city of Los Angeles

Leech Tishman is pleased to welcome attorney David Chao to the firm as a Partner in the firm’s Healthcare Practice Group.

David focuses his practice on healthcare litigation, government investigations, and white-collar defense. He represents healthcare businesses, providers, and executives in matters involving healthcare fraud and abuse, federal and state criminal investigations, civil False Claims Act allegations, internal investigations, and related regulatory proceedings.

Effective April 13, 2026, David will join Leech Tishman’s Los Angeles team, operating out of the firm’s Westwood office. The combination will bring Leech Tishman’s team to over 150 lawyers and more than 250 total personnel, operating in eight major markets across the country.

Leech Tishman’s Healthcare Practice Group

Our Professionals

Leech Tishman’s experienced lawyers advise clients ranging from hospital and health systems, behavioral health, and post-acute care facilities to physician organizations, telehealth providers, labs, pharmacies, and MSOs. The firm’s attorneys offer expertise advising on healthcare licensing, operational, and reimbursement issues — including corporate practice of medicine, Medicare and Medicaid requirements, FDA compliance, health privacy and data security, healthcare finance and investment, and other industry issues.

 

Our Healthcare Services

Leech Tishman proudly serves healthcare clients across the U.S. We combine a depth of legal expertise with a breadth of experience navigating the complex arena of today’s healthcare laws and regulations to provide legal services in:

 

Healthcare Corporate Transactions

  • Corporate Finance
  • Due Diligence
  • Distressed Financing
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • New Ventures
  • Organizational & Corporate Structuring
  • Private Equity
  • Strategic Affiliations

Healthcare Litigation

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Commercial Litigation
  • False Claims Act
  • Fraud & Abuse
  • Labor & Employment
  • License Defense
  • Medical Staff Representation
  • Medical Staff/Peer Review Counsel
  • Reimbursement
  • Writs & Appeals

Healthcare Government Investigations

  • DEA
  • FDA
  • Fraud & Abuse
  • HIPAA

Healthcare Regulatory Compliance

  • Corporate Practice of Medicine
  • Data Privacy & Cybersecurity
  • FDA
  • Governance
  • Medi-Cal
  • Medicare
  • State Regulations
  • Telehealth

Litigation Practice Group

Leech Tishman’s Litigation Practice Group represents commercial clients, businesses, and institutions in a broad range of complex commercial litigation matters.

Our attorneys have deep experience in litigating and successfully resolving commercial disputes spanning numerous industries and businesses, and have represented clients in state and federal courts across the country, as well as arbitration forums. Our expertise includes representing clients in disputes arising out of the sale and purchase of businesses, partnership and shareholder agreements, distribution and licensing agreements, commercial leases, construction contracts, executive compensation as well as the numerous kinds of disputes which develop out of financial relationships, whether financing, lending, or borrowing.

Our Litigation Services

Leech Tishman proudly serves clients in Los Angeles and across the U.S. We combine a depth of legal expertise with a breadth of business savvy to provide legal services in:

  • ADA Title III Defense
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
  • Appellate
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Construction Litigation
  • Corporate Governance and Shareholder Litigation
  • Defamation: Libel, Slander and Commercial Disparagement
  • E-Discovery
  • Employment Disputes
  • Governmental and Internal Investigations
  • Product Liability Defense
  • Real Estate Litigation
  • Restrictive Covenants / Non-Competes
  • Shareholder / Equity Disputes
  • White Collar Defense

About Leech Tishman

Leech Tishman is a national, full-service law firm dedicated to assisting businesses, institutions, and individuals. Leech Tishman offers legal services in business restructuring & insolvency, construction, corporate matters, healthcare, intellectual property, labor & employment, litigation, real estate, and trusts & estates. In addition, the firm offers a wide range of legal services to clients in the aviation & aerospace, beauty & wellness, cannabis, data privacy & cybersecurity, energy & natural resources, entertainment & sports, and life sciences industries. Leech Tishman has offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Sarasota, and Washington, D.C.

Contact David Chao


David Chao
310.203.2800
dchao@leechtishman.com
Los Angeles, CA