Legal Associations:
Texas Bar Association
Dallas Bar Association
American Health Lawyers Association
Louisiana Bar Association
Mississippi Bar Association
Former Chair of New Orleans Bar Association -- Young Lawyers Section

Work Experience:
Brad Adatto is a member of SettlePou’s Business Counsel Services group focusing on representing healthcare and corporate clients. Mr. Adatto’s background is in regulatory, transactional and securities law.

Mr. Adatto’s regulatory background includes counseling clients with respect to federal and state healthcare regulations that impact investments, transactions and contract terms. Some examples of those regulations are Medicare fraud and abuse, anti-trust, anti-kickback, anti-referral and private securities laws.

Mr. Adatto’s transactional background includes extensive experience in preparing and negotiating corporate and commercial arrangements. The corporate documents include certificate of formations, bylaws and shareholder agreements. The commercial documents include asset purchase agreements, physician employment agreements, recruitment agreements, medical intellectual property and mergers and acquisitions.

Mr. Adatto’s securities background includes advising clients in private securities offerings. This includes the preparing or reviewing of private placement memorandums or private disclosure statements in compliance with state and federal regulations.

Mr. Adatto has worked extensively with physicians, physician groups and other medical service providers. He has assisted such clients in developing ambulatory surgical centers, in-office and free standing ancillary service facilities and other medical joint ventures.

Articles and Presentations:

Mr. Adatto was an adjunct Assistant Professor, gratis, with Louisiana State University, School of Public Health and the University of New Orleans, School of Business. He instructed Master in Public Health and Master in Business Administration candidates on Fraud and Abuse in the Healthcare Sector.

Mr. Adatto was a Chapter Editor for the American Health Lawyers Association’s Representing Physicians Handbook, published in 2006.