WINSTON-SALEM (Sept. 13, 2017) – Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP announced today that Carrie Arthur Hanger has joined the Firm’s Healthcare practice as a partner in the Winston-Salem office. Ms. Hanger was most recently with Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP and was previously an associate at Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP.

“We are so pleased to have Carrie join our office,” said Denise Gunter, office managing partner for the Winston-Salem office and a member of the Firm’s Healthcare practice. “Carrie’s expertise in several key areas of healthcare law, including clinical research, will enrich our service offerings to our clients and will be a great asset to our firm’s practice as a whole.”

Ms. Hanger focuses her practice on advising healthcare providers and entities engaged in clinical research. With nearly a decade of experience, she routinely counsels clients on licensure and certification, enrollment and reimbursement, accreditation, certificate of need, regulatory and compliance issues, risk management, professional liability, medical staff matters, and business disputes. Her clients range from hospitals and surgical centers to physician groups, long-term care facilities, hospices, home health providers, drug and medical device companies, and DME suppliers. She has significant arbitration and trial experience, appearing in both state and federal courts as well as in administrative proceedings.

Certified in Healthcare Research Compliance by The Health Care Compliance Association, Hanger has been recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers, Rising Stars Edition, Listed Healthcare (2015-2017), and was named to the Triad Business Journal’s “40 Leaders Under Forty” list in 2017. She attended Davidson College (B.A., 2001) and Wake Forest University School of Law (J.D., 2006), where she was Executive Editor of the Wake Forest Law Review.

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