Nursing homes, including skilled nursing and assisted living facilities, face unique legal challenges. With the many hurdles these facilities face daily, it is necessary to have the proper team in place to assist in navigating this complex legal landscape. Spilman Thomas & Battle's Nursing Home Practice Group partners with clients for the full range of legal needs to help clients avoid legal pitfalls.

Spilman's Nursing Home Practice Group takes a holistic approach to counseling and assisting our residential and long-term care facility clients. We have many years of experience assisting residential and long-term care facilities with a wide variety of legal matters.

• Medical malpractice liability - Litigation related to abuse and neglect claims and medical malpractice are an unfortunate part of operating a residential or long-term care facility. We have a strong team of experienced litigators and trial attorneys to help with claim avoidance and vigorous defense of lawsuits.
• Statutory and regulatory compliance - Residential and long-term care facilities operate within a heightened regulatory environment that is only getting more complex with each passing day. Spilman's attorneys are well versed with the federal, state, and local laws and regulations within its regional footprint that impact these clients. Spilman's attorneys also have represented these clients and their clinical employees before a variety of state regulatory boards.
• Labor and employment - Spilman's attorneys have a deep understanding of the health care industry, which is vital for these clients. We serve as a labor management partner, routinely handling "traditional labor" matters involving unions, such as union avoidance, campaigns, labor arbitrations and contract negotiations. We also serve as trial lawyers. At Spilman we pride ourselves on our litigation advocacy and results, and have exceptional experience in the full array of employment litigation claims, as well as administrative claims for the state and federal Departments of Labor and EEOC offices.
• Contract review - Spilman's attorneys routinely handle the full array of commercial and contracting needs, including contracts with insurers, landlords, employees, independent-contractors and clinicians, vendors and pharmacies, just to name a few. Additionally, Spilman's Nursing Home Practice Group's business attorneys have negotiated and drafted complex sale and operation transfer agreements on behalf of their clients, both inside and outside Spilman's regional footprint. Spilman's attorneys and legal professionals are prepared to assist these facilities in negotiating and entering into beneficial business relationships, and avoid onerous contractual terms and agreements.
• Premises liability - Residential and long-term care facilities' duties go beyond those owed to their residents, employees and business partners. They also have a duty to the visitors and invitees to their facilities. We have an experienced group of attorneys and legal professionals who are prepared to defend against all manner of premises liability suits. This includes suits involving slip and falls, property damage and the acquisition of a disease or illness at a facility.

The team at Spilman Thomas & Battle has the necessary experience and skill for all the opportunities and challenges a residential or long-term care facility may face.

For more information on Spilman's Nursing Home Practice Group, contact:

Matthew W. Georgitis
336.727.7642
mgeorgitis@spilmanlaw.com

Alexander L. Turner
336.955.8352
aturner@spilmanlaw.com