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Taylor M. Sample

Taylor M. Sample

Associate
Nashville
(615) 742-7909
taylor.sample@bassberry.com
https://www.bassberry.com/professionals/sample-taylor-m/

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Taylor Sample is an associate in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice Group. He focuses his practice on representing clients in government actions, investigations and related litigation, particularly involving the False Claims Act, Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute. Taylor has assisted corporate clients with internal compliance assessments and internal investigations regarding regulatory compliance issues.

Taylor is also an active participant in the firm’s pro bono initiatives, representing indigent clients who have been denied benefits under TennCare, as well clients denied their constitutional rights in Tennessee’s public defense system.

Prior to joining Bass, Berry & Sims, Taylor served as a law clerk to the Honorable Sarah Evans Barker of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. Taylor earned his law degree from Indiana University Maurer School of Law and a B.A. in law, justice & society from Lipscomb University.

Memberships

American Health Law Association (AHLA)

Tennessee Bar Association — Health Law Section, Federal Practice Section

Representative Experience

  • Nashville Community Bail Fund Wins Preliminary Injunction
    Angie Bergman serves as general counsel for the Nashville Community Bail Fund, a revolving loan fund that frees people awaiting...
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    Client Type: Pro Bono
  • U.S. ex rel. Benaissa v. Trinity Health

    Lead counsel representing nonprofit North Dakota health system in qui tam lawsuit alleging physician compensation arrangements violated Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law. Following declination by the Department of Justice (DOJ), we obtained dismissal of the case from the district court on grounds that relator did not plead his claims with requisite specificity.  U.S. ex rel. Benaissa v. Trinity Health, 2018 WL 6843624 (D.N.D. Dec. 31, 2018).  And we successfully obtained affirmance of the dismissal from the Court of Appeals.  U.S. ex rel. Benaissa v. Trinity Health, 2020 WL 3455795 (8th Cir. 2020).

    We served as lead counsel representing nonprofit North Dakota health system in qui tam lawsuit alleging physician compensation arrangements violated...
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Publications

Media Mentions & Firm News

Accolades

Best Lawyers: Ones To Watch — Commercial Litigation (2021)

Indiana University Maurer School of Law — Order of Barristers

Indiana University Maurer School of Law — Michael & Janie Maurer Fellow

Sherman Minton Advocacy Board — Executive Member

Law Clerk to Hon. Sarah Evans Barker, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana (2015–2017)

Related Services

Education

  • Indiana University Maurer School of Law - J.D., 2015

    cum laude

  • Lipscomb University - B.A., 2011

    magna cum laude

Admissions

  • Tennessee, 2015
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee
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