whayman@poynerspruill.com

Areas of Practice

Health Care Law, Appellate Law, Civil Law, Administrative Law

Education

J.D., University of North Carolina, 1979

B.A., Princeton University, Magna Cum Laude, 1976

Representative Experience

Represented public and private hospital systems as lead counsel in the acquisition and sale of hospitals, physician practices and HMO's

Represented health care providers in the formation and operation of provider-owned and controlled managed care organizations, including IPAs, PHOs, MSOs and HMOs

Represented hospitals and physicians in the drafting and negotiation of all types of physician services, recruitment, employment and managed care contracts

Represented area mental health authority or LME in federal litigation resulting from state mental health reform

Represented church organizations and their affiliates in corporate, employment, and other litigation-related matters

Professional/Community Activities

National Health Lawyers Association

North Carolina Society of Health Care Attorneys

Member, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Board of Visitors

Wake County Bar Association

President, Rotary Club of Raleigh, 2001 - 02

Director, WakeMed Foundation

Chair, Princeton Alumni Schools Committee for Eastern N.C.

Director, L.L. Polk House Foundation

Notable Accomplishments

Ranked among Law & Politics magazine's North Carolina  “Super Lawyers,” 2006 (Health Care Law)

Publications

Stark Phase III and Physician Recruitment Arrangements, Prognosis, NCBA Health Law Section, Vol. 24, No, 2, February 2008

Mental Health Patients, N.C. Patient & Provider Rights Guide, N.C. Hospital Association, 4th ed., 2006

Prior Legal Experience

Law Clerk to the Honorable Joseph Branch, Chief Justice, N.C. Supreme Court, 1979 – 1980

Assistant Attorney General, N.C. Department of Justice, 1983 – 1990

Jurisdictions Licensed

North Carolina (all state and federal courts); United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit; United States Supreme Court