Education: University of Minnesota Law School
Degree: JD
Year: 2006
Honors: cum laude, Dean’s List

Key Practice Experience

• Health care regulation
• Health Licensing Board matters, including advising providers and insurers on reporting obligations, licensure matters, waivers, variances, and defense of licensed professionals in board disciplinary actions
• Hospital and health plan credentialing and privileging
• HIPAA and HITECH compliance
• False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback, Stark
• Regulatory compliance, including Medicare and Medicaid
• Former Assistant Attorney General and counsel to Minnesota Board of Medical Practice
• ERISA

Key Industry Experience

• Health care

Professional Recognitions/Honors

• University of Minnesota Law School, Dean’s List, cum laude
• University of Minnesota, Dean’s List, magna cum laude

Selected Publications/Presentations

• Health Care Professional Licensing Boards, Complaint Investigation and Defense, MN CLE, 2011
• Data Practices Act, Minnesota Attorney General CLE, 2008

Professional Associations

• Minnesota State Bar Association
• Minnesota Women Lawyers
• Defense Research Institute
• Federal Bar Association

Community Involvement

• Board Member for Prevention Health Care Agency, a non-profit dedicated to health care issues for Somali women

Bar Admissions

• Minnesota State Courts

Other Education

• B.A., Political Science and History, magna cum laude, University of Minnesota