Isaac acts as counsel to US and non-US banks, providing credit liquidity support for tax-exempt and taxable financings for municipal, health care and nonprofit borrowers, and in connection with the direct purchase of municipal securities by such banks. He also represents banks in secured and unsecured transactions, including revolving credit facilities, and in taxable and tax-exempt direct lending transactions.

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He represents clients in False Claims Act (FCA) qui tam matters, government audits, civil monetary penalty and exclusion investigations, and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) suspension and revocation actions, along with negotiating corporate integrity agreements and government self-disclosures. He also helps clients evaluate, develop, and implement corporate compliance programs. 

Tony previously served as deputy chief of the Administrative and Civil Remedies Branch of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG), where he investigated FCA and civil monetary penalty cases, negotiated and monitored corporate integrity agreements, and defended exclusion appeals. He was a principal author of the OIG’s Self-Disclosure Protocol and advised CMS on policy issues, including the Medicare Overpayment Rule and the creation of the Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol. 

Tony’s clients span the healthcare and life sciences industries, including hospitals and health systems, physician practice management companies, pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, post- and sub-acute providers, pharmacies and pharmacy benefit managers, laboratories, health plans, and investors that support the sector.  

He writes and speaks frequently on healthcare regulatory topics and has lectured on healthcare fraud and abuse at Boston University School of Law and American University Washington College of Law. 

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• Defends home health agencies, radiology practices, laboratories, ambulance companies, and independent diagnostic testing facilities in appealing CMS suspension and revocation actions 

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John is a recognized leader in the tax aspects of municipal derivatives and tax-exempt bond securitizations. He provides tax advice to derivative products dealers in the domestic and cross-border contexts, advising on US and international tax issues related to insurance products, equity swaps, repurchase agreements, structured notes, and offshore structured finance vehicles.

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• International Review Tax, World Tax, 2017 and 2026

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• American Bar Association
• Brilla Paterson (Charter School), board member, 2024 to present
• New Jersey Economic Development Authority, 2019 to 2021

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Lisa was McDermott’s first partner-in-charge of Firm-wide Diversity and partner-in-charge of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Diversity and Inclusion. She created and chaired the Firm-wide LGBT Committee, and currently serves on the Firm’s Pro Bono and Community Service and Diversity and Inclusion Committees. In addition to her litigation skills, Lisa has received numerous awards for her distinguished service in both the public and private sectors.

Lisa joined McDermott with extensive trial experience. She was formerly with the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office, where she held the positions of associate chief of the Special Prosecutions Division and chief of the Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Bureau of the same division. Lisa investigated and prosecuted, as first chair, countless sexual abuse cases involving children and adults, and has been recognized for her expertise and work in the fields of domestic violence, child abuse and sex crimes investigations and trials. She is an accomplished public speaker and has trained members of law enforcement, the judiciary, mental health professionals, teachers and parents on the identification and prevention of child sexual abuse, among other topics.

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• Represented a major insurance carrier in various arbitrations involving sexual misconduct allegations and commercial disputes
• Served as handler for the corporate representatives of a Fortune 100 company for a national docket of product liability cases with a focus on deposition and trial preparation
• Successfully litigated a Surrogate’s Court challenge to a 30-year-old settlement agreement and obtained a complete dismissal of a petition to re-open the estate of a famous art dealer, and argued the case before the First Department of the New York Appellate Division which affirmed the Surrogate’s decision, and was later affirmed by the New York State Court of Appeals
• Served as national and local counsel to a major corporate client, managing large dockets of product liability cases and conducting investigations and trials of asbestos personal injury claims; successfully argued summary judgment motions, conducted fact investigations, hearings and trials
• Represented an HIV/AIDS provider in litigation against a former subsidiary that resulted in a successful settlement
• Represented the board of a New York special needs plan in connection with an independent investigation into allegations of fraud, mismanagement and discrimination
• Served as lead investigator in a major breach of personally identifiable information for a New York hospital that resulted in the return of the data
• Represented a New York City nonprofit facility that provides long- and short-term care to vulnerable populations in connection with allegations of discrimination by former employees resulting in dismissals by the New York State Division of Human Rights
• Served as outside counsel to The Mattachine Society of Washington, DC, investigating and litigating cases involving Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to uncover hidden historic governmental documents evidencing decades-long discrimination against LGBTQ Americans

