David Davidson is a Board Certified health law attorney in Dickinson Wright's Fort Lauderdale office. He has over 30 years of experience assisting healthcare professionals and businesses, including hospitals, physician group practices, surgery and imaging centers, and health care business management entities. He is also involved in numerous healthcare transactions and provides advice concerning regulatory matters including the Stark Law, the Anti-Kickback Statute, fraud and abuse, and compliance issues.
Education & Credentials
Education
University of Florida
- J.D.
- B.A.
Bar Admission
Acknowledgements
- Board Certified in Health Law by the Florida Bar
- Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Directory
- AV Preeminent Rating
- Palm Beach Magazine, Named Best in Palm Beach Lawyers of Distinction
Prominent Assignments
- Retained by a company that patented a new cryotherapy instrument, and will assist in seeking capital and providing advice through the regulatory process.
- Retained by a durable medical equipment provider to handle their regulatory matters.
- Recently retained by a rural Florida hospital to help identify and negotiate the sale or lease of the facility.
- Retained by a large regional home health provider to assist in procuring new agencies.
- Regularly represent healthcare providers in the sale of their practices.
- Serve as Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Oregon on behalf of Dickinson Wright, along with other Dickinson Wright attorneys.
- Provide regulatory input on healthcare transactions.
- Draft and negotiate business agreements on behalf of healthcare providers.
- Regularly represent licensed healthcare providers before Florida licensing boards.
- Frequently serve as outside general counsel to healthcare providers.
Professional Involvement
- American Health Lawyers Association
- Florida Bar Association
- Palm Beach County Bar Association
- Professionalism and Transactions Committees
- Member, Local Professionalism Panel, 15th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Community Involvement
- President, Ormond Beach Youth Basketball Association
- Member, City of Ormond Beach Leisure Services Committee
- Chairman, Bethune Cookman University Board of Counselors
Court Admissions
- Florida
- US District Court for the Middle District of Florida
- US District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Publications/Presentations
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Author, “Federal Health Law Enforcement in 2025,” Dickinson Wright Health Law Blog, August 2025
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Speaker, “Enforcement Updates (Stark/Kickback/FCA),” Representing the Physician 2025, Florida Bar Association, February 2025