Michael G. Stewart serves as general counsel of Medical Properties Trust. Prior to assuming that position in October 2004, he worked as a private investor, healthcare consultant and novelist. He advised physician and surgery groups on emerging healthcare issues for four years before publishing three novels with G.P. Putnam's Sons in New York. From 1993 until 1995, he served as vice president and general counsel of Complete Health Services, Inc., a managed care company, and its successor corporation, United Healthcare of the South, a division of United Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: UNH). From 1990 through 1993, he practiced law with the firm of Constangy, Brooks & Smith, a national employment and labor firm with offices throughout the southeastern United States. Immediately after graduating from law school, Mr. Stewart worked with the firm of Berkowitz, Lefkovits, Isom & Kushner from 1988 to 1990. During that time, his practice consisted principally of corporate litigation, with an emphasis on healthcare, employment, and property law. Mr. Stewart holds a J.D. degree from Cumberland School of Law of Samford University and a B.S. in Business Administration from Auburn University.
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