Profile
Anna-Liisa Mullis is an experienced commercial litigator focusing her practice in the health care legal space. She represents health care organizations and professionals in a variety of matters before trial and appellate courts, as well as in private arbitration. She both defends and prosecutes complex matters involving hospital-provider contracting, hospital-physician joint ventures, provider-payor disputes, hospital-vendor contracting, and physician-owned entities. She also advises on antitrust disputes in the health care sector. She frequently defends providers against civil rights complaints and licensure grievances. Anna-Liisa regularly joins trial teams in a wide variety of practice areas, including bankruptcy and employment litigation.
In addition to her litigation practice, Anna-Liisa counsels clients on matters involving fraud and abuse, patient privacy, data, and innovation matters. She also devotes time to pro bono work, including counseling nonprofits on a variety of health care matters.
Capabilities
Experience
- Obtained a victory and damages award on behalf of a hospital seeking to recoup amounts loaned to a physician and his practice following a three-day hearing in a multiparty arbitration. The case concerned a physician recruitment effort which failed after the physician breached the agreement and raised novel legal issues concerning regulations governing physician recruitment.°
- Secured a complete victory for a large American health care company in an arbitration related to the implementation of a telehealth program during the COVID-19 pandemic. The plaintiff physician claimed that the client wrongfully terminated his employment when he refused to see patients via telehealth because it interfered with his medical judgment.°
- Resolved a lawsuit between physician and hospital relating to physician’s alleged violation of a non-compete agreement. The lawsuit involved novel and unsettled questions surrounding the application of Colorado’s physician non-compete statute.°
- Won a motion to dismiss and complete dismissal of a lawsuit against a health care management services organization alleging tort and Colorado Consumer Protection Act claims based on alleged violations of Colorado’s coordination of benefits laws and regulations.°
- Advised health care companies on compliance with requirements of new Colorado statutes, such as the Equal Pay Act, surprise billing law, and data privacy laws, and new Federal laws, such as the information-blocking rules associated with the 21st Century Cures Act.°
- On behalf of a covered entity, followed up on a vague report from a business associate of a potential HIPAA breach, conducted a thorough investigation of the situation to learn all relevant facts, and prepared a risk assessment analyzing the situation.°
- Performed a comprehensive HIPAA Security Rule risk analysis of a Colorado medical practice and developed recommendations for enhancement of the client’s HIPAA security practices.°
- Served as trial counsel on behalf of a plaintiff in a bet-the-company type complex commercial arbitration brought by a Colorado company against a group of defendants whose bad acts destroyed the plaintiff’s company. After a three-week arbitration hearing before a panel of three judges, the plaintiff was awarded judgment on several claims, including breach of fiduciary duty, and a total award of $9.5 million.°
°The above representations were handled by Ms. Mullis prior to her joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
- Law Clerk, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado, 2009
Recognition & Leadership
- Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Litigation - Health Care, 2024
- Listed, 5280 magazine, “Top Lawyers,” 2022-2023
- Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, Colorado Super Lawyers, “Rising Stars,” 2018-2024
- Selected, Law Week Colorado, “Up and Coming Lawyer,” 2016
- Member, Colorado Bar Association, 2011-Present
- Immediate Past Chair, Health Law Section Executive Committee, 2023-Present
- Chair, Health Law Section Executive Committee, 2022-2023
- Chair, Ray of Hope Cancer Foundation, 2022-Present
- Member, Denver Bar Association, 2011-Present
- Member, Colorado Women’s Bar Association, 2011-Present
- Former Board Member, 2017-2020
- Member, American Health Law Association, 2015-Present
- Member, American Bar Association Health Law Section, 2021-Present
- Former Member, Colorado General Counsel Mentoring Program, 2021-2023
- Former Board Member, Colorado Managed Care Collaborative, 2021-2022
- Former Board Member, Colorado Lawyers Committee, 2017-2020
- Former member, Education Task Force, 2013-2020
- Volunteer attorney, Lobato v. Stateof Colorado, 2011-2013
- Volunteer attorney, Dwyer v. State of Colorado, 2013-2015
- Former Board Member, CHOICE Education Foundation, 2016-2022
- Former Member, Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce Health & Wellness Committee, 2019-2022
Credentials
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J.D., University of Colorado Law School, 2011
- Order of the Coif
- Articles Editor, University of Colorado Law Review
- B.S., with distinction, University of Colorado, 2005
- Hon. Gale T. Miller, Colorado Court of Appeals, 2011-2012
- Colorado