Lana Ros has joined Pashman Stein Walder Hayden as a partner and will serve as chair of the firm’s health care practice.
Pashman Stein Managing Partner Michael S. Stein said the expansion of the firm’s health care practice group is another sign of its strategic growth in services.
“Lana’s experience, together with our strong bench of attorneys in related practice areas, positions Pashman Stein to provide comprehensive legal services for our diverse health care clients,” he said in a statement.
Ros, who will be based in the firm’s Hackensack office, focuses her practice on civil and administrative litigation, including professional licensure defense; hospital medical staff and disciplinary actions; drafting and analyzing bylaws; fraud and abuse investigations; investigations and refund demands by private insurance companies; Medicare and Medicaid; and regulatory compliance counseling including HIPAA/HITECH, Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law, according to the firm.
In addition, Ros handles transactional and regulatory matters affecting health care providers and has successfully defended providers in diverse practice areas before state licensing agencies as well as federal agencies.
The firm said Ros also will assist clients in the highly regulated industries of medical cannabis and cannabis-derived products, such as cannabidiol. She assists cannabis entrepreneurs and health care professionals with navigating the complex developing laws, including those related to authorization of medical cannabis, permitting and licensing, distribution, production, research, testing and general business operations.
Ros, who previously worked at Norris McLaughlin in Bridgewater, said she hopes to she can add to the firm’s history of health care work.
“Pashman Stein already has a deep bench and long track record of helping clients navigate health care fraud investigations and allegations,” she said. “With expanded capabilities and experiences in a broad range of civil and administrative litigation, practice management, and regulatory, compliance and transactional areas, we are poised to help our health care clients manage a broader scope of needs to facilitate their successful medical practices.”
Ros currently serves as general counsel to numerous medical societies in New Jersey and lectures frequently on critical legal issues affecting health care professionals.
Among her numerous professional affiliations, Ros serves as vice president of the New Jersey State Bar Association Health Law Section and as a trustee of the Somerset County Bar Association. Her other memberships include the District XA Ethics Committee for East Morris and Sussex Counties, Morris County Bar Association, Morris County Chambers of Commerce, Women Business Group and Health Care Steering Committee for CIANJ, New Jersey State Bar Association, Women in the Profession Section, and New Jersey State Bar Association, Cannabis Law Special Section.
Prior received her J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law and B.S. from Rutgers University, and is fluent in Russian.
Name partner Joe Hayden said Ros will be a welcome addition.
“Pashman Stein is well known for successful representations of physicians and other health care providers on investigations and wide-ranging criminal and civil matters,” he said in a statement. “Lana brings additional strengths and experience in critical areas including professional license defense, regulatory and compliance work, hospital staff and disciplinary matters, insurance investigations, and health care business counseling.”
Pashman Stein bills itself as a full-service law firm of 60 attorneys headquartered in Hackensack and with offices in Monmouth County and Westchester County, New York. he firm serves a diverse client base including Fortune 500 companies, emerging growth entities, businesses, other law firms, and individuals throughout New Jersey and the New York metropolitan area.
