Michael S. Blass This is Me

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1. 1. NESC - Board of Directors

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   Published on: 2/14/2008   Last Visited: 2/14/2008

   Michael S. Blass, Esq. Partner, Arent Fox PLLC

2. 2. Arent Fox LLP: Michael S. Blass, Attorney, Regulatory, Corporate Securities, Business Transactions, Mergers & Acquisitions,

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   Published on: 4/1/2008   Last Visited: 4/1/2008

   Michael S. Blass
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   Michael S. Blass
   
   Partner in Charge, NY
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   Michael is a member of the Executive Committee and the Partners' Compensation Committee. In early 2008, he was made partner in charge of the New York office.
   
   Client Work
   
   Michael has represented some of the nation's largest health care companies in hundreds of acquisitions and divestitures, including the $1.25 billion acquisition of Horizon Healthcare by Integrated Health Services Inc. Other transactions he has handled include the purchase of First American Health Care Inc., then the nation's largest private owned home health company; the acquisition of MeritWest Inc., a 43-facility nursing home company; and the purchase of RoTech Medical Corporation, the nation's largest home respiratory business.
   
   Michael was appointed as the special corporate and health care regulatory counsel in the Chapter 11 re-organization of Integrated Healthcare Services Inc. during 2000-2003.
   
   Previous Work
   
   Before joining Arent Fox, Michael was a partner at a leading law firm, where he served as co-leader of the firm's business transactions practice group. In 1987, Michael co-founded Blass & Driggs, a corporate, commercial and health care practice law firm counseling publicly held and privately owned clients in a wide range of sophisticated business transactions, including acquisitions, joint ventures, business formations, stockholder agreements, financings, private placements, leases, management contracts, regulatory compliance, fraud and abuse and Stark issues, employment and consulting agreements and dispute settlements. The Blass group also represented a variety of Internet-related businesses in areas such as Web channel customization and syndication, software development, technology and content licensing, as well as e-health and telemedicine issues.
   
   Professional Activities
   
   Michael is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. He was also a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers Board of Arbitrators from 1988-1994 and is a past member of the board of directors of Community Care of America, Inc.
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   Michael was selected for Nightingale Healthcare News' 2007 list of "Outstanding Healthcare Transaction Lawyers," that appears in the November 2007 issue.
   
   In 2006, Chambers and Partners recognized Michael as a leading health care lawyer in New York.

3. 3. NESC

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   Published on: 8/31/2006   Last Visited: 8/31/2006

   Michael S. Blass, Esquire Partner Arent Fox, PLLC