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Case Western Reserve University School of Law, JD, 1971
Denison University, BA, 1968
Theodore D. Ward Of Counsel
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Case Western Reserve University School of Law, JD, 1971
Denison University, BA, 1968
Biography
Ted has more than 20 years of experience representing hospitals, medical staffs, medical groups, charitable organizations and other legal aspects of the medical delivery system, including serving as in-house counsel for a three-hospital system in Cleveland. Ted was previously an author of a monthly column in the Cleveland Hospital and Healthcare News, Ted has written numerous other health care law articles. Ted traveled the country for Medical Management Development Associates, lecturing as a national expert on health care issues and has appeared on radio and television programs concerning health care legal issues.
Ted is also a member of the business and corporate practice group, and has been involved in all types of corporate transactions, joint ventures, acquisitions, mergers, private placement, supply chain agreements, negotiating and contracting, real estate acquisition, leasing, and corporate succession planning. He has traveled to China to negotiate and establish joint ventures, WFOE’s, and free trade zone enterprises.
Ted is AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated through Martindale-Hubbell and has been recognized as an Ohio Super Lawyer.
- Biography
Ted has more than 20 years of experience representing hospitals, medical staffs, medical groups, charitable organizations and other legal aspects of the medical delivery system, including serving as in-house counsel for a three-hospital system in Cleveland. Ted was previously an author of a monthly column in the Cleveland Hospital and Healthcare News, Ted has written numerous other health care law articles. Ted traveled the country for Medical Management Development Associates, lecturing as a national expert on health care issues and has appeared on radio and television programs concerning health care legal issues.
Ted is also a member of the business and corporate practice group, and has been involved in all types of corporate transactions, joint ventures, acquisitions, mergers, private placement, supply chain agreements, negotiating and contracting, real estate acquisition, leasing, and corporate succession planning. He has traveled to China to negotiate and establish joint ventures, WFOE’s, and free trade zone enterprises.
Ted is AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated through Martindale-Hubbell and has been recognized as an Ohio Super Lawyer.
- Professional & Civic Activities
- Ted is a member of the Cleveland Metropolitan, Ohio State and American Bar Associations, as well as the Ohio Association of Health Lawyers and the American Health Lawyers Association. He was on the board of trustees of the Center for Families & Children and was the vice chairman of the David N. Myers University where he served on the board of trustees and the executive committee of the board.
- Ted is on the Board of Trustees and the Executive Committee of the Cleveland Eye Bank Foundation.
- Representative Engagements
- Ted represents many health care delivery systems including hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities and physician groups such as Premier Physician Centers, Inc. where he was in-house counsel. He has also represented many business entities, both international and domestic, which included his position as vice president and general counsel for The Enerco Group, Inc., an international manufacturing company.
- Distinctions
- Cleveland’s Legal Leaders™ – Top Rated Lawyer in Health Care Law, and Securities — 2013