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Dee Harleston

Dee Harleston

Associate
Washington, D.C.
(202) 827-7099
dee.harleston@bassberry.com
https://www.bassberry.com/professionals/harleston-dee/

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Dee Harleston provides healthcare regulatory counsel on mergers, acquisitions, compliance, and operational matters. He also represents healthcare-focused private equity clients and their portfolio companies in buy-side and sell-side mergers and acquisitions. In addition, Dee advises clients related to compliance with federal healthcare laws such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS), physician self-referral law (Stark Law), and the Civil Monetary Penalties Law (CMP) and in matters of medical licensure.

Before joining Bass, Berry & Sims, Dee was a healthcare associate at a U.S.-based law firm. During law school, he worked as a legal extern at three health systems reviewing contracts to ensure compliance with federal and state healthcare regulations while advising on operational issues related to telemedicine, COVID-19, and academic medical centers.

Dee earned a law degree from Saint Louis University School of Law’s top-ranked health law program, a Master of Public Health from Saint Louis University’s College of Public Health and Social Justice, and a B.S. in political science from Belmont University.

Memberships

American Health Law Association (AHLA)

Publications

Media Mentions & Firm News

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Publication

  • “Governmental Use of Racial Equity Tools to Address Systematic Racism and the Social Determinants of Health,” The Institute for Healing Justice & Equity (November 2021)

Accolades

The National Black Lawyers — Top 40 Under 40, Washington, D.C. (2023)

Center for Health Law Studies Student of the Year (2020)

St. Louis University Black Law Students Association – Black Star Award (2020)

St. Louis University — Academic Excellence Award for Legal Issues in Hospital Governance (2020)

David A. Winston Health Policy Scholar (2019)

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Education

  • Saint Louis University School of Law - J.D., Health Law Concentration, 2020
  • Saint Louis University College for Public Health and Social Justice - M.P.H., 2020
  • Belmont University - B.S., 2015

Admissions

  • District of Columbia, 2023
  • Missouri, 2021
  • Illinois, 2021
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