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James E. Utterback
Profile : Jim Utterback is co-chair of the firm's Health Law Practice Group and a member of the Business Services Practice Group. Mr. Utterback represents health care practitioners and organizations in the areas of practice management, formation and sale of medical practices and health care facilities, and Medicare/Medicaid Fraud and Abuse and False Claims Act Liability. Mr. Utterback also represents manufacturers and producers of medical devices, cosmetics, foods, and other products regulated by the F.D.A. Prior to joining Bose McKinney & Evans, Mr. Utterback was in private practice. He previously served as in-house counsel for IBM, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Hill-Rom. Mr. Utterback received his juris doctorate degree, cum laude, and master of laws (L.L.M.) degree in health law, policy, and bioethics, summa cum laude, from Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis, graduating first in his L.L.M. class. He also received a master of business administration degree from Xavier University's Williams College of Business. Mr. Utterback is admitted to practice in Indiana and New York.
Education
Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis (LL.M., summa cum laude, 2005)
Xavier University (M.B.A., 2001)
Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis (J.D., cum laude, 1987)
Indiana University Purdue University - Indianapolis (B.A. in psychology, 1976)
Appearances / Publications
Faculty: "False Claims Act Litigation and the Medical Device Industry: Danger at Every Turn," Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, November 2007 (co-chair); "Dangerous Intersections - Potential False Claims Act Exposure Where CMS and FDA Compliance Issues Meet," Indiana Medical Device Manufacturers Council, February 2007; "Due Diligence in Medical Device Acquisitions," Medical Device Track, Regulatory Affairs Professional Society, October 2002 (Washington, D.C.); "Basic Medical Device Law," Food and Drug Law Institute, 1999.
Author: "False CLAIMS ACT LITIGATION, AND THE MEDICAL DEVICE INDUSTRY: DANGER AT EVERY TURN" (ICLEF, November 2007); "SUBSTITUTING AN IRON FIST FOR THE INVISIBLE HAND: THE FALSE CLAIMS ACT AND NURSING HOME QUALITY OF CARE - A LEGAL AND ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE," (10 Quinnipiac Health Law Journal 113, July 2007); "LEGAL ISSUES IN THE ELECTRONIC WORKPLACE" (ICLEF, April 2001)
Appointments / Memberships
Member: New York, District of Columbia, and Indiana State Bar Associations; American Health Lawyers Association; Indiana Health Industry Forum Public Policy Committee; Indiana Health Care Association Associate Member Advisory Council and Assisted Living Task Force; Adjunct Professor, Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis.
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