David Rogers’s practice focuses primarily on representing health care providers and professionals in matters such as business organization, contracts, third party payer audits and reimbursement, fraud-and-abuse matters, professional license disciplinary actions, government investigations, hospital staff privilege actions, legislative issues and joint ventures.  He regularly advises physician groups and other health care providers on their business operations, professional matters and day-to-day legal issues.  Mr. Rogers is a 1982 cum laude graduate of Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, and has an undergraduate degree in business and accounting.  Before entering the legal profession he was a Regional Administrator and Regional Controller for outpatient facilities owned by a large national health care company. 

Mr. Rogers has been active in health law organizations for many years.  He was Chairperson of the State Bar of Michigan Health Care Law Section in 2006-2007, culminating several years of service to the Section in various positions.  He has served as a member of the Board of Visitors of Wayne State University Law School (2002-2009), and is a past President (1998-1999) and Director (1997-2002) of the Wayne State University Law Alumni Association.  He was recently appointed to the Board of Visitors of the Wayne State University Honors College.  Since 2002 Mr. Rogers has been a faculty member of the Internal Medicine Residency Program, Wayne State University School of Medicine, and is a past member of the Committee of Visitors, Vera P. Shiffman Medical Library of the School of Medicine.  His other professional activities have included the Healthcare Financial Management Association (Advanced Member 1995; Follmer Award recipient 1999) the Oakland County Bar Association (current member of the Medical-Legal Committee; past member, Public Advisory Committee on Judicial Candidates), the American Health Lawyers Association (1986-present), and the American Bar Association (Health Law Section).  

Mr. Rogers has been awarded the AV Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating, the highest rating for legal ability and general ethical standards, and has been selected as a Michigan Super Lawyer in health care law by the publishers of Law & Politics each year since Super Lawyers began rating Michigan lawyers. Mr. Rogers is listed in The Best Lawyers in America in health care law. 

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Theresamarie Mantese
TMantese@healthlex.com

Theresamarie Mantese’s practice focuses primarily on representing health care providers, professionals and businesses in commercial litigation involving contracts and business transactions, employment, medical billing, and in administrative law and contract matters.

Ms. Mantese has over 20 years of experience as a litigation attorney.  She began the practice of law in 1980 in St. Louis, Missouri with Gumersell, Denk & Brinkman, a litigation firm, in which she became a partner.  During her practice in St. Louis, Ms. Mantese was lead or co-lead counsel in many significant federal and state court trials involving contract disputes, breach of warranty and workmanship issues, defamation and product liability. 

In 1995, Ms. Mantese relocated to Michigan and co-founded her own law firm in which she represented diverse clients in areas of commercial law, professional malpractice and employment law.  She obtained several significant settlements that appeared in statewide publications.  Her clients included health care providers, lending institutions, utilities, computer businesses and non-profit corporations.  Since then, her practice has included handling diverse cases involving professional malpractice, employment law and business law.  Her clients have included health care providers and diverse state, national and international businesses. 

Ms. Mantese obtained her bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Missouri-St. Louis, graduating summa cum laude in 1977, where she received a four-year University Scholarship for high academic standing.  She attended the St. Louis University School of Law and was awarded her Juris Doctorate degree in 1980.  She taught business law to post-graduate students at Webster University in St. Louis.  Presently, she is is a case evaluator for the commercial panels in Wayne County and Oakland County Circuit Courts.  Ms. Mantese has been awarded the AV Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating, the highest rating available for legal ability and general ethical standards.

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Rolf Lowe’s practice focuses primarily on representing health care organizations and professionals in professional license actions, labor and employment matters associated with health care, civil rights claims and administrative actions, business matters, Medicare, Medicaid and other federal and state compliance issues, hospital staff privilege actions, civil litigation and mediation.  Mr. Lowe is a 2002 cum laude graduate of Wayne State University Law School, Detroit.  He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1998.   

Mr. Lowe was recognized as one of six “Up and Coming Lawyers” by Michigan Lawyers Weekly in 2007, noting that he “has established himself within the unique service area of analyzing the interplay between health care and labor law.”  Before joining the firm in 2006, Mr. Lowe worked as an attorney in a firm with offices in Ann Arbor and Farmington Hills, Michigan, representing local and national clients in the areas of professional negligence claims, products liability, environmental law and general negligence claims, as well as general business and estate planning matters.  Earlier, he worked in a litigation firm located in Detroit, focusing his practice on the representation of assisted living facilities, medical professionals and health care organizations in malpractice and negligence litigation.

During law school, Mr. Lowe worked as a law clerk in a defense-oriented labor and employment law firm and with the Michigan Department of Civil Rights.  He also served as an intern for the Federal Public Defender, Wayne County Prosecutor's office, Legal Services of Southeastern Michigan, and the Washtenaw County Public Defender's office.  Mr. Lowe served as Chair of the Law Student Section Governing Council, State Bar of Michigan, from 2001 to 2002, and was a member of Moot Court at Wayne State University from 2000 to 2002.  Mr. Lowe also worked as a research associate with the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute/Michigan State Police before attending law school.

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Christina Torossian’s practice focuses on representing health care organizations and professionals in business matters, business formation and restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, employment and shareholder contracts, general business contracts and other commercial transactions. She also advises businesses in connection with general corporate matters.

Before joining the firm, Ms. Torossian worked as an attorney for six years in the Business/Corporate Group of Bodman LLP, one of Michigan’s largest law firms, where she represented clients in mergers and acquisitions, entity formation, corporate restructuring, nonprofit issues including obtaining tax-exempt status, and other day-to-day business transactions.  She was in-house corporate counsel for two years for an international child care company where she worked extensively on mergers and acquisitions.  Before entering the legal profession, Ms. Torossian had a business career with IBM for several years.  In 2008, she received a Pro Bono Service Award from the Legal Aid & Defender Association of Michigan for her work in advising and representing Association clients.  She is currently a member of the State Bar of Michigan Corporate Practice of Medicine Task Force. 

Ms. Torossian is a 2000 graduate of Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, graduating cum laude. While in law school, Ms. Torossian worked as a law clerk for Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Kaye Tertzag, and was a Silver Key Award recipient.  She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Wayne State University, Detroit, graduating with honors in 1983.  Ms. Torossian is a member of the State Bar of Michigan (including the Health Care Law and Business Law Sections).

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Gregory Nowakowski’s practice focuses representing health care providers and professionals in matters such as third party payer audits, litigation, hospital staff privilege actions, certificates of need, Stark Law and fraud-and-abuse issues, business organization, professional license disciplinary actions, and labor law issues associated with health care.   

Mr. Nowakowski is a 2007 graduate of Wayne State University Law School, Detroit.  He served as Editor-in-Chief of the Wayne Law Review, and was the 2006-2007 recipient of the Jason Honigman Award.  As Editor-in-Chief, Mr. Nowakowski worked closely with the Honorable Gerald E. Rosen (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan) to host the 2006 Law Review Symposium entitled “Issues in the War on Terror: Investigations, the Media, and Article III Courts,” featuring noted Judges, U.S. Department of Justice attorneys, and Central Intelligence Agency officials.  Mr. Nowakowski served as a judicial intern with Judge Rosen in 2007. 

Before law school, Mr. Nowakowski served as a staff assistant in the Michigan State Senate.  As an undergraduate student at Michigan State University, he served in student government for three years as treasurer, Vice-Chair, and Chair of the James Madison College Student Government.  He received a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honors from Michigan State University, James Madison College, in 2004, graduating with honors and magna cum laude. 

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