Ropes & Gray Bolsters Health Care Capabilities on West Coast; Glenn Krinsky Joins Firm from City of Hope.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Ropes & Gray announced today that Glenn Krinsky, former Chief Legal Officer and Executive Vice President of City of Hope in Duarte, California, has joined the firm as counsel. He will be based on the West Coast and will add to the national health care practice at Ropes & Gray. Glenn will focus on the representation of academic medical centers and other health care providers.

"Our firm's growth strategy has focused on leveraging core capabilities in markets beyond Boston," said John O. Chesley, a member of the Health Care Group with additional duties as Partner-in-Charge of the San Francisco office. "The San Francisco office grew from our prominence in counseling academic medical centers, and health care remains a big part of our West Coast practice. Glenn will be a great asset to us in that regard. As a former general counsel of a major medical center and biomedical research institution with a wide range of responsibilities, he understands the issues our clients face. We look forward to his perspective."

During his tenure at City of Hope, Glenn served as a member of the Executive Committee and grew the legal department to include an in-house staff of seven, supervising more than 20 outside law firms. His areas of responsibility for the preeminent biomedical research institute and NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center included all health care law issues, which incorporate supervising concerning litigation, managing labor and employment issues, patent and trademark portfolio management, oversight of bond financings, tax, real estate transactions, and crisis management. In addition, he supervised City of Hope's federal lobbying activities.

Prior to City of Hope, Glenn spent twelve years in private practice in both Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., focusing his efforts on the representation of major charities and other tax-exempt organizations. A member of the California bar, he graduated summa cum laude from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1980 and received his J.D., Order of the Coif, from UCLA in 1983.

He has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Southern California, and Loyola University School of Law.

Ropes & Gray's Health Care Group, one of the firm's core practices, is highly regarded nationally and has provided strategic counsel to industry leaders since the 1970s. Approximately 50 lawyers represent academic medical centers, multiprovider networks, community hospitals, physician organizations, managed care organizations, government agencies, and a variety of nonprofit specialty providers. The group assists with transactional business such as mergers, acquisitions, and disaffiliations, and has deep experience in regulatory affairs and compliance matters at state and federal levels.

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