• Healthcare
• Labor and Employment
• Business and Corporate

Education:

• J.D., University of Idaho, 1984
• M.B.A., B.A., Cornell University, 1974
• Certificate of Financial Management, Cornell University, 2010

Boards & Memberships:

• American Bar Association, Health Law Section and Employment Section
• American Health Lawyers Association
• Society for Human Resource Management
• Exchange Club, Downtown Spokane, Foundation President 2011-2012
• Healthcare Financial Management Association  
• Spokane Public Library Foundation

Mary R. Giannini, Principal

Spokane

P: 509.755.2062

F: 509.458.2728

mrg@witherspoonkelley.com

Legal Assistant: Renee Smith

Mary Giannini has over 20 years of experience advising healthcare providers. Prior to joining Witherspoon Kelley, she was a law clerk for the Idaho Supreme Court.  She was the coordinator of hospital services for a California hospital council, and Director of Planning and Implementation for a healthcare planning network for the State of Idaho.

Mary consults with providers on compliance with fraud aid abuse and Stark laws, and compliance method implementation of health information and security laws. She drafts and negotiates healthcare contracts, joint ventures, mergers, and acquisitions. She assists practitioners in practice management issues, including employment, contracting, reimbursement, health and safety, and antitrust issues.

• Licensed to practice in Washington, Idaho, and Oregon.
• Joined Witherspoon Kelley in 1989.

Highlights/Achievements:

• Best Lawyers of America listed under Health Law, 2008, 2010 and 2011
• Best Lawyers in Spokane and Coeur d'Alene 

Representative Cases/Transactions/Deals:

• Purchase and sale of an ancillary service related to medical practice, 2008.
• Several mergers of specialty physician practices in Spokane County, 1999-2009.
• Alignment of multi-speciality physician practice and hospital systems, 2009-2010. 
• Acquisition of physician practices by hospitals, 2011 and 2012