Marsena Farris is a counsel in the New York office and a member of Crowell & Moring’s Health Care Group. Her practice focuses on the representation of nonprofit entities such as foundations, religious organizations, and health care providers licensed as home health agencies, hospices, assisted living facilities, continuing care retirement communities, nursing homes and managed care organizations.
Marsena represents clients in all types of complex transactional and regulatory matters, and has experience in managed care contracting, compliance, and health care fraud and abuse issues. She assists clients with adherence to city, state, and federal labor and employment laws, executive employment agreements, non-competes, severance agreements, the defense of employee discrimination and harassment claims, and issues involving a unionized workforce. She also counsels clients on matters of nonprofit corporate governance and best practices.
Marsena received her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, cum laude, where she was an Editor of the Michigan Journal of International Law (formerly the Michigan Yearbook of International Legal Studies). She received her B.A., magna cum laude, from the George Washington University. In addition, Marsena has been recognized by Best Lawyers for her work in the Health Care space.
Affiliations
Admitted to practice: New York
Client Alerts & Newsletters
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"All Aboard: New York Enacts The Women on Corporate Board Study Act,"
Health Care Alert
(February 5, 2020).
Contacts: Stephanie Marcantonio, Deirdre Long Absolonne, Marsena Farris, Michelle Chipetine
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"Governor Signs Legislation Increasing New York Department of Health Scrutiny Over Nursing Home Sales and Other Transactions,"
Health Care Alert
(January 10, 2020).
Contacts: Stephanie Marcantonio, Brian McGovern, Paul Mourning, Marsena Farris, Michelle Chipetine
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