Ardith Bronson is counsel in Weil's Litigation practice and a member of the firm's Complex Commercial Litigation practice group.
Ms. Bronson specializes in complex litigation in the healthcare industry and represents clients in wide-ranging litigations involving Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Statutes, ERISA, Medicare, False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback Statute, RICO, and other claims impacting the managed-care industry. Ms. Bronson also has extensive arbitration experience.
Representative litigations include a nationwide class-action lawsuit in which a class of approximately 500,000 physicians alleged that the nation's largest managed care organizations had violated, among other things, RICO, ERISA and state prompt pay statutes, by improperly reimbursing physicians for services rendered to patients who members of the managed care organizations; and a major arbitration proceeding involving breach of contract and fiduciary duty allegations brought by a physician-owned HMO that contracted for administrative and operational service. Ms. Bronson also maintains an active pro bono practice. Most recently, she participated in a habeas proceeding for a death row inmate resulting in the withdrawal of the death sentence.
Ms. Bronson is a member of the firm's Diversity Committee and its Litigation Training Program Committee. She is also an active member of the American Health Lawyers Association and the Health Law Sections of both the American Bar Association and the Florida Bar. Ms. Bronson recently published "Be Prepared To Deal With Deposition Notices" in Corporate Counsel.