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Sarah B. Knowlton Director, Chair of Health Care Practice
Sarah is a corporate attorney, representing health care providers, health care facilities, public utilities and other businesses on general corporate, regulatory and compliance matters. Sarah is chair of the firm's Health Care Practice Group.
Department
Corporate Department
Areas of Practice
- Health care law, including representation of physician practices, licensed health care facilities, and licensed health care providers
- All aspects of public utility regulation
- General corporate and business matters
- Other regulated matters, including FCC licensure
Admissions
- New Hampshire
- Georgia
- US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Professional & Association Memberships
- New Hampshire Bar Association, Co-Chair of the Health Law Section; past Chair of the Telecommunications, Energy and Utilities Section (2004 -2007)
- American Bar Association
- American Health Lawyers Association
- New Hampshire Women's Bar Association
Recognition
- Best Lawyers In America in energy law
- Super Lawyers in healthcare, energy & natural resources, and business litigation
- BV rated, Martindale-Hubbell
Community Involvement
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital and Health Foundation, Stewardship Committee; University of Pennsylvania Secondary Schools Committee; Families First of the Greater Seacoast, Board of Directors (1998-2004); Advisory Board (2004 - Present); and Women's Fund of New Hampshire, Board of Directors (1998 - 2005)
Career
- Adjunct Faculty in Health Care Law, New England College, School of Graduate and Professional Studies (2005 - Present)
- Office of General Counsel, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia (1992-1997)
- J.D., Emory University School of Law, 1992
- M.S.W., University of Pennsylvania, 1987
- B.A., University of Pennsylvania, summa cum laude, 1986
Recent Publications and Lectures
- Legal Resolutions for the
New Year
- Nursing Ratios: Wave of the Future?
- Health and Health Benefit Legislation of Interest to New Hampshire Employers
- "Foundations for Solid Practice Management", New Hampshire Optometrists Association, March 2007
- "Medication Handling on Campus" at seminar on Risk Management At Private Schools seminar co-sponsored by ISANNE (Independent School Association of Northern New England) and Education Law Group of McLane Law Firm, November 2005
- Utility law panel at seminar on "Renewable Energy: The Intersection of Environmental and Utility Law" sponsored by Telecommunications, Energy & Utilities Section of N.H. Bar Association, October 2004
- "Fiduciary Duties of Directors and Officers of Voluntary Corporations" for Seacoast Foundation for Health, November 2003
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