Emily Weber is a nationally recognized health care attorney whose strategic insight and business-forward legal counsel have made her a trusted advisor to health systems, academic medical centers, and health care innovators across the country. With over a decade of in-house experience at leading academic institutions and a distinguished career in private practice, Emily brings a rare blend of operational fluency and legal sophistication to every engagement.
Clients consistently turn to Emily for her ability to deliver clear, actionable guidance in high-stakes regulatory and transactional matters. Her no-nonsense approach, combined with a deep understanding of the health care ecosystem, enables her to craft solutions that are not only legally sound but also aligned with her clients鈥 business goals.
As Office Managing Partner of the firm鈥檚 Denver office, Emily is a driving force behind the firm鈥檚 growth in Colorado and a respected leader within the Health Care Practice Group. She is known for her ability to build strong client relationships, lead complex negotiations, and navigate regulatory landscapes with precision and creativity.
Emily鈥檚 clients benefit from her ability to think on her feet, provide succinct advice, navigate risks with ease, and genuinely understand their legal considerations. Clients laude Emily: 鈥淓mily鈥檚 time as associate in-house legal counsel at the largest academic health system in Colorado combined with her experience as a partner at two well-respected private firms have provided her with a broad, business savvy, and sophisticated knowledge base. Equally as important, she spends time building effective relationships with her clients so that she can better serve them.鈥
鈥 Health system CEO and former CEO of two separate top 10 teaching hospitals
Emily鈥檚 hands-on experience with operations and regulatory compliance allows her to translate business requirements into exceptional legal solutions for her clients. She regularly provides counsel on:
- Academic affiliations between universities and health systems
- Strategic joint ventures and affiliations
- Designing, drafting, and negotiating funds flow, mission support, and programmatic agreements
- Structuring innovative financial relationships between hospitals and physicians
- Designing novel physician compensation models, especially in the academic setting
- Fraud and abuse issues, including federal and state anti-kickback and self-referral compliance and provider-based rules
- Health care innovation programs and investment structures, focusing on academic medical centers and for profit drug/device manufacturers
- Clinical and human subjects research programs, including clinical trial agreements, institutional review boards, and related NIH/governmental funding arrangements
- Medical staff governance and dispute resolution
- GME/IME program development
Representative Experience*
- Spearheaded the creation of a new school of medicine faculty practice plan, including governance, compensation philosophy, and key institutional agreements.
- Advised on the creation of a novel faculty profit sharing plan for a large school of medicine.
- Negotiated many affiliation agreements between academic medical center components.
- As lead counsel negotiated a master funds flow agreement including over 20 departments between a new hospital and its affiliated school of medicine.
- Advised on a large, preeminent academic medical center innovation program from infancy to spin-off joint ventures and hundreds of millions of dollars of third party investment, specifically managing corporate, intellectual property, and regulatory matters.
- Counseled a health system in all matters related to relationships and joint ventures, as well as compliance, with its orthopedic business partner.
- Established a multi-institutional enterprise data warehouse and complementary biobank for a precision medicine program.
- Guided the launch of a state鈥檚 first approved behavioral health program in 30 years, including reimbursement strategy and facility development.
- Acted as outside general counsel to multiple health systems, ambulatory surgical centers, and outpatient facilities.
- As outside general counsel, led legal operations for the nation鈥檚 largest blood and plasma testing company.
- Advised the clinical site for a new school of medicine for GME and IME issues including cap issues, reimbursement, governance and LCME and ACGME compliance.
- Negotiated hundreds of clinical trial agreements and has acted as counsel for IRBs, attending over 150 IRB meetings.
- Represented a school of medicine innovation department in securing multiple corporate investments and related joint ventures with its health system affiliate.
*Certain matters were handled before joining 麻豆传媒.
