Lebow, J.D. Melinda S. Malecki, J.D. Elizabeth A. Birt, J.D. Martin A. Blumenthal,    C.P.A, J.D. Trelisha M. Brown, M.S.,    J.D. Glen D. Crick, J.D. Linda L. McCarty, J.D. Lynn S. McGivern, J.D.,    LL.M Suzanne E. Ritzler J.D., C.P.A. Geraldine S. Stroka, R.N.,    M.S.N., J.D. Martin D. Tasch, J.D. Barbara A. Weiner, J.D.

Joan M. Lebow, J.D.

Ms. Lebow is a healthcare attorney with 24 years of corporate and regulatory experience.

Ms. Lebow provides corporate counsel services for a variety of companies and health care provider practices. Ms. Lebow concentrates on healthcare issues in the context of clinical services delivery and commercial transactions, corporate organization for clinical providers, health benefits, ERISA, managed care and regulatory compliance and provides direct client support on HIPPA and state laws on privacy and security.

Ms. Lebow serves as General Counsel of IBEX Healthdata Systems, Inc. The company provides web-based applications to hospitals and physicians which track patients and staff, documents care and supports clinical interaction to reduce error and augment clinical decision making. Ms. Lebow manages and provides all legal services, including intellectual property, trademark, software licensing and sublicensing legal services. She manages employment issues, serves as Corporate Secretary, and is a member of the senior management team.

Ms. Lebow started the Legal Department of Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, in 1987 and was General Counsel for 13 years. During her tenure, she managed all trials and appeals, all insurance, including commercial, malpractice liability, and self-insurance. In addition, she provided legal and management expertise in support of insurance susidiaries consisting of a Health Maintenance Organization, a Medicare Select product, two Preferred Provider Organizations and a Preferred Provider Administrator. Ms. Lebow was among the first in the industry to seek mediated resolution of high exposure litigation. Ms. Lebow managed the regulatory compliance of the Medical Center, in the areas of government reimbursement and clinical operations. Ms. Lebow served as Assistant General Counsel of Northwestern Memorial Hospital where she engaged in a broad healthcare and corporate practice. She represented Northwestern in state and federal administrative hearings, handled ERISA and employee benefit issues, medical staff and licensed professional regulatory affairs. She began her career in Law as an associate with the firms of Lord, Bissell & Brook and Sweeney & Riman, Ltd. Ms. Lebow handled direct litigation, insurance coverage disputes and corporate matters.

She is a frequent presenter on topics such as the advent of the federal Digital Signature Statute, attorney-client privilege and ethical issues for corporate counsel and insurance regulation. She is a past President and current Board Member of the Chicago Chapter of the American Corporate Counsel Association. She has served on the Board of Directors of The Family Institute, is an active fundraiser for The Bottomless Closet, is a member of the Steering Committee of the Senior Business Women's Forum and serves on various committees of the Illinois Association of Hospital Attorneys.

Ms. Lebow received her Bachelors Degree in Religious Philosophy from Pitzer College, The Claremont Colleges, Claremont California, in 1975 and received her J.D. from the Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, in 1978. In her senior year she served as an intern for the Honorable Abraham Lincoln Marovitz, United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois.