About
Craig Clesson, Healthcare Attorney
Experience from inside businesses like yours.
Before founding Clesson Healthcare Law, P.C., Craig Clesson spent more than 20 years inside healthcare and life sciences companies, providing the legal, compliance, and privacy strategy as part of leadership teams.
About Craig Clesson
Craig Clesson is the attorney behind Clesson Healthcare Law, P.C. Before opening the firm, he spent more than 20 years in-house at healthcare and life sciences companies, in roles including Chief Legal Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, and Chief Privacy Officer. He wasn't outside counsel looking in. He sat in the seat where the hard questions got answered: building compliance programs, managing regulators, and translating the law into practical, actionable recommendations that the management teams could use to inform its decisions.
That experience shapes how we practice. No two healthcare businesses are alike, so we don't hand out one-size answers. We provide advice sized to your business, your resources, and your risks, with the flexibility to grow as your plans do.
- 20+Years in-houseInside healthcare and life sciences companies
- 3State barsLicensed in California, Illinois, and Tennessee
- C-suiteFormer rolesChief Legal, Chief Compliance, and Chief Privacy Officer
- CIPP/USPrivacy credentialCertified Information Privacy Professional/United States
- J.D.Law degreeUniversity of Illinois Chicago School of Law
MemberAmerican Health Lawyers AssociationInternational Association of Privacy ProfessionalsAmerican Academy of Professional Coders
Why the firm exists
Quality legal counsel shouldn't be a privilege of the companies that can already afford it. The people who spend their working lives helping others deserve someone in their corner too. Clesson Healthcare Law, P.C. exists to close the gap between the legal help that healthcare professional business owners and healthcare businesses need and the legal help they can access and afford.
Helping those who help others. It's why the firm exists.
Experience
Senior legal and compliance leadership, including Chief Legal Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, and Chief Privacy Officer roles, across healthcare and life sciences organizations
Corporate governance
entity formation, good standing filings, shareholder and board resolutions, conflict of interest reviews, non-profit formation and governance
Healthcare delivery, telehealth, and clinical laboratory compliance
virtual care models, billing and coding, reimbursement, pharmacy operations, state corporate practice of medicine requirements, and payer standards
Compliance program implementation and management
board reporting, auditing, monitoring, training, and alignment with government expectations
Regulatory compliance
promotional review, healthcare professional interactions, patient assistance programs, FDA and FTC considerations, and fraud and abuse rules including the Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute
Privacy and data protection
HIPAA, privacy program governance, security safeguards, and incident response
Credentials
Licensed attorney: California, Illinois, and Tennessee
Juris Doctor, The University of Illinois Chicago Law School
Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US)
Member: American Health Lawyers Association, International Association of Privacy Professionals, American Association of Professional Coders
Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and Bachelor of Science in Music / Business Administration, Millikin University; Master's in Music Business & Entertainment Industries, University of Miami