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Professional Statement:

Michele Grinberg focuses on providing legal counsel to a variety of health care clients and nonprofit corporations. She provides counsel to physicians and physician groups, hospitals, clinics and professional trade and other non-profit associations.

Ms. Grinberg represents members of the health care community involved in advancing health care policy. She drafts legislation and state rules, tracks new case law germane to the health communities' interests and has appeared before legislative committees as well as before various health-related interest groups. Ms. Grinberg advises clients on contracting issues and state and federal compliance matters including HIPAA, fraud and abuse, and Stark law and regulation. Ms. Grinberg regularly assists clients with employment-related matters and with non-profit governance. She also advises in the emerging areas of privacy and security. Ms. Grinberg was recently part of a state-wide task force, pursuant to a grant from AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) and RTI to the West Virginia Medical Institute, which prepared a report of statewide barriers to the interoperability of electronic medical records.

Ms. Grinberg has completed the West Virginia State Bars' training for mediators and has twenty years experience in litigation. She resides part-time in Pocahontas County and is particularly interested in assisting with mediation in that part of the State. Ms. Grinberg also teaches Appellate Advocacy at the West Virginia University College of Law as an adjunct lecturer.

Practice Concentrations:

• Health care law and policy
• Privacy and security law and policy
• Employment law
• Non-profit Corporations' Governance
• Mediation

Court Admissions:

• Supreme Court of the United States
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• United States District Courts for both the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia
• West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals

Education:

• J.D. - West Virginia University College of Law, Morgantown, West Virginia (1985)
• West Virginia Law Review, Editor-in-Chief (1984 - 1985)
• M.S. - Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts, Library Science (1976)
• B.A. - Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, New Jersey, Education, Graduated Magna Cum Laude (1972)

Professional Involvement:

• West Virginia State Bar - Citizenship & Law-related Education Committee
• Registered Lobbyist

Community Involvement:

• Board of Directors of United Way of Central West Virginia - Chairperson (2004-2006)
• West Virginia Medical Institute, Board of Directors

Teaching & Lecturing:

• Numerous presentation on health policy-related topics
• Numerous presentations on employment-related topics
• Appellate Advocacy - adjunct lecturer, WVU, College of Law (2001 - present)
• Speaker, "Medical/Legal/Ethical Issues re. End of Life Care", Raleigh County Medical Society (1998)
• Panelist, "Bio-medical Ethics", Hugh O’Brian Youth Foundation (West Virginia Chapter) (1997)
• Speaker, "Managed Care Contracts", numerous County Medical Association and Medical Assurance of West Virginia Seminars (1996-2000)

Writings & Publications:

• Women and the Law. Co-Editor of book first published in 1994 by West Virginia Women's Commission and the West Virginia State Bar (2d. Revised Edition published in 1996)
• Rule 406 - Habit, Routine Practice. Article for the 1989 Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia Seminar Notebook (1989)
• Comment, Arizona Governing Board v. Norris: Mandate of Manhart, 86 West Virginia Law Review 437 (1983-1984)

Awards & Honors:

• United Way Service Award (2005)
• United Way Helping Hands Award (2001)
• United Way Volunteer Recognition Awards (1994-2000)
• Certificate of Merit, West Virginia State Bar (1995)
• Kaufman Pro Bono Publico Award (1993)

Reported Cases:

• Riggs v. W. Va. Hospitals, Inc., W.Va. Slip Op. No. 33335 (2007) - Amicus Curiae, W.Va. Hospital Assoc'n and W. Va. State Medical Assoc'n
• Osborne v. The United States of America, 211 W.Va. 667, 567 S.E. 2d 667 (2002) - Amicus Curiae, West Virginia State Medical Association
• The Estate of Verba v. Ghaphery, 210 W.Va. 30, 552 S.E.2d 406 (2001) - Amicus Curiae, West Virginia State Medical Association
• Williams v. Prime Care Medical, 215 F.3d 1324 (4th Cir. 2000) (unpublished)
• Cart v. General Electric Co., 203 W.Va. 59, 506 S.E.2d 96 (1997)
• Blakenship v. Richardson, 196 W.Va. 726, 474 S.E.2d 906 (1996)
• Cannelton Ind., Inc. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Company of America, 194 W.Va. 186, 460 S.E.2d 1 (1994)
• Kincaid v. Mangum, 189 W.Va. 404, 432 S.E.2d 74 (1993)
• Pritchard v. Arvon, 186 W.Va. 445, 413 S.E.2d 100 (1991)
• Evans v. Gogo College, 185 W.Va. 357, 407 S.E.2d 361 (1990)
• Hunt v. Shamblin, 179 W.Va. 663, 371 S.E.2d 591 (1988)

Legal Experience:

• Member, Flaherty, Senabaugh & Bonasso (1991-Present)
• Kay, Casto & Chaney (1985-1991)