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Deborah J. Williamson, founder and managing partner of Williamson Health Law, has been selected for The Best Lawyers in America© 2024 for her work in health care law.

Selection for this award denotes legal excellence in the specific practice area.  Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 50,000 leading attorneys cast votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

Williamson Health Law was founded in 2014 by Deborah J. Williamson, who has over 25 years of experience with the legal and compliance issues affecting health care providers, payers and businesses. Williamson Health Law legal services include handling health care corporate and transactional matters, drafting and negotiating health care contracts, counseling on Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute compliance, performing regulatory analysis, advising on HIPAA breaches and compliance, appealing payer audits and overpayment demands, handling provider and payer disputes, defending professional license complaints, drafting and counseling on the implementation of compliance plans, and other legal services required by the health care i

Williamson Health Law has been recognized as one of the 2023 “Best Law Firms” by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®.

Williamson Health Law is ranked Metropolitan Tier I-Detroit in Health Care Law. This is the eighth consecutive year Williamson Health Law has been ranked by Best Lawyers®.

Firms included in the 2023 “Best Law Firms” list are recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. Receiving a tier designation reflects the high level of respect a firm has earned among other leading lawyers and clients in the same communities and the same practice areas for their abilities, professionalism and integrity.

Deborah J. Williamson, Founder and Managing Partner of Williamson Health Law, is also listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2023, an honor that follows Ms. Williamson’s recognition in 2022 as The Best Lawyers in America © Lawyer of the Year in Health Care Law in Detroit. Ms. Williamson has been featured in the Best Lawyers listings since 2013.