Rachael advises medical practices; hospitals; surgery centers; freestanding emergency rooms; and other health care providers regarding operational, transactional, and compliance issues, as well as various employment law issues. Rachael’s clients rely on her to advise them on establishing and implementing comprehensive health care compliance programs, negotiating and preparing agreements in connection with health care transactional matters, and effecting mergers and acquisitions, as well as creating new health care entities, developing business and marketing strategies to cope with changing federal regulatory schemes, and providing guidance on operational and administrative issues.  Rachael also advises clients navigating the rapidly changing regulatory landscape surrounding abortion restrictions in Texas.

Before she joined Weaver Johnston & Nelson, Rachael was an attorney at a large international law firm where she practiced corporate law, providing on-call legal counsel to public and private companies, including one of the world’s largest private equity firms. Rachael has years of experience providing outside counsel services to international clients in need of systemic support throughout their operational teams and legal departments. Rachael received a Pro Bono Service Award from her firm for her work counseling an expanding nonprofit’s board of directors on corporate documents, corporate governance issues, and policies and procedures. Rachael also spent several years managing and advising clients, including Fortune 50 companies and state and local governments, regarding all aspects of employer compliance with the Affordable Care Act employer mandate.