Awards and Recognition
- Selected by Law Week Colorado, Barrister鈥檚 Best, Best Health Care Lawyer, Barrister鈥檚 Choice (2024)
- The Best Lawyers in America庐, Health Care Law (2025, 2026)
- Top 25 Attorneys of Colorado, Attorney Intel (2024)
- 5280 Magazine Top Lawyers, Health Care (2018, 2019, 2022-2024)
- Colorado Super Lawyers Rising Stars (2017)
Affiliations
- Colorado Lawyers Committee, Health Justice Task Force
- Colorado Bar Association, Health Law Section, Executive Council
- Chair of the board (2018鈭2019)
- Vice-chair of the board (2016鈥2017)
- Secretary to the board (2015鈥2016)
- At-Large member (2014鈥2015)
Community Involvement
- CASA Denver – Ambassador
- American Health Lawyers Association
- Academic Medical Centers and Teaching Hospitals Practice Group
- Leadership Development Program (2014鈥2015)
Presentations and Publications
- Speaker,聽鈥淪mart Revenue Cycle: AI Solutions for Coding, Connectivity, and Compliance,” Health Care Compliance Association (February 26, 2026)
- Speaker, 鈥淧erils, Pitfalls and Perspectives on PE Investment in Health Care,鈥 American Bar Association Emerging Issues in Healthcare Law (March 9, 2023)
- Co-author, 鈥淐hapter 9: The Alphabet Soup of Medicare and Medicaid Contractors,鈥 American Bar Association鈥檚聽Physician Law: Evolving Trends & Hot Topics 2021聽(July 26, 2021)
- Speaker, 鈥淵our Data, My Data: Key Legal Issues Involving Health Care Data for Research & Academic Collaborations,鈥 AHLA Webinar (June 10, 2021)
- Speaker, 鈥淐ontracting in the Data-Driven World: Strategies for Handling IP and Personal Data,鈥 ACC Colorado Webinar (April 14, 2021)
- Co-author, 鈥淐OVID-19: Colorado Issues Emergency Order to Expand Use of Telehealth Services,鈥澛麻豆传媒’s Coronavirus Resource Center聽(April 13, 2020)
- Co-author, 鈥淐oronavirus Related Legal Considerations for the Senior Housing and Skilled Nursing Industries,鈥澛麻豆传媒’s Coronavirus Resource Center聽(April 9, 2020)
- Co-author, 鈥淐OVID-19: ‘Hospitals Without Walls’ and ‘Patients Over Paperwork’鈥 鈥 Key Takeaways For Hospitals From CMS鈥 Additional Blanket Waivers,鈥澛麻豆传媒’s聽Coronavirus Resource Center聽(April 6, 2020)
- Quoted, 鈥淭he Top Questions Health Attys Are Hearing,鈥澛Law360聽(March 17, 2020)
- Panelist, 鈥淏usiness Model Panel Discussion 鈥 Health Care Providers,鈥 The Business of Personalized Medicine Summit 2020 (February 27, 2020)
- Co-author, 鈥淢edicine Summit: Break Through to Solutions in the Birthplace of Biotechnology,鈥澛Personalized Medicine Bulletin & Health Care Law Today聽(February 18, 2020)
- Co-host, 鈥淓pisode 5 鈥 Leaks, ‘Lakes,’ and Loot: What鈥檚 the Big Deal About Data?,鈥澛Health Care Law Today Podcast聽(January 7, 2020)
- Co-author, 鈥淣ew Study Concludes Limits on Resident Work Hours Had No Negative Impact on Quality Metrics for Internal Medicine,鈥澛Health Care Law Today聽(August 9, 2019)
- Co-author, 鈥淢edicare Address Match: Hospital Outpatient Denials Looming,鈥澛Health Care Law Today聽(June 5, 2019)
- Co-author, 鈥淧recision Medicine Will Be Worth Big Investment,鈥澛Vegas Inc.聽(August 1, 2016)
- Presenter, 鈥淓nterprise Data Warehouses: Collaboration and Compliance,鈥 American Health Lawyers Association, Denver, CO (June 28, 2016)
- Co-author, 鈥淧recision Medicine: Can It Save You?鈥澛Las Vegas Business Press聽(March 28, 2016)
- Speaker, 鈥淭ech Transfer Roundtable,鈥 Silicon Flatirons Health Care Innovation Conference, Aurora, CO (March 30, 2016)
Clinical Trial Transparency Enforcement: A Practical Guide for Sponsors and Research Sites After FDA鈥檚 April 2026 Reminders
On April 13, 2026, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) publicly disclosed that it had sent targeted reminder messages on March 30, 2026, to more than 2,200 sponsors and researchers concerning over 3,000 registered clinical trials that appear to lack required results postings on ClinicalTrials.gov.
FDA鈥檚 One-Day Inspectional Assessments Pilot: A Risk-Based Shift in Oversight 鈥 What Regulated Entities Need to Know and How to Comply
On May 6, 2026, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced the launch of a pilot program for one-day inspectional assessments 鈥 a new, streamlined screening tool designed to make the agency鈥檚 inspectional resources more targeted and efficient. Then former FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, M.D., M.P.H., described the initiative as a way to 鈥渟trengthen our inspectional approach by focusing our time and resources where they are most needed,鈥 while minimizing operational disruption for lower-risk establishments. There is no indication from FDA that this initiative will change after Commissioner Makary鈥檚 recent resignation.
麻豆传媒 Featured for Denver Office Elevation
麻豆传媒鈥檚 Denver office move is spotlighted in the Denver Business Journal article, "Major law firm moves off 16th Street."
麻豆传媒 Advises HonorHealth on Clinical Affiliation with ASU鈥檚 New Medical School
麻豆传媒 represented HonorHealth, a nonprofit health care system, in its agreement to serve as the primary clinical affiliate for Arizona State University鈥檚 (ASU) new School of Medicine and Advanced Medical Engineering, a central component of ASU Health.
麻豆传媒 Advises HonorHealth in Acquisition of Steward Health Care Facilities
麻豆传媒 represented HonorHealth, a nonprofit health care system serving over five million people in the Phoenix and Scottsdale areas,聽in its acquisition of multiple health care facilities from Arizona-based Steward Health Care.
麻豆传媒 Attorneys Named to Law Week Colorado's Barrister's Best List
麻豆传媒 partners Emily Weber and Diane Hazel and senior counsel Timothy Mohan are recognized in Law Week Colorado's Barrister's Best 2024.