Williams & Connolly LLP lawyers represent clients in all aspects of litigation and transactional work in the health care and medical products industries. In both criminal and civil investigations, the firm has represented companies, high-level executives, clinics and doctors in internal investigations, grand jury probes and civil False Claims Act litigation. The firm also has a long history of representing clients in administrative proceedings before health-care related agencies including the Department of Health and Human Services, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Department of Justice and Congress on a broad range of matters including Hatch-Waxman litigation, citizen petitions, enforcement proceedings and criminal matters.

Williams & Connolly LLP's corporate experience extends to mergers and acquisitions of health care companies, the formation of new health care delivery vehicles, hospital consolidation and issues that arise in connection with the development of emerging technologies. The firm's lawyers also have experience representing biotechnology companies, including structuring and negotiating research and development agreements, equity investments, and marketing and distribution agreements.

The firm also has significant experience in product liability and medical malpractice defense (See Products Liability, Torts and Medicine) and in counseling clients and litigating intellectual property issues (See Intellectual Property) in the health care and medical products industries.