6/16/2009 - Haskell Slaughter’s Horton Featured in 2009 Health Law Handbook (Press Release)

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HASKELL SLAUGHTER'S HORTON FEATURED IN 2009 HEALTH LAW HANDBOOK

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - June 16, 2009 - William W. Horton, an attorney with Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker, LLC, has joined the panel of leading healthcare lawyers featured in the 21st edition of Health Law Handbook, just published by West, the leader in legal information solutions.  Health Law Handbook, edited by Alice G. Gosfield, provides an annual update by leading practitioners on the most cutting-edge issues in healthcare law.  Mr. Horton contributed the chapter entitled "Target-at-Law:  Instructive Moral Lessons from the New Lawyer Wars." In it, Mr. Horton analyzes four recent criminal and civil enforcement proceedings against in-house lawyers, identifying key danger zones for lawyers representing clients under investigation and providing practical strategies to minimize the potential for personal exposure while providing effective representation to those clients.

Health Law Handbook is available from West, a ThomsonReuters company, at http://west.thomson.com/home.aspx.

ABOUT WILLIAM W. HORTON

Bill Horton currently serves as Chair of Haskell Slaughter's Transactional Practice Group and leads the firm's healthcare practice.  A nationally recognized speaker and author on healthcare, corporate and securities law, and professional responsibility topics, Mr. Horton has held leadership positions for several years with both the American Health Lawyers Association and the American Bar Association's Health Law Section. His primary professional focus is on the representation of healthcare providers and other business enterprises, particularly in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, securities and corporate finance law, regulatory compliance and corporate governance matters. With substantial experience in both private practice and as senior legal officer for a large public company, Mr. Horton has been involved in some of the largest corporate finance and acquisition transactions in the healthcare services industry.  He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Health Care Law and for Corporate Governance and Compliance Law and in Alabama Super Lawyers, and is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.

ABOUT HASKELL SLAUGHTER YOUNG & REDIKER, LLC

With offices in Birmingham and Montgomery, Alabama, Atlanta and New York City, Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker, LLC provides a full range of professional legal services to local, regional and national clients. The firm provides sophisticated advice and representation to clients in Alabama and across the country through its transactional and litigation practice groups.

For more information on Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker, LLC, please visit http://www.hsy.com/. To speak with Bill Horton, please contact Ruwena Healy at 205.655.0783.

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