Dan A. Akenhead
Director
Practice Areas
Education
- University of New Mexico School of Law, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2012, J.D.
- University of San Francisco, Master of Arts, Education, San Francisco, California, 2005
- University of San Francisco, Bachelor of Arts, Media Studies, San Francisco, California, 2004.
Bar Admissions
- State of New Mexico
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Dan is a member of the American Health Law Association and the American Bar Association’s Health Law Section. He regularly attends national conferences on a variety of health law topics. Dan is also a former member of the Board of Directors for the New Mexico State Bar’s Health Law Section. He has been an adjunct professor at the University of New Mexico School of Law since 2015. Dan is also a member of the Board of Directors for Equal Access to Justice, a nonprofit organization that raises and distributes funds to civil legal service providers in New Mexico.
Dan joined Miller Stratvert P.A. in 2011. He is a Director of the firm. Dan’s primary area of practice is health law. He represents healthcare entities and providers in a wide range of litigation and non-litigation matters. Dan advises providers on issues related to peer review, clinical privileges, NPDB reporting, and actions initiated by medical boards. He reviews and negotiates healthcare contracts, including physician employment agreements, and litigates healthcare cases involving contracts and business disputes. Dan advises hospitals, medical staffs, and medical groups in similar matters. He has drafted medical staff bylaws and advised healthcare entities on questions of regulatory compliance. Dan handles cases in the areas of guardianship and conservatorship as well. He is familiar with how to appoint guardians and conservators for individuals who lack capacity and who may be at an increased risk of abuse, neglect, or exploitation. For more information about Dan’s health law practice, click on one of the practice areas to the left.
Awards and Honors
- 2019 Super Lawyers Rising Star, Top Rated Health Care Attorney
- 2018 Southwest Super Lawyers, Rising Star, Health Care
- 2017 Southwest Super Lawyers Rising Star, Health Care
- 2016 Southwest Super Lawyers, Rising Star, Health Care
- 2015 Southwest Super Lawyers, Rising Star, Health Care
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