PRACTICE AREAS

Health Care

Mark R. Woodbury counsels numerous private, nonprofit, and business health care entities with corporate and litigation issues, including antitrust, licensing, employment, legislative, fraud and abuse issues, taxation and tax-exemption matters, medical malpractice claims, physician credentialing, medical staff privileges, and general business and health law matters. His clients include multi-hospital systems, urban and rural hospitals, medical clinics, home health and hospice organizations, managed care organizations, nursing homes, joint ventures, and many individual professionals.

Business and Corporate Law

Mr. Woodbury has assisted many large, medium and small clients with the formation of partnerships, corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships and joint ventures, sales, mergers and acquisitions, employment law, banking, UCC, contracts, and industrial and commercial development bonds. He has handled matters ranging in size from a few thousand dollars to multi-million dollar transactions.

Real Estate and Real Property Development Law

Mr. Woodbury has counseled many clients and negotiated and prepared documents regarding real estate contracts, options, deeds, all types of commercial leases, property acquisitions, real estate closings, planning and development, including tax increment financing and urban redevelopment corporations, zoning law, subdivision and land planning, foreclosures and loan workouts, and property tax assessments and appeals.

Estate Planning and Probate

Mr. Woodbury also has extensive experience in Missouri probate proceedings and assisting clients in preparation of wills, trusts and tax planning.

COMMUNITY AND BAR INVOLVEMENT

St. Joseph Bar Association

Past President (1998)

American Bar Association

Taxation, Corporation, Banking and Business Law Sections

The Missouri Bar

American Academy of Hospital Attorneys

American Health Lawyers Association

Missouri Society of Hospital Attorneys

Allied Arts Council

Buchanan County Development Council

Pony Express Council of the Boy Scouts of America

Past President

Chaired capital campaign that raised over $2,000,000 for the Council's Scout Camp

Profit in Education Council

St. Joseph Area Chamber of Commerce

Marketing and Recruitment Committee

Business and Professional Council

St. Joseph Country Club

Past President

St. Joseph Regional Port Authority

Board of Directors (1988-present)

Secretary/Treasurer

St. Joseph Sheltered Workshop

United Way of Greater St. Joseph

Past Chairman

Board of Directors

Uptown St. Joseph Redevelopment Corporation

EDUCATION

J.D., cum laude, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, 1984

Order of the Coif

Missouri Law Review, 1983-84

B.S., Business Administration, Finance and Accounting, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1981

BAR ADMISSIONS

Missouri, 1984