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Ann M. Bittinger, JD

Attorney and Owner
The Bittinger Law Firm
Jacksonville, FL

Ann M. Bittinger, JD, specializes in advising physicians and healthcare entities in their business transactions. Her particular expertise is in legal relationships between hospital systems and physicians or physician groups, such as co-management agreements, joint ventures, clinical integration arrangements, practice acquisitions, and employment agreements. Her passion is assisting physicians in analyzing and negotiating their employment agreements. Ann's clients include all types of entities and individuals in the healthcare industry: health systems, physician groups, physicians, a physician-hospital organization, laboratories, pharmacies, distributors, and other practitioners. Board-certified by The Florida Bar in health law in 2005, she is in particular demand from companies located outside Florida that are expanding their businesses into Florida. She has serviced client companies headquartered in Dallas, Nashville, Boston, New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and London, U.K. Ann was elected twice to the American Health Lawyers Association Board of Directors. She is the only attorney in private practice in Florida to ever serve on the Board. She has presented at 12 AHLA in-person seminars on healthcare transactions and legal ethics issues. Ann is evaluated by her peers as a “preeminent” attorney and awarded the “AV” rating by Martindale-Hubbell. The “AV” rating identifies a lawyer with preeminent expertise, experience, integrity, and overall professional excellence. She has also been named a Florida Super Lawyer and a member of Legal Elite, representing the top 5% of attorneys in Florida. She lectures frequently on health law matters for local, state, and national legal and medical groups, including the American Bar Association, the American College of Surgeons, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecology, the American College of Gastroenterology, and the American Health Law Association.

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