Paul L. Uhrig
General Counsel, Executive Vice President Legal & Finance
Paul Uhrig is General Counsel and Executive Vice President Legal & Finance. 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.