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• Above and Beyond Award by City & State New York, 2019
• New York City Bar Association, Diversity & Inclusion Champion Award, 2019
• The LGBT Community Center of NYC’s Women’s Event Community Impact Award for Social Justice, 2017
• Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) Paula L. Ettelbrick Award for LGBT Lawyer of the Year, 2016
• New York Law Journal Lawyers Who Lead by Example Award for Public Service, 2016
• Edward R. Murrow award for best documentary on work with the Mattachine Society of Washington, DC, 2016
• Chambers Diversity Award for LGBT Equality Lawyer of the Year in Private Practice, 2016
• Arthritis Foundation Woman on the Move Award, 2013
• Empire State Pride Agenda Equality@Work Award, 2010
• HELP/PSI Empowerment Award, 2014
• MCCA Mover & Shaker, 2009 and 2013
• New York Observer New York City Top 50 Power Gay, 2011
• New York City Bar Association Art Leonard Pride Award, 2013

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• National Association of Women Lawyers, Diversity Committee chair, 2012 to 2017
• New York City LGBT Community Center, board secretary, executive committee member, 2015 to present
• Lambda Legal, officer of the board of directors from 2007 to 2014, and current member of the National Leadership Council and Emeritus Board
• Law Firm Diversity Professions, elected as director at large to the board of the association, 2011 to 2013

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• Represented Evonik Industries in its:
  • $3.8 billion acquisition of the Performance Materials Division of Air Products and Chemicals Inc.
  • divestiture of its Solimide® polyimide foams business to Boyd Corporation, a portfolio company of Snow Phipps
  • acquisition of Silbond Corp.
  • acquisition of Tippecanoe Laboratories from Eli Lilly & Co.
  • divestiture of its gold mining chemicals business to Oaktree Capital Management
  • sale of a Canadian pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturer to Gilead Sciences, Inc.
• Represented United Initiators GmbH & Co. KG in the acquisition of Syrgis Performance Initiators, Inc., a producer of organic peroxide initiators from Edgewater Capital
• Represented Fireman Capital Partners in connection with its acquisition of the largest Dunkin’ Donuts franchise network in Florida
• Represented AUA Private Equity Partners in the recapitalization of Associated Foods Holdings
• Represented Siegfried Holding AG (SIX: SFZN) in its acquisition of Alliance Medical Products, Inc., a pharmaceutical contract manufacturer
• Represented the owners of Hudson Baylor Corporation and its affiliates in the sale of the company to ReCommunity, Inc.
• Represented Gunvor Group, Ltd., in its $400 million investment in the Signal Peak coal mine in Montana
• Represented C/G Electrodes, LLC, and Seadrift Coke, L.P., in their acquisition by GrafTech International, Ltd

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Todd has significant ERISA Title I experience and has counseled plan fiduciaries with respect to investment policies, private equity, hedge funds, and other alternative investments, prohibited transaction issues, investment management agreements, and payment of expenses from plan assets.

He advises multinational clients on global employee benefits matters and compliance issues. Todd is a council member of the International Bar Association Global Employment Institute (GEI) and serves as editor of the GEI’s Annual Global Report on global legal issues impacting human resources.

Todd represents clients before the Internal Revenue Service on issues such as Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS) filings, Audit Closing Agreement Program (CAP) negotiations, benefit plan audits, and applications for determination letters. He negotiates with the Department of Labor in connection with benefit plan audits and Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program filings, and with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation in connection with 4062(e) events and plan terminations.

Todd is a fellow of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, which recognizes lawyers who have made significant contributions to the advancement of the employee benefits field for at least 20 years.

