Joel Michaels served as a partner with the law firm of McDermott, Will and Emery which has one of the largest and most highly rated health law practices in the United States. As Partner-in-Charge, he ran and managed the firm’s health law group in Washington, D.C. for 17 years. Mr. Michaels joined the Arizona State University Law School faculty as an adjunct professor in 2018 and the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law faculty in 2021.
As part of his 42 years in private health law practice, Mr. Michaels represented some of the largest health insurers in the U.S. He was known for both his transactional and regulatory expertise in the health insurance arena. While in practice, he received the highest Chambers ranking in these two specialty areas.
As an adjunct faculty member, Mr. Michaels offers a seminar entitled “Health Insurance and Access to Care.” It is a comprehensive and contemporary look at the laws surrounding access to insurance coverage, changes to provider payment systems, prescription drug pricing, and consumer engagement in the purchasing of health insurance coverage.
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Mr. Michaels is a graduate of the American University’s Washington College of Law and holds a B.A. in Political Science from The George Washington University. He is a past Board memberof the American Health Law Association and a current fellow with that organization.