Hannah Zuckerman

Professional Experience

• Contract attorney, international law firm (2023–2024)
• Student attorney, Disability Rights Law Clinic (2022–2023)
• Legal intern, American Health Law Association (June-Aug. 2022)
• Policy intern, Maverick Health Policy (June-Aug. 2022)
• Law clerk, medical malpractice and personal injury firm (May-Nov. 2021)

Representative Matters

• Healthcare law
  • Researched statutes, regulations, and guidance related to the Medicare Secondary Payer Act.
  • Researched and drafted memoranda concerning the CMS administrative appeals process, the Administrative Procedure Act, and the Freedom of Information Act.
  • Conducted factual research for FOIA requests and created work-product from responsive FOIA documents.
• Disability rights law
  • Represented, under faculty supervision, clients with disabilities in disability rights cases and matters.
  • Drafted and filed pleadings in an administrative case for a client receiving Personal Care Aide Services.
  • Conducted legal and factual research and analyzed probable causes of action under the ADA.
  • Counseled a deaf client with intellectual disability on supported decision-making agreements.
• Legal internship
  • Researched and drafted memoranda on developing areas of health law and policy, including surprise billing, the healthcare workforce, behavioral health transactions, and the healthcare supply chain.
  • Contributed to and edited documents for the American Health Law Association’s publications involving Medicaid, workplace protections for cannabis users, and state health data and privacy laws. 
• Policy internship
  • Researched and drafted the payer, Medicaid, and value-based care sections of weekly client newsletters.
  • Reported on health laws and regulations, reproductive healthcare, health inequities, technological advancements, and mergers and acquisitions.
  • Drafted memoranda about virtual events on AI patient medical record-matching and Medicare Advantage reimbursement for client updates.
• Law clerk
  • Researched and drafted legal memoranda for personal injury cases involving medical malpractice, opioid overdose, wrongful death, and the 2020 election.
  • Reviewed medical records, depositions, motions, and public statements to identify facts and legal theories.
  • Drafted and edited complaints, motions, discovery responses, protected work products, and expert reports.
  • Assisted with expert witness depositions by developing examination strategy and questions for deponents.