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• Led a request for proposal (RFP) vendor selection process for a West Coast retail and manufacturing company
• Counseled many employers with implementation and administration of benefits for same-sex partners and spouses
• Assisted a chemical manufacturer with global roll-out of equity compensation awards
• Assisted several pension plans with implementation of lump-sum windows and plan terminations
• Conducts fiduciary training and advises on plan governance issues for benefit plan committees
• Reviews investment management agreements for pension plan clients

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• Shortlisted for the International Bar Association Pro Bono Award 2014
• National LGBT Association Allies for Justice Award 2013
• Maurice Weigle Exceptional Young Lawyer Award 2010, awarded by the Chicago Bar Association and the Chicago Bar Foundation based on his demonstrated commitment to pro bono and community service
• Illinois Legal Aid Online, Pro Bono Attorney of the Month (June 2008)

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• AIDS Legal Council of Chicago, past president of the Board of Directors
• Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago, Board of Directors, member
• Equip for Equality, Board of Directors, member

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Bradford previously worked as a senior associate with a “Big Four” accounting firm. Prior to that, he gained experience in the Internal Revenue Service Office of Chief Counsel and in the California Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General. During law school, Bradford served as executive editor for the Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law.

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Andrew also leads the Litigation Training Committee and is active in the firm’s pro bono program. Among other matters, he has won several appeals on behalf of abused, neglected, or abandoned immigrant children who had been denied the ability to apply for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status. Andrew has been honored by Sanctuary for Families with its Above and Beyond Pro Bono Award, honoring members of the legal profession for their outstanding pro bono representation and advocacy on behalf of Sanctuary’s clients.

Andrew has also guest lectured at Columbia Law School on best practices for electronic discovery, and he has served as faculty for the Practising Law Institute’s symposiums on Best Practices for Complex Cases and Accounting for Lawyers, as well as for Thomson Reuters on recent developments in mergers and acquisitions litigation.

Before beginning his practice, Andrew served as a law clerk for the Honorable Richard W. Roberts of the US District Court for the District of Columbia. While in law school, Andrew served as an editor for the Harvard Journal on Legislation.

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• Defeated attempt to enjoin the reorganization of a mutual health insurance company based on claims that the proxy statement concerning the company’s reorganization was false and misleading
• Won summary judgment and affirmance on appeal on all claims brought against a healthcare provider by an insurer who alleged that the provider had fraudulently misrepresented billed charges and tortiously interfered with the insurer’s contracts with its patients by waiving those patients’ deductible and coinsurance obligations without obtaining evidence of financial hardship
• Won summary judgment and dismissal with prejudice of a shareholder class action against a real estate investment trust and certain of its directors and officers
• Represented the owner of a prominent New York City office building in a litigation brought by the owner of the largest Picasso in the United States, which hung in the building’s lobby; after defeating claim for a permanent injunction, successfully settled the case, which resulted in the Picasso being safely removed from the building, treated by professional conservators and moved to a New York City museum
• Won dismissal with prejudice after defeating motions for injunctive relief seeking to remove a real estate developer as the managing member of a commercial building
• Represented numerous beer brewers in various litigations and arbitrations, including: (i) obtaining dismissal with prejudice of a putative nationwide class action alleging that a brewer misrepresented on its labels and in its marketing that the beer was imported; (ii) prevailing in a fair market value arbitration; and (iii) obtaining dismissal of wrongful termination claims
• Successfully represented a Major League Baseball team in multiple matters, including successfully prosecuting and defending claims in bankruptcy court

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David’s practice covers both the regulatory and transactional issues that come to bear in healthcare services transactions, joint ventures and other strategic collaborations. He looks beyond the traditional deal lawyer scope to prioritize the future health of the organization post-closing, incorporating considerations like physician alignment, compliance and reimbursement at the outset of negotiations. David has counseled a wide range of healthcare service providers, including Northwell Health, Crouse Hospital, Maimonides Medical Center, U.S. Renal Care and large academic medical centers, to achieve their growth and expansion goals.

He advises PE firms such as The Riverside Company, Quad-C Management, Beecken Petty O’Keefe & Company, Iron Path Capital and Deerfield Management in multi-faceted transactions. David is highly sought-after for his counsel on operational and management issues in the context of healthcare’s complex regulatory frameworks, whether it be in the course of business or in connection with affiliations, mergers and acquisitions, fraud and abuse, compliance programs, reimbursement matters or corporate practice of medicine issues.

Prior to practicing law, David was a surgeon specializing in foot and ankle reconstruction with a subspecialty in osteomyelitis of the lower extremity. He completed his residency at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Philadelphia and an AO Fellowship (for reconstructive surgery and surgical intervention for infections) in Ravensburg, Germany.

