Attorneys

Kevin Reed

Kevin A. Reed is one of Texas’ leading health care lawyers. He focuses his practice primarily on hospitals and hospital districts. Kevin also assists physicians and other medical staff in disciplinary and other review hearings.

Representative Experience

  • Represented numerous hospitals in all transactional aspects of their sale or lease to larger hospital systems
  • Represented numerous hospitals and hospital districts in the financing and construction of their new hospital facilities
  • Represented numerous hospitals in the formation of a new hospital district
  • Represented numerous hospitals and hospital districts with bond financing
  • Represented numerous hospitals in their acquisition or lease of various health care facilities
  • Represented 200+ physician practice in the purchase of medical office buildings and their joint venture with a real estate venture for the construction of new medical office facilities
  • Represented one of Texas’ largest multi-facility hospital systems in drafting and implementing their joint medical staff bylaws
  • Served as hearing officer in numerous medical staff review hearings, and represented numerous hospital clients in various aspects of the fair hearing and physician credentialing processes
  • Provides general counsel services, including negotiating and drafting contracts, advising on regulatory matters, medical staff matters, and other operational matters

Qualifications

  • State Bar of Texas (admitted 1979) (Section: Health Law; Past Chair of the Health Law Section)
  • Board Certified, Administrative Law and Health Law by Texas Board of Legal Specialization
  • Texas Board of Legal Specialization (Vice-Chair, Health Law Advisory Commission, 2002-2006; Member, Health Law Exam Commission, 2003-2009; Chair, 2009)
  • United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
  • Member, College of the State Bar of Texas
  • Member, Texas Association of Defense Counsel
  • Member, Austin Bar Association (Section: Health Law)
  • Member, American Health Lawyers Association
  • General Counsel, Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals (1992-present)
  • Member, External Advisory Board, Texas A&M School of Rural Public Health (2007-present)

Education

  • University of Texas (J.D., 1979)
  • Salem College (B.A., cum laude, 1976)

Honors

  • “The Best Lawyers in America” in the specialty of Health Care Law, Best Lawyers, (2007 - 2010)
  • “Go To Lawyer in Health Law in the State of Texas,” Texas Lawyer in Go-To-Guide (2007)
  • “Top Five Health Law Attorneys in State of Texas,” Texas Lawyer in Go-To-Guide (2002, 2007)
  • “Super Lawyer” in Health Law Field, Texas Monthly and Law & Politics Magazines (2003 - 2010)
  • Martindale-Hubbell AV Rating
  • Chambers USA, listed as Leader in Health Law (2004 - 2010)

In the News

  • Annual Presenter, Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals (TORCH) Annual Meeting
  • Organizer/Principal Speaker of Annual Public Hospital Trustee Orientation, sponsored by Texas Health Care Trustees, an affiliate of the Texas Hospital Association
  • Annual Presenter, Northwest Texas Hospital Association Annual Meeting
  • “Health Law Group at Davis & Wilkerson Honored by Chambers and Partners,” June 8, 2010