Paul E. Knag

Paul Knag, a partner, is well known for his skills as a complex litigator, as a health care lawyer, and as an arbitrator.

He serves as the co-chair of the firm’s Health Care Group. A graduate of Harvard Law School, and former Clerk to Judge Leonard P. Moore of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, he is a member of the Bar of the States of New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts.

As a health care lawyer, Paul has handled litigation, regulatory and transactional, including acquisitions, joint ventures, non-compete litigation, health care arbitration, HIPAA advice and claims, Stark and fraud and abuse, joint ventures, 501 (c ) (3) matters and issues, EMTALA, CONs, DONs, physician contracting, risk management, licensure and disciplinary, patient care, and medical staff matters. He has experience representing both payor and provider. He also has experience with ACOs, IPAs, and the like. He serves as an arbitrator for both the AHLA and AAA. He is the original author of a treatise on HIPAA.

As a complex commercial litigator, Paul has litigated extensively in a variety of state and federal courts, including the United States Supreme Court. Examples of matters he has handled include: representing physician in connection with break up of physician practice, representing minority shareholder in connection with oppression by majority holder, representing corporation in connection with trademark issues, representing investors in claim against hedge fund for misuse of funds, representing investor in claim against money manager, representing spouse and others in action by SEC seeking to reach their assets to satisfy claim against husband, representing joint venture owners for breach of joint venture agreement, representing corporation in action by competitor for antitrust violation, representing children in action to contest a will, representing CON applicants in administrative appeals, representing business organization in ERISA preemption litigation, and representing school district in Title IX litigation.

Paul’s approach to his practice is to seek to understand client goals, and to provide advice that will further those goals in a practical and appropriate manner. He is hard working and always looking for inventive ways to address client problems.

He is Past Chair of the Health Law Section of the Connecticut Bar Association and Past President of the Connecticut Health Lawyers Association. He served on the Health Care Task force of the American Arbitration Association. He is listed in Chambers USA, Connecticut Super Lawyers, The Best Lawyers in America, and Who’s Who. He holds a Martindale AV Preeminent peer rating.