::Williams, Vickie J.

Biographical Information

Before joining the faculty of Gonzaga Law School in 2003, Professor Williams practiced law as an associate with Perkins Coie in Seattle, Washington from 1990-1995, and as an associate and then shareholder with Bennett Bigelow & Leedom, P.S. from 1995-2003.  Her practice focused on representation of institutional and individual health care providers with regard to regulatory affairs, corporate compliance, public and private payment issues, and fraud and abuse. 

During the course of her practice, Professor Williams acted as a Special Assistant Attorney General representing the University of Washington and Harborview Medical Centers, and the University of Washington School of Medicine. She is a member and past president of the Washington State Society of Healthcare Attorneys, and an author and editor of the Washington Health Law Manual. She is also a member of the American Health Lawyers Association, the American Bar Association, the American Society for Law, Medicine and Ethics and the Health Law Section of the Washington State Bar Association. 

She is admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Washington, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States District Courts for the Western and Eastern Districts of Washington. Professor Williams was selected as a 2005-2006 Health Law Scholar by St. Louis University School of Law’s Center for Health Law Studies.

Publications

• The Healthy Washington Initiative:  Blue-Ribbon Process, Red-Herring Result, 35:3 Fordham Urban Law Journal 601 (2008)
• Concierge Medicine and the Legal Standard of Care, Health Affairs, Nov/Dec. 2007
• Fluconomics—Preserving Our Hospital Infrastructure During and After a Pandemic, 7 Yale Journal of Health Law, Policy and Ethics, Volume VII  (2007)
• Dead Men Telling Tales: A Policy-Based Proposal For Survivability of Qui Tam Actions Under the Civil False Claims Act, 83:4 Nebraska Law Review 1073 (2005)

Presentations

• Has been invited to speak at the 2008 national conference of the American Health Information Managers' Association regarding health care fraud and abuse, and automated coding systems.
• Congressional Rent-Seeking and Revitalizing State Tax Immunity, panel discussion, American Society for Law, Medicine and Ethics Health Law Teachers' Conference, Philadelphia, PA, June 2008.
• Fluconomics—Preparing Our Hospitals for the Economic Impact of Pandemic Disease, scholars' panel on Health Care Law and The Takings Clause, panel discussion,American Society for Law, Medicine and Ethics Health Law Teachers’ Conference
  Baltimore, Maryland, June 2006
• Fluconomics—Preserving Our Hospital Infrastructure, During and After a Pandemic, Health Care Financial Managers’ Association (HFMA),
  Washington and Alaska Chapter, Spokane, Washington, June 2006
• Invited to address the Washington/Alaska chapter of the Healthcare Financial Managers' Association (HFMA), Spokane, WA, May 18, 2006
• Encouraging Defiance or Promoting Compliance—The Need for Public Health Emergency Compensation For Health Care Providers, Health Law Scholars Workshop, sponsored by the St. Louis University Center for Health Law Studies and The American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 2006
• Legal Issues Arising in the Context of Quarantine and Isolation, American Health Lawyers’ Association Annual Meeting In-House Counsel Program, New York, New York, June 2004
• Supreme Court Update on Cases Affecting Health Care, Washington State Society of Health Care Attorneys Hospital And Health Law Seminar
  Seattle, Washington, April 2004
• Breaking Down the Divide: Contemporary Corporate Theory Applied to the Health Care Industry, panel member, The Center on Corporations, Law & Society, Seattle University School of Law, Seattle, Washington, February 2004

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