Palm Beach County Medical Society

Strawn & Monaghan, P.A.

Strawn & Monaghan’s office is located in historic downtown Delray Beach, just minutes from Interstate 95.  Strawn & Monaghan is an “AV” rated general business firm, providing legal representation and counsel in numerous areas of the law.  The “AV” rating is the highest ranking awarded by the prestigious Martindale Hubbell Law Directory. The firm’s areas of specialty include: health care, drug, device and cosmetic law, real estate, employment law, corporate transactions, commercial lending, governmental representation, probate and estate planning.

The Firm boasts three (3) experienced health care lawyers with an average of over twenty-five (25) years experience in the practice of law. The practice serves hospitals and other healthcare facilities as well as physicians and physician group practices.  The firm also represents a diverse group of health care businesses including, home health agencies, imaging facilities, durable medical equipment providers, drug manufacturers and distributors and medical billing services. The healthcare practice includes Joel Strawn, J.D., Timothy E. Monaghan, M.B.A., J.D. and Sharon B. Roberts, R.Ph., Pharm.D., J.D.  

Services to physician practices include incorporation, shareholder agreements, employment agreements, non-compete agreements, profit sharing and compensation arrangements and assistance with regulations governing dispensing practitioners, prescription drug acquisition, storage and distribution, Healthcare Clinic and Healthcare Clinic Establishment licensing. The firm also provides advice with regard to electronic medical records, e-prescribing and other health information technology issues.   

The firm is “Of Counsel” with the law firm of Metzger, Grossman, Furlow and Bayo, LLC of Tallahassee, Florida, an administrative law practice which represents physicians, pharmacists and other licensed healthcare practitioners and facilities before such agencies as the Department of Health, the Agency for Health Care Administration, the Department of Insurance and the Department of Business and Professional Regulation.

In addition to providing specialized legal services in these areas, the firm’s health care lawyers are often called upon to coordinate the services of accountants, financial advisers and other health care consultants as necessary to accomplish sophisticated transactions and to create new healthcare businesses such as group practices, surgery centers, and health care clinics. The firm’s knowledge and understanding of such matters as fraud and abuse, self-referral laws, anti-trust, finance and corporate law make them fine business facilitators and lawyers. The firm also provides consultation assistance in healthcare related litigation.     

In the past decade, the business and legal environment in which the health care industry operates, has been subject to dramatic change.  This has prompted a plethora of new laws and regulations, at both the state and federal government level.  The firm’s health care attorneys stay abreast of these changes, have broad exposure to health care markets throughout the state, and are thus able to provide the sophisticated, cutting edge representation required to help clients survive in today’s competitive health care arena.  
 
The real estate practice emphasizes residential development and commercial transactions. However, the firm is capable of handling any kind of real estate matter from a simple residential closing to large acreage acquisitions and commercial land development.  Our computer system is linked to the records in the Office of the Secretary of State, Corporate Division, as well as the Florida statewide land records for immediate access and availability. In conjunction with real estate transactions and other business matters, the firm assists clients with lines of credit, construction loans and other commercial loan transactions
   
Although the firm enjoys a small town business address, Strawn & Monaghan has a sophisticated practice that serves many clients throughout the state. The breadth and depth of its experience is reflected in creative and cost - effective approaches to legal issues and business opportunities.

54 NE Fourth Avenue
Delray Beach, Florida  33483
Telephone: (561) 278-9400
Facsimile:   (561) 278-9462
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