Richard J. Zall, Esq.

Mr. Zall is a Partner in Proskauer's Health Law department, based in its New York office. Proskauer is an international law firm with over 700 lawyers across the U.S. and Europe.

Mr. Zall represents a wide array of health care clients including hospitals and other service providers, information and medical technology companies, and managed care organizations. He advises health care clients and health sector investors on business strategy, the structuring and execution of corporate transactions, third party reimbursement, capital financings, and compliance with federal and state health care regulation.

Prior to joining Proskauer in December 2005, Mr. Zall was a partner at Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, PC, and a Senior Vice President of ML Strategies, its consulting affiliate. Previously, he was a Founding Partner of Kalkines, Arky, Zall & Bernstein LLP, a New York-based boutique law firm that specialized in health care. In the late 1990's, Mr. Zall co-founded and served as Co-Chairman and CEO of Telesis Medical Management, Inc., a venture-backed medical management company. Mr. Zall was also President of Pioneer Health Partners, LLC, a strategy consulting firm that assisted innovative health care organizations develop new products and services and introduce them to the marketplace.

Over the past decade, Mr. Zall has been an active participant in the health care industry. He has directed two health industry studies for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, one on the condition of the US Health Care Safety Net, and the other on Federal and State Consumer Protection Regulation of the Managed Care Industry. He is a frequent invited speaker at industry trade conferences.

Since late 2003, Mr. Zall has served as counsel to the William J. Clinton Foundation and its HIV/AIDS Initiative. In this capacity, Mr. Zall has assisted the Foundation in its efforts to improve access to HIV/AIDS medication and testing in sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean, including the negotiation and documentation of agreements with leading pharmaceutical and medical equipment companies to provide low-cost testing kits to developing countries.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Zall also served as Counsel to former New York City Council President Carol Bellamy. He also was a member of the Board of Trustees of the WNYC Foundation, the operator of New York City's public radio station affiliated with National Public Radio (NPR), and a member of the Dean's Strategic Council at NYU School of Law.

Mr. Zall is admitted to practice law in New York. He received his B.A. from Brown University and his J.D. from New York University School of Law where he was a member of the Law Review and an Arthur Garfield Hays Fellow.