Charles “Chark” Sinsel concentrates his practice in the areas of health care, corporate law, business transactions, and contracting.
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
- Represented health care providers in the formation of professional entities, structuring of business arrangements, and negotiated agreements between health care providers, hospitals, and health plans
- Represented clients in the purchase and sale of medical practice assets
- Represented a medical association in reviewing and drafting legislative proposals and initiative petitions on health care related issues, as well a serving on work groups to draft and/or revise administrative rules proposed by various health care related boards and agencies
- Represented clients in the leasing of commercial office space and equipment
AREAS OF CONCENTRATION
- Health care
- Corporate law
- Business transactions
- Contracting
- Acquisitions and sales
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2007 Steptoe & Johnson
2000-2007 Cooney & Crew, LLP, Oregon
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- Co-Chair, Law & Medicine Committee, West Virginia State Bar
- American Health Lawyers Association
- Past Chair, Health Law Section, Oregon State Bar
INDUSTRY / CIVIC MEMBERSHIPS
- Board of Directors, Harrison County CASA Program, Inc.
- Board of Directors, Health Access, Inc.
- Graduate, Leadership Harrison 2009
- Grant Committee, United Way of Harrison County
- Health Committee, Harrison County Chamber of Commerce
- Member, Harrison County Rotary
AWARDS / HONORS
- The Best Lawyers in America®
- Presidential Citation, Oregon Medical Association, 2007
- Volunteer of the Year, Oregon State Bar New Lawyer’s Division, 2001
PUBLICATIONS / SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
- “Health Care Client Alert: Stark Law Update. CMS Changes Rules Again (Part II),” co-author (2009)
- “Health Care Client Alert: Stark Law Update. CMS Changes Rules Again (Part I),” co-author (2009)
- “Health Care Alert: CMS Introduces Recovery Audit Contractor Program,” (2008)
- “Health Care Alert: Call Pay Issues,” co-author (2008)
- “Health Law Highlights”, 2007 Oregon Legislative Session
- “Transition to Residency Program,” discussion leader, Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine (Spring, 2005, 2006)
- “Contracting: Today’s Issues in Health Plan Contracting,” co-presenter, Oregon Medical Association (2006)