Jason is a member of the Health Care Practice Group of Kaufman & Canoles. His healthcare litigation and counseling practice includes representing and advising hospitals, physicians and other healthcare providers. He serves on the firms Recruiting and Diversity Committees.
- Successfully defended an emergency room physician in a wrongful death medical malpractice trial in North Carolina federal court
- Successfully defended an orthopedic surgeon in a medical malpractice trial in Virginia state court
- Successfully defended a hospital in an EMTALA trial in Virginia federal court
- Successfully defended a labor and delivery nurse in a medical malpractice trial in Virginia state court
- Successfully defended a nursing home in a medical malpractice trial in Virginia state court
- Successfully defended a critical care specialist in proceedings before the Virginia Board of Medicine in a case involving a patient death
- Serves as lead counsel for a large hospital
- Counseled a major hospital system through re-drafting of consent forms for regulatory compliance and other legal concerns
- Prepared numerous hospitals for disclosures of unexpected events to patients and families
- Developed peer review and quality assurance programs for physician practices
- Counseled numerous hospitals on JCAHO compliance, medical staff matters, quality assurance, EMTALA, HIPAA, Medicare CoPs and other regulatory and risk management issues
- Counseled numerous physicians and practice groups on issues of risk management and regulatory compliance
- Serves as counsel for healthcare providers in various types of commercial litigation
- Virginias Legal Elite; Virginia Business Magazine, 2007-2012
- Virginia Super Lawyers; Law & Politics, 2008-2012
- Virginia Rising Stars; Law & Politics, 2007
- Future Star; Benchmark Litigation, 2008-2009
- Top Forty Under Forty; Inside Business, 2007
- Judicial Law Clerk to The Honorable William T. Prince, United States Magistrate Judge; United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
- William & Mary Law Review
- Virginia Bar Association; Healthcare and Litigation Sections
- North Carolina Bar Association; Healthcare and Litigation Sections
- Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association
- Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys; Former Chair, Medical Malpractice Section
- Defense Research Institute
- Virginia Chapter of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management
- Norfolk SPCA; Immediate Past President, Board of Directors
- University of Virginia; B.S. with distinction, 1991
- College of William & Mary School of Law; J.D., 1994