James G. Harrigan

Health Care Attorney James G. Harrigan represents both buyers and sellers of health care businesses and professional practice interests and serves as counsel to several single and multi-specialty medical groups.

He has extensive experience with the formation and governance of medical practice groups and with physician-hospital contracts, including medical practice foundations. He helps physicians and physician groups comply with the state and federal regulatory environment within which they have to practice.

Mr. Harrigan is particularly suited to assisting groups of two or more physicians who want to form a joint legal entity or an existing group which wants to expand. He can assist a health care provider evaluate an offer to join an existing group or any health care provider or group which needs guidance through regulatory issues raised by a proposed new relationship.

In addition to his health care practice, Mr. Harrigan is a business and corporate lawyer with substantial experience in forming new business entities and structuring, negotiating, and documenting the acquisition and sale of businesses.

He also served as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association, handling cases involving business and management agreements, large contract claims, partnership disputes, franchisor-franchisee disputes, claims against securities brokers, and disputes between physicians, medical groups, and independent practice associations (IPAs).

Mr. Harrigan emphasizes the importance of extensive information collection and careful discernment of his client’s issues and goals before rendering advice or offering solutions. “I ask a lot of questions and I listen,” he explains.

His dedication to the law reaches beyond his particular area of expertise.  Serving as Chair of Higgs Fletcher & Mack’s Transactional Practice Attorney group, Mr. Harrigan oversees and monitors the non-litigation specialty areas of the firm: corporate and securities, health care, real estate, tax, estate planning and administration, immigration, and intellectual property law.