Linda L. Fleming

Experience

• Represented hospital in purchase of urgent care center (2018).
• Assisted client in unwind of affiliation agreement, including transfers of membership interests and stock (2018).
• Represented physician group in sale of majority interest in ambulatory surgery center (2018)
• Assisted hospital with development of its first off-campus emergency department and supporting services, including radiology and lab (2017).
• Represented hospital in the establishment of ambulatory surgery center (2017).
• Assisted client in the creation of a community pharmacy (2017).
• Represented hospital in its secured $10,000,000 financing to affiliated ambulatory surgery center (2017).
• Assisted hospital in spinoff of physician practice and admission of new physician entity into the hospital’s obligated group (2016).
• Represented hospital in $180,000,000+ financing (2015). 
• Represented Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida Inc. in a tri-party merger (2015).
• Represented hospice in its affiliation with a larger, nonprofit hospice system (2015).
• Represented a public entity in a long-term hospital lease transaction (2014).
• Represented a hospital in refinancing $200,000,000 in bond debt (2013).
• Represented Tampa General Hospital in its conversion from a public hospital to a private, not-for-profit corporation with tax-exempt status (1997) and continued representation post-closing (1997 to present).

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Recognition

• AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
• Listed as a "Leading Lawyer" by Ambulatory M&A Advisor (2014-2016)
• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Health Care Law (2013-2019)

Professional & Community Involvement

• The Florida Bar 
  • Business Law Section
  • Health Law Section
• Hillsborough County Bar Association 
  • Health Care Law Section 
• American Health Lawyers Association
• Director, Association for Corporate Growth, Tampa Bay Chapter
• Director, Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida Inc.
• United Way of Tampa Bay, Keel Club 

Speaking Engagements

• "The Affordable Care Act: Half Way Home?" Saybrook, CN (November 2014).
• "What’s New in Healthcare – Current Trends," Saybrook, CN (November 2014).
• "Linda Fleming Answers Questions About ACA,” WUSF Radio (March 2014).
• "Linda Fleming Answers Questions About ACA,” WUSF Radio (August 2013).
• “Acquisition of a Physician Practice,” Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Health Care Industry Conference (pre-conference) Orlando, FL (April 2012). Download Presentation.

Pro Bono

• Represented Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida Inc. in a tri-party merger (2015).

Credentials

Background

• Shareholder, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, Tampa, FL (1998-2010)

Areas of Focus