Health Care

Building a healthy synergy between business and government

Our Health Care group provides comprehensive government relations services to companies involved in the business of manufacturing and distributing pharmaceuticals, medical devices and health care technology. We focus not only on the Congressional committees with direct jurisdiction over health care issues, but also on individual members of Congress whose home districts are affected by health care businesses, products and concerns.

Health care is an extremely high-profile issue that raises significant public policy questions and involves extensive constituent contacts. It also represents a crowded field of interest groups and lobbyists vying for the attention of Congress. It is particularly important to think strategically when communicating with Congress about such politically complicated matters. Our team of former high-level Capitol Hill and executive branch staffers brings years of experience and mature judgment to bear on behalf of our clients.

The scope of our Health Care practice includes strategic advice for moving or stopping particular legislative proposals; providing information to key members of Congress and their staffs; negotiating the scale of investigations, hearings and testimony; strategizing ways to maximize opportunities to provide positive messages; preparing witnesses for testimony; and navigating the political and legal minefields associated with any issue before Congress.

In addition to our extensive legislative and government experience, we provide health care clients with access to top notch litigation attorneys who routinely handle cases involving antitrust, commercial fraud, class action and multi-jurisdictional matters, intellectual property & technology litigation, and other matters.

The Health Care Group’s experience includes representing two of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies and an association of medical products manufacturers on a wide variety of legislative, oversight and regulatory issues.

The Brownstein Advantage

Group members' experience includes:

• Extensive experience working with government agencies, executive administrations, Congressional committees and appropriations officers, the Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Department of the Treasury and others 
• Senior Communications Counsel for the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee 
• Extensive experience working with members of Congress, members of the U.S. Department of Justice and Assistant U.S. Attorneys