Prominent Healthcare Attorney Joins Sussman Shank LLP

January 20, 2010 - Portland, OR, USA ---Sussman Shank LLP is pleased to announce that Aaron J. Besen has joined the firm as Special Counsel and will chair the firm’s Healthcare Practice Group. 

Besen has extensive experience representing long-term care providers including skilled nursing, assisted living and independent living facilities, the landlords to these providers and related businesses. His experience includes handling the purchase and sale of operations or real estate of nearly 180 long-term care facilities, management agreements with respect to long-term care facilities, healthcare regulatory issues, landlord tenant issues, contracting issues, financing and complex transactional work.

After three years in private practice and eight years as Vice President and General Counsel to Evergreen Healthcare Management, L.L.C., Besen returns to Sussman Shank. “We are excited to welcome Aaron back to the firm. He is a strong addition with an excellent reputation in the industry and brings significant knowledge and expertise” said Bob Carlton, Managing Partner of the firm.

Besen serves on the Board of Directors for the Oregon Health Care Foundation and is a Director and the Chair of the Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee of EmpRes Healthcare, Inc. He is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association, Oregon Healthcare Association and Washington Healthcare Association.

Besen earned his law degree from Duke University, his M.A. from Columbia University, and his B.A., magna cum laude, from Colgate University. He is admitted to practice law in Oregon and Washington and the United States Tax Court.

About the firm
Sussman Shank LLP is a full-service business and commercial law firm practicing in business litigation, construction law, employment, environmental, estate planning, tax, real estate, sustainability and climate change, banking and finance, creditors’ rights and bankruptcy. The firm is proud to be recognized by Oregon Business Magazine as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in Oregon. For more information on the firm, please visit www.sussmanshank.com.
 

Author: Steven T. Seguin, Executive Director
Firm: Sussman Shank LLP

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