Timothy E. Monaghan, M.B.A., J.D. Of Counsel TMonaghan@smclawfirm.com PRACTICE AREAS: Health Care Regulations and Transactions Health Care Corporate Real Estate Commercial Lending

BACKGROUND:
Tim was born December 13, 1955 at Kessler Air Force Base, in Biloxi, Mississippi but grew up in Satellite Beach, Florida. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Florida Atlantic University in 1977, where he served as President of the Student Body, Chairman of the State Council of Student Body Presidents and Chairman of The Florida Student Association, a lobbying group representing state university students in the Florida legislature. Thereafter, he relocated to Tallahassee, Florida and earned a Masters in Business Administration from Florida State University in 1979 and a Juris Doctorate degree with honors, from the Florida State University College of Law in 1984.

Prior to entering law school, Mr. Monaghan served five (5) years representing the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services before the Florida Legislature and other state agencies in Tallahassee. During that time, he drafted several chapters of law, including statutes regulating hospitals, nursing homes, emergency medical services, clinical laboratories and pharmaceutical manufacturing. While in law school, he lobbied the legislature on behalf of private health care interests and later served as a legal intern to Florida Supreme Court's Chief Justice Parker Lee MacDonald. He has served as an Adjunct Professor of health care law at Florida Atlantic University, Department of Health Administration, College of Social Science, and as an instructor for the Palm Beach County Medical Society and the Broward County Medical Association, in conjunction with FAU Certificate Program in Medical Business Management.

Mr. Monaghan is a shareholder in the Delray Beach law firm of Strawn & Monaghan, P.A. and is "Of Counsel" for the Tallahassee law firm of Metzger, Grossman, Furlow and Bayo´, LLC. Mr. Monaghan practices in the areas of health care law, business transactions, including real estate and commercial lending, corporate law and governmental representation. His health care clients include hospitals, physicians and physician group practices. He has significant experience in the buying and selling of medical practices and other healthcare business, as well as practice formation, shareholder agreements and employment agreements. Mr. Monaghan also represents clients in matters involving Florida governmental entities such as the Agency for Health Care Administration, the Department of Health, the Department of Insurance and the Department of Business and Professional Regulation.

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Florida Atlantic University, 1977
• Masters in Business Administration, Florida State University, 1979
• J.D., With Honors, Florida State University, 1984

PROFESSIONAL:

• The Florida Bar Health Law and Real Property Law
• Florida Academy of Healthcare Attorneys, Florida Hospital Association
• American Bar Association, Health Law
• American Health Lawyers Association

PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS:

• "Are You HIPAA to What's Next"
• "Beware of Recruitment Scams"
• "Dealing with HMO's"
• "If the IPA Fails, Try a Real Group"
• "The Physician's Guide to Hiring a Lawyer"
• "Beware of Vendors Bearing Gifts"
• "Responding to an Investigation"

AFFILIATIONS:

• Board of Directors, Palm Beach County Health Facilities Authority
• Board of Directors, Palm Beach County Medical Society Services
• Bethesda Hospital Foundation, Member, Benefactor's Pavilion
• Physician Viability Task Force, Palm Beach County Medical Association 
• Assistant Scout Master, Troop 304, Boy Scouts of America
• Past Chairman, Gulfstream Goodwill Industries, Inc.