Paul L. Uhrig
EVP, CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE & LEGAL OFFICER
CHIEF PRIVACY OFFICER
Paul Uhrig is Chief Administrator & Legal Officer, and Chief
Privacy Officer. In this capacity, Mr. Uhrig is responsible
for finance and accounting, internal audit, legal, privacy and
governmental affairs. Paul also leads certification compliance, a
critical new function that Surescripts will emphasize as part of
its larger focus on e-prescribing reliability, quality and patient
safety.
Mr. Uhrig came to Surescripts from the law firm of Gardner Carton
& Douglas LLP in Washington, D.C., where he was vice chairman
of the firm's corporate department, chairman of the corporate
department's regulated industries transactions practice group, and
a member of the firm's health department. Prior to joining
Surescripts, Mr. Uhrig represented Surescripts as its outside
general counsel since its inception.
Mr. Uhrig brings 20 years of legal experience to Surescripts,
focusing on the healthcare industry throughout that time. At
Gardner Carton & Douglas, Mr. Uhrig focused on mergers, asset
and stock acquisitions, joint venture formation and corporate
planning with healthcare clients. His clients included private
equity investors in middle market transactions, portfolio
companies, health care systems, ancillary providers of health care
services, physician groups, and investors involved with health
industry projects and various other enterprises related to the
healthcare industry. Prior to joining Gardner Carton & Douglas,
Mr. Uhrig was a partner in the Washington office of Akin Gump
Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.
Mr. Uhrig has extensive experience structuring joint ventures and
business arrangements in compliance with applicable corporate,
securities and tax laws, federal and state fraud and abuse
provisions, privacy laws, fee-splitting statutes and other
corporate and health care regulatory provisions. Mr. Uhrig received
his law degree from the American University, Washington College of
Law, and his Bachelors of Arts in Economics from The University of
Notre Dame.