David frequently speaks on healthcare private equity matters alongside investment bankers and c-suite leaders, helping to bridge the gap between the financial and legal aspects of sophisticated healthcare transactions.

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• Represented Quad-C Management, Inc., a leading middle-market private equity firm, in its investment in U.S. Endodontics Partners, LLC, the first and one of the largest endodontics-focused specialty service organizations
• Represented Deerfield Management Company in the sale of its portfolio company, Coeur Value, Inc. (doing business as Novocardia) and its subsidiaries. Novocardia specializes in providing administrative and management services to physician practices focusing on cardiology. The deal closed on April 4, 2023
• Represented Deerfield Management, a New York-based investment firm, in the closing of up to $20 million in a Series A financing of DFC-01, Inc., a development subsidiary spin-out of Deerfield Catalyst, LLC, a medtech incubator
• Represented Iron Path Capital in its platform acquisition of Austin Pain Acquisition, LLC and its subsidiary 9600 Feet Holdings, LLC, an organization providing management and other support services to Capitol Pain Institute, a provider of physician services in spine care, orthopedic care and pain management, and operator of ambulatory surgery centers and other surgical facilities
• Represented Iron Path Capital in the structuring, negotiation and documentation of a $65 million senior secured credit facility consisting of a $14.5 million term loan, a $5 million revolving credit facility and a $55.5 million delayed draw term loan facility with Twin Brook Capital Partners, LLC, as agent for the lenders, joint lead arranger and bookrunner, and Principal Global Investors, LLC, as joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner. The proceeds of the term loan were used to finance the acquisitions, to refinance prior debt, for future growth and acquisitions and for general corporate purposes
• Represented Iron Path Capital in its investment in Versant Diagnostics, a physician services company focused on anatomic pathology. McDermott also represented Iron Path Capital and its platform company, VPD Management, Inc. (and several of its subsidiaries) (VPD), in the negotiation and documentation of a USD30 million senior secured credit facility led Principal Global Investors, LLC, which also served as administrative agent, consisting of a $7 million term loan facility, a $20 million delayed draw term loan facility and a $3 million revolving credit facility. VPD provides pathology services to hospitals in Illinois
• Represented Beecken Petty O’Keefe & Company, LLC and its portfolio company, ClareMedica Health Partners, LLC, a leading provider of value-based primary care, in connection with Revelstoke Capital Partner’s investment in ClareMedica. BPOC and the management team will retain equity ownership in the business. This partnership will accelerate ClareMedica’s growth and aid the company in expanding its BetterCare℠ model into new markets
• Represented Beecken Petty O’Keefe & Company, LLC in its USD90 million acquisition of Southeast Primary Care Partners, LLC, an administrative services organization affiliated with North Atlanta Primary Care, P.C. (NAPC). NAPC is leading primary care services provider with twelve practice locations in and around Atlanta, GA.
• Represented Beecken Petty O’Keefe & Company, LLC in its acquisition of Praxis Packaging Solutions (Praxis). Praxis provides contract packaging services to medical device, pharmaceutical, food, and other consumer product companies
• Represented Beecken Petty O’Keefe & Company, LLC in its acquisition of Chase Medical Research, LLC
• Represented Maimonides Medical Center (Maimonides), a 711-bed academic medical center in Brooklyn, NY, in negotiating and executing an affiliation with New York Community Hospital (NYCH), a 134-bed acute care hospital also located in Brooklyn, NY. Pursuant to the affiliation, Maimonides became the sole member and co-operator of NYCH. McDermott previously represented Maimonides in its clinical services agreement with NYCH. This is a significant transaction as these are two of the largest hospitals in the New York metro area, serving a large and diverse patient population. Together, they will be able to expand their high quality care throughout Brooklyn
• Represented The Riverside Company in its acquisition of Wondr Health, a digital behavioral change company focused on weight management and preventing chronic disease within the employer-sponsored space
• Represented The Riverside Company, a private equity firm, as healthcare regulatory counsel for their transactions strategy. During this engagement, represented the client in numerous transactions, including its acquisition of eMindful, a leading provider of evidence-based, mindfulness programs for everyday life and chronic conditions. This investment is an add-on to Riverside’s Wondr Health, a digital behavioral change company focused on weight management and preventing chronic disease within the employer-sponsored space

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