Abbie Maliniak

Abbie P. Maliniak is Senior Counsel at Fenton Nelson.  Her practice focuses on representing healthcare providers in litigation matters in the state, federal and appellate courts.  She also handles fraud and abuse, physician contracting, medical staff bylaws and peer review issues, including fair hearing practices, credentialing of practitioners, and physician disciplinary proceedings.  Abbie also counsels clients and reviews privacy policies relating to both HIPAA and state privacy laws.

Abbie's vast experience includes service as a Deputy Attorney General in New Jersey, Division of Criminal Justice, Appellate Section, responsible for drafting briefs and arguing criminal appeals (for three years) in numerous cases on behalf of the State of New Jersey, in both the state appellate courts and the state supreme court.

Abbie recently completed her term as co-chair of the Health Law Committee of the State Bar of California's Business Law Section.  She has previously served as a Vice Chair of the Health Law Committee (2006-2007).  She is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association (Health Information & Technology Section, Privacy and Security Compliance, and Enforcement practice groups) and a member of the California Society of Healthcare Attorneys.

She is a graduate of Rutgers University School of Law (J.D.) and the University of California, Los Angeles (B.A. cum laude).  Abbie is admitted to practice in the the State of California and Central District of California (1988), the Supreme Court of the United States, and formerly the State of New Jersey and N.J. District Court (1982).

Abbie's publications include the California Physician's Legal Handbook - 2008 Edition (Contributing Author), the American Health Lawyers Association's publication, "The Quest For Interoperable Electronic Health Records: A Guide to Legal Issues in Establishing Health Information Networks" (July 2005).  She is a frequent speaker on such topics as requirements of HIPAA and California law.