Chicago, Illinois Healthcare, Grandparent Visitation & Family Law Firm

Goldberg Law Group, LLC

120 South Riverside Plaza
Suite 1675
Chicago, Illinois 60606
USA

(312) 930-5600

(312) 930-0944

www.goldberglawoffice.com

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Goldberg Law Group, LLC, located in Chicago, Illinois, provides legal representation in Healthcare Law, Professional Licensing, Grandparent Visitation and Family Law matters.

We handle cases across the state, including the Chicago metropolitan area, the Quad Cities, the St.

Louis area, and central and southern Illinois.

For 40 years, the lawyers at Goldberg Law Group have vigorously represented their clients. Each and every one of our clients receives the personal attention they deserve and the feeling that their case is the most important one in the office, because in reality, it is.

Our lawyers include top former prosecutors from the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) and the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services. We use the experience of those former prosecutors, along with our intimate knowledge of how those Illinois agencies operate, to aggressively represent our clients and help them achieve the best possible outcome.

Year this Office was Established: 1975

Areas of Law

Additional Areas of Law: Grandparent Visitation; Medicaid Fraud; Professional Licensing.

Areas of Law Description

- Healthcare Law

For 40 years, Goldberg Law Group has represented doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals throughout Illinois at the Illinois Division of Professional Regulation and the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly the Illinois Department of Public Aid). We represent physicians in medical staff disciplinary matters, Illinois Board of Medicine issues, and other licensing issues that require attorney intervention. In addition to representing doctors, we also assist nurses with Illinois State Board of Nursing and Illinois nursing license issues. And we can assist with matters related to chiropractic licenses (Illinois). Goldberg Law Group provides the following services:

• Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (IDHFS)

We represent physicians in all matters before IDHFS or other Illinois licensing boards, including preparing physicians for peer review appearances before the IDHFS Medical Quality Review Committee. We also defend physicians in administrative hearings at IDHFS or the Illinois Board of Medicine. This includes cases where IDHFS seeks to terminate or suspend the physician’s participation in the Medical Assistance Program, whether based upon audit or peer review. We also represent pharmacists, laboratories, and nursing homes in IDHFS compliance audits and physicians, laboratories, dentists, and pharmacists who are the subject of criminal investigations for alleged Medicaid fraud.

• Illinois Division of Professional Regulation (IDPR)

Our services include matters involving the Illinois State Board of Nursing or nursing licenses and Illinois Board of Medicine or other licensing issues requiring attorney intervention. The Illinois Division of Professional Regulation (IDPR) administers state laws that govern the licensure and discipline of professional and occupational groups, including medical doctors, osteopathic physicians, chiropractors, dentists, optometrists, podiatrists, pharmacists, nurses, and physical therapists. Our practice concentrates on representing these licensees in pre-licensing and disciplinary matters, including nursing license matters related to the Illinois Board of Nursing. We are frequently called upon to represent nurses or other health care licensees seeking licensure from the Illinois State Board of Nursing or another IDPR division.

• Hospital Privilege Matters

We frequently represent physicians in due process hearings regarding alleged violations of hospital or medical staff by-laws. From time to time, we are called upon to counsel hospital investigative committees on due process investigations and hearings concerning physicians.

• Professional Organizations, Societies, HMO’S and PPO’S

In this area, we represent physicians whose membership in professional organizations and societies is challenged for an alleged violation of organization by-laws. We also represent physicians whose participation in HMOs and PPOs is challenged.

• Illinois Department of Public Health

We represent nursing homes and medical laboratories in all licensing and Medicaid certification disputes, as well as any complaint investigations initiated by the agency. Additionally, we represent asbestos removal contractors seeking admission to Public Health’s approved list of contractors for public sector work.

• Health Facilities Planning Board

We represent nursing homes before this entity concerning informal appearances before the Board and in contested hearings on Notices of Intent to Deny Applications for issuance of Certificates of Need.

• Medical/Legal Consultations

We are often called upon to resolve disputes amongst and between physicians and we counsel physicians on a wide range of topics, including negotiating and drafting employment agreements, advising with regard to permissible advertising, and assistance in complying with HIPAA.

- Professional Licensing

The method may vary depending on the profession. Each of these methods requires specific information and specific forms. In all of these cases it is imperative that all requested information be provided. It is essential that all personal history questions be answered appropriately and in detail. It is also important that deficiency letters be responded to directly and within an appropriate time frame.

- Family Law

Goldberg Law Group has been involved in the practice of family law for over 35 years. Our attorneys are Illinois custody lawyers, and we are actively involved in all areas of family law, including custody and visitation issues in Illinois. We have drafted family law legislation and have argued family law cases in the Illinois Supreme Court and the Illinois Appellate Courts, including custody and child visitation. Our Illinois custody lawyers are committed to performing legal representation for IL families in matters of:

• Divorce
• Custody
• Child visitation
• Child support post decree matters

- Grandparent Visitation

Mr. Goldberg successfully represented the defendant in Wickham v. Byrne, the 2002 Illinois Supreme Court case that invalidated the former grandparent visitation statute. He then worked with Illinois State Representative Patricia Lindner and Illinois Senator John Cullerton to draft the current Illinois Grandparent Visitation Act. He has testified on several occasions before the Illinois Senate and Illinois House of Representatives regarding the Grandparent Visitation Act, and has written and spoken extensively on the subject of grandparents’ rights. In addition, he has tried and settled grandparent visitation cases in over 30 counties throughout Illinois. He extensive appellate court experience, including arguing before the Illinois Supreme Court and all five Illinois Appellate Court Districts.

Attorneys

	Mr. Michael K. Goldberg Attorney Family Law, Health Care, Health Care and Social		Mr. Gerald “Jerry” G. Goldberg Attorney Family Law, Health Care, Health Care and Social
	Mr. James “Jim” B. Goldberg Attorney Family Law, Health Care, Health Care and Social