Paul J. Welk

Paul J. Welk, JD, PT is a shareholder and a member of the firm's Business and Finance Group. He focuses his practice in the areas of business and corporate law and healthcare law. In this capacity, Paul represents physical therapists, physicians, dentists, not-for-profit organizations, professional organizations, general business corporations and other healthcare business entities. Some of the recent transactions and clients that Paul has been involved with include serving as counsel to:

•Multiple physical therapy private practices with development and implementation of ownership succession plans

•A venture capital company with the $13 million dollar stock acquisition of a target company

•A buyer of the assets and real estate of a dental practice

•Multiple physical therapy providers regarding the transfer of partial ownership interests and the negotiation governance and shareholder documents

•Multiple physical therapy providers with asset and stock acquisitions and divestitures

•A manufacturing company with the successful negotiation a shareholder dispute and stock purchase

•A service provider with negotiation of a $5 million annual service contract

•A publicly traded company regarding the merger of two wholly owned subsidiaries

•Two publicly traded companies regarding the ongoing review of distribution, supply and service contracts

•A seller of a family owned skilled nursing facility and related real estate

Paul received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Physical Therapy degrees with honors from Duquesne University and his law degree with honors from the University of Pittsburgh. He served as associate editor of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law Journal of Law and Commerce and received the CALI Excellence for the Future and Esther F. Teplitz Awards for academic performance in the health law curriculum. Paul is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law's Health Law Certificate Program. He is licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania and is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association.

Paul is a member of the American and Pennsylvania Physical Therapy Associations and past Chair of the American Physical Therapy Association Committee on Risk Management and Member Benefits. He is an adjunct instructor at the St. Francis University School of Physical Therapy. Paul is a licensed physical therapist in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and continues to provide physical therapy services on a limited basis in the acute care setting. He is also a member of the Bloomsburg Medical Supply Ethics Committee and the Duquesne University School of Physical Therapy Advisory Board.

Paul regularly lectures and writes on topics related to business and healthcare law and is the founding author of Legal Impact, a regular column in the American Physical Therapy Association Private Practice Section's Impact Magazine.