Brown McCarroll Attorneys at Law

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Legal Experience

Certified and recertified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization as a specialist in Administrative Law. Practice is concentrated in the areas of administrative law, health law, governmental relations, and mediation.

Administrative and Health Law:

Representation of clients in contested hearings and rulemaking before numerous State and Federal administrative agencies including:

• Texas Medical Board
• Texas Department of Insurance
• Texas Department of Health & Human Services
• Federal Agencies including Medicare/Medicaid issues
• Representation of clients on appeals of administrative decisions from District Court to Supreme Court
• Representation of clients with specific health law problems, especially medical staff privileges of physicians and health care facilities
• Mediation of professional disputes, especially in medical legal matters

Governmental Relations:

Lobbying at the state and national levels relating to matters of medicine and health laws, public health, insurance, taxation, transportation, utilities, and general business. Drafting and assisting in enactment of numerous legislative proposals. Examples of such are: Texas Medical Liability and Insurance Improvement Act, Medical Practice Act of Texas, Texas Medical Joint Underwriting Association, Texas Health Maintenance Organization Act, Texas Health Planning Certificate of Need Act, Exemption from Taxation of Freeport Property (constitutional amendment).

Mediation/Arbitration:

• Certified under applicable law to be appointed by a court as a qualified impartial third-party mediator.
• Member of American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) Alternative Dispute Resolution Service (Mediation/Arbitration)
• AHLA training in Practical and Theoretical Approaches for Effective Mediation of Healthcare Disputes
• Completion of training in Negotiating Complex Disputes in the Public Arena - Center for Public Policy Dispute Resolution, the University of Texas School of Law
• Completion of training in Medical Malpractice Disputes - University of Maryland School of Law
• Experience as a mediator and arbitrator.  Also represented numerous clients that participated in mediations and/or arbitrations

Education

• Doctor of Jurisprudence, The University of Texas School of Law, 1962
• Bachelor of Business Administration, The University of Texas at Austin, 1958

Professional Licenses

• Attorney at Law, Texas, 1962
• Board Certified, Administrative Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization

Court Admissions

• United States Supreme Court
• United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
• United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Prior Professional Experience

• Texas House of Representatives, 1964-1973. Served as Chairman of the West Texas Delegation; Chairman of House Standing Committee on Insurance; Chairman of House Standing Committee on Commerce and Manufacturing; and Vice Chairman of Motor Transportation.
• Texas Medical Association, General Counsel
• Texas State Board of Nurse Examiners, General Counsel
• Texas Railroads, Washington Counsel

Speeches and Publications

• Look Inside - Look Around - Look Forward, Address to The University of Texas of the Permian Basin Honors Convocation, April 2011
• Discovery Practice Before the State Office of Administrative Hearing, State Bar of Texas 18^th Annual Advanced Administrative Law Course, 2006, Speech
• Defending License Revocation Actions, Anatomy of an Administrative Hearing, The Austin Bar Association, 2006, Speech/Published Article
• Temporary Suspensions of Licensure, Administrative Law Section of the Austin Bar Association, 2005, Speech
• Enforcement and License Revocation, State Bar of Texas, 7^th and 8^th Annual Advanced Administrative Law Course, 1995 and 1996, Speech/Published Article
• Deans of Administrative Law: Point-Counterpoint, State Bar of Texas, 5th Annual Advanced Administrative Law Course, 1993, Speech
• Peer Review and Physician Credentialing, Lorman Business Center Inc., Health Law Update, 1993, Speech/Published Article
• Increased Involvement of Health Care Providers in the New Texas Workers' Compensation System, Joint Presentation of Firm, Crenshaw, Dupree & Milam and Atlas & Hall, The New Texas Worker's Compensation Act, 1990, Speech/ Published Article
• How Not to be a Hearing Examiner, Travis County Administrative Law Seminar, 1990, Speech
• Health Law Conference on Hospital-Physician Relationships, TMA Committee on Liaison of State Bar, Texas Hospital Association and State Bar of Texas, 1990, Speech/Published Article
• Campaign Finance, State Bar of Texas, Conference on Lobbying and Ethics the 90's, 1990, Speech
• Basic Skills Seminar, Travis County Administrative Law Seminar, 1988, Speech/ Published Article
• Strategy and Procedure in Revocation Hearing, Travis County Administrative Law Seminar, 1988, Speech/ Published Article

Professional Memberships and Activities

• American Health Lawyers Association
• State Bar of Texas
• Austin Bar Association

Honors

• AV® Preeminent ™ Peer Review Rated
  • AV® Preeminent ™ and BV® Distinguished™ are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies.
• Super Lawyer, Administrative Law, named by Law and Politics Media, Inc. and published in Texas Monthly, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007. 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011
• Named as a Top Lawyer in Health Care in 2011, Corporate Counsel Magazine
• Voted by his peers as one of the Best Lawyers in Austin in Health Care Law in 2002 by Austin Monthly
• Named a Legend by the Travis County Bar Association, 2002
• Recognized by the University of Texas of the Permian Basin as a Leader of Distinction, 2002
• Recognized in "Best Lawyers in America" in Health Care Law for over twenty years
• Named one of 100 Heroes of the First One Hundred Years of the City of Odessa, Texas
• Recognized by the Odessa Chamber of Commerce for unselfish dedication and special achievement that will be forever beneficial to Ector County - 1969
• Named as Outstanding Young Man of Odessa in 1969

Community Involvement

• Appointed by the University of Texas Board of Regents as a member of the Advisory Committee John Ben Sheppard Leadership Institute; University of Texas of the Permian Basin, 2004-Present
• Shoal Creek Hospital, Chairman of Board of Trustees, 1981-1996
• Eldercare, Board of Directors (former member)
• Texas Adult Laubach Literacy (TALL), Board of Directors (former member)
• Austin Children's Cancer Center, Advisory Board (former member)
• National League for Nursing, Board Member Texas Chapter (former member)
• Brackenridge Hospital, Strategic Planning Task Force (former member)