Richard W. Cramer

Richard W. Cramer is a shareholder in the firm's Business and Finance Department. His practice is concentrated in the tax, business and health care areas where he represents individuals and business clients with respect to business, tax, health care, and financing matters, including selecting the appropriate form of business entity, buy-sell agreements, business acquisitions and dispositions, buying and selling physician practices, business succession, and the admission and withdrawal of business partners. He also is counsel to several tax-exempt organizations, including long term care facilities, with respect to tax exemption, unrelated business income tax and private foundation/public charity issues.

Rick's practice focuses on the negotiation and documentation of a wide range of contractual matters such as employment and executive compensation agreements, deferred compensation agreements and plans, leases, management agreements, managed care arrangements, service contracts, joint venture agreements and similar arrangements. He also advises clients on third party reimbursement issues, Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse issues and related health care matters.

Rick has served as principal attorney, special tax counsel, and as bond counsel in numerous financial and business transactions, including leveraged and single investor equipment lease financings, off balance sheet financings, asset securitization transactions, tax exempt bond financings, leveraged ESOP financings, business acquisitions and dispositions, and general corporate borrowings.