Areas of Practice
- CORPORATE
- Health Law
- GOVERNMENTAL
- Administrative/Government Relations/Land Use
- HEALTH LAW
- LITIGATION - CIVIL
- Commercial Litigation
- Health Law
- Insurance Defense
Industries
Education
- M.A., Florida State University, 1981
- J.D., Florida State University School of Law, 1980
- Oxford University, 1979
- B.A., University of South Florida, 1977
Bar Admissions
- Florida
Court Admissions
- All Florida State Courts
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
Memberships
- Administrative Law Section of The Florida Bar
- American Bar Association (ABA)
- American Bar Association's Health Law Section
- Florida Defense Lawyers Association
- Hillsborough County Bar Association
- Health Law Section of The Florida Bar (past Chair)
- National Health Lawyers Association/American Academy of Health Care Attorneys
- Professional Liability Committee of the Defense Research Institute
- Unlicensed Practice of Law Committee of The Florida Bar
Suite 2700
Tampa, FL 33602
TEL: 813-222-6605
FAX: 813-314-6905
Mr. Lamb concentrates his practice in the representation of professionals and health care entities before regulatory bodies, and in liability defense. He is Board Certified by The Florida Bar in State and Federal Government and Administrative Practice. He has extensive experience in health care litigation for physicians and other health care providers who are involved in disputes with various government agencies, facilities and others. He has represented both physicians and hospitals in peer review and other medical staff issues. Mr. Lamb represents hospitals, hospital systems, nursing homes, group practices, physicians, health care providers and other professional licensees.
Prior to entering the private practice of law, Mr. Lamb served ten years with the Florida Department of Professional Regulation in such capacities as General Counsel, Director of the Division of Regulation, Chief Medical Attorney, and Chief Trial Attorney. He represented the Department before the Florida Legislature during the 1988 Special Session on medical malpractice reform.
Mr. Lamb is a frequent lecturer for The Florida Bar, medical associations, health care providers, and other groups on subjects of professional discipline, administrative law, peer review, risk management, physician dispensing and other health law and administrative law topics. His articles have appeared in such publications as The Florida Bar Journal, Journal of Clinical Anesthesia, Miami Medicine, Medical Precis, and Florida Orthopaedic Society Journal.
Mr. Lamb was also appointed as one of only two attorneys to the State of Florida Commission on Excellence in Health Care. He is recognized in Best Lawyers in America 2009-2010, Florida Super Lawyers 2006-2009, and has been named to Florida's Legal Elite by Florida Trend magazine in 2004-2009. He is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell.
In addition to Mr. Lamb's current professional and civic involvement, he is the Chair of The Florida Bar Statewide Unlicensed Practice of Law Committee and a member of the Administrative Law Section's Executive Council. Previously, he served as a member of The Florida Bar's Multijurisdictional Practice Commission. He is past Chair of the Health Law Section of The Florida Bar and has served as Chair of the Section's Physicians and Licensed Professionals Division. Mr. Lamb has also served as a member of the Administrative Practice Rules Subcommittee of the Appellate Rules Committee of The Florida Bar.
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Publications
- ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINTS
- Emergency Authority Vitiates Due Process Afforded to Professional Licensees
- PRACTITIONER REGULATION
- The Emperor's New Clothes: Is Going Bare For You?
- MALPRACTICE FEE CAPS: BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR
- THE RISKS OF SERVING AS A MEDICAL DIRECTOR
Speaking Engagements
- Regulation of Mental Health Professionals and Regulation of Healthcare Professionals
- Professional Regulation and Declaratory Statement Process
- The Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education
- Continuing Education Course
- Advanced Health Law Topics and Certification Review 2009 Course
- Avoiding Malpractice Claims and Issues Facing the Medical Profession
- Government Collection Efforts/New Initiatives RAC's (Recovery Audit Contractors)
- Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, Department of Health Issues
- Physician Relationships and the Impact of Regulations
- Stays & Emergency Appeals
- Medical Errors Prevention
- 2007 Health Law Certification Review
- Professional Licensure Disciplinary Process
- Clinical, Legal, and Ethical Issues in Prescribing Abusable Drugs
- Prevention of Medical Errors
- Medical Malpractice Seminar
- Medical Records Seminar
- Overview of Civil and Administrative Legal Procedures
- Discipline Process
- Defending Yourself at the Florida Board of Medicine
- Medical Records via Subpoena or HIPAA compliance
- Confidentiality of Medical Records
- Lessons Learned from Psychiatric Claims
- Conduct of Hearings before the Division of Administrative Hearings and Mock Hearing
- The Use of Public Records Requests in Litigation and Related Ethical and Professional Concerns
- Prevention of Medical Records Errors (Mental Health)
News
- Twenty-Three Ruden McClosky Attorneys Named In Best Lawyers In America 2010
- Five Ruden McClosky Partners Named Among Florida Trend’s Legal Elite 2009
- Thirty-one Ruden MClosky Attorneys named in Florida Super Lawyers and Rising Stars 2009
- Ruden McClosky Tampa Office Awarded the 1st Diversity In Practice Office of The Year
- 24 Ruden McClosky Attorneys Included in The Best Lawyers In America 2009
- FIVE RUDEN McCLOSKY PARTNERS NAMED AMONG FLORIDA TREND’S LEGAL ELITE 2008
- TWENTY-NINE RUDEN McCLOSKY ATTORNEYS NAMED IN FLORIDA SUPER LAWYERS 2008