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Robert G. Hoban is counsel in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP based in the Firm�s Chicago office. He is a member of the Health Department. Bob was previously general counsel to a major suburban Chicago health care system where he also served as its chief planning officer.
Since 1975, Bob has served as borrower�s counsel for over $1.5 billion of tax-exempt bond financing transactions for hospitals throughout the country. He has also served as counsel in connection with hospital restructurings and mergers, complete revisions to corporate and medical staff bylaws, and negotiations of unified medical staff bylaws. He has assisted clients in the development of hospital physician joint ventures, structuring hospital risk management programs, establishment of physician practice management entities, and other aspects of corporate hospital organization. He has established ambulatory surgery centers and consulted physicians with regard to practice mergers. He also has experience with the formation of HMOs, PHOs, MSOs, and IPAs, and the construction, financing, and leasing of medical office buildings and imaging centers.
Co-author of a chapter on regulation of hospitals for the American Health Lawyers Association and an article on hospital financing alternatives for the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Bob has also presented seminars on medical staff credentialing, the liability aspects of risk management programs, discharge planning, release of medical records and the legal concerns of palliative medicine.
Bob is admitted to practice before the Illinois Supreme Court and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Education:
Northwestern University School of Law, J.D., 1975
Yale University, B.A., 1969 | 