Jeremy Burnette

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Jeremy is a seasoned attorney whose 20-year practice is a hybrid of complex litigation and healthcare compliance, which he calls "litigation prevention." Jeremy represents healthcare providers in a wide range of litigation matters and disputes, including False Claims Act lawsuits and government investigations, state licensure board investigations and enforcement actions, government or private payor audit and recoupment actions, medical staff matters, practice dissolutions, and commercial disputes. Jeremy also regularly advises healthcare providers in regulatory compliance matters and has served as outside counsel to providers’ internal compliance committees.

In addition, Jeremy works with group health plan sponsors to comply with the requirements of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) and to respond to audits of the quantitative and non-quantitative treatment limitations (NQTLs) within their plans. As a former practicing psychologist, Jeremy has a unique legal and clinical comprehension of mental health services and payment models.

Jeremy also makes time to represent pro bono clients and to be the editor of the firm's wellness newsletter.

Notable Work

False Claims Act:

Successfully defended multiple healthcare providers against government payor audits and fraud investigations.
Obtained dismissal of False Claims Act case brought by whistleblower against large oncology practices.

Compliance:

Successfully represented four Major League Baseball teams against congressional subpoenas seeking players’ medical records as part of investigation of steroids in baseball using state privacy laws.
Served as partially secunded inhouse counsel to largest oncology practice in Southeast.
Successful representation of individual providers and pharmacies before state licensure boards for medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy.

Insurance Coverage:

Monitor and summarize COVID-19 coverage litigation around the country and help develop nationwide litigation strategy for an international insurance company.
Drafted briefs that achieved first dismissals of COVID-19 insurance coverage cases in both Georgia and Florida, addressing novel issues in both courts.

Products Liability:

Served as statewide Georgia counsel for all asbestos litigation against national manufacturer of personal protective equipment, consistently settling cases for de minimis amounts.
Successfully defended international pharmaceutical manufacturer against several class action lawsuits regarding prescription medication.

Securities Litigation:

Defeated class certification motions brought in multiple cases against financial institutions and pharmaceutical manufacturers with 100% success rate.
Obtained dismissal of a series of several derivative lawsuits filed against national financial institutions following the 2008 financial crisis.

Open Records:

Obtained directed verdict in trial against a suspected whistleblower seeking to use the Georgia Open Records Act to obtain confidential business records of healthcare providers that executed a confidential transaction that the DOJ ultimately concluded had no compliance issues.
Co-led team that partnered with the a civil rights nonprofit group to build and populate “Accountable Now,” the only comprehensive, open source, publicly accessible, nationwide use-of-force database providing full transparency into the circumstances and targets of law enforcement use-of-force by using state open records acts to obtain use-of-force data from 146 jurisdictions across the country. Data from Accountable Now has been used in legal briefings and press investigations into law enforcement use-of-force in several different communities around the country.

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Health Law Rx Blog, Co-Editor & Contributor
American Health Law Association (AHLA), Health Law Weekly, Co-Author, "Litigation in a Post-Dobbs World: Providers and Allies Beware," February 3, 2023
Thompson Reuters West LegalEdcenter, Webinar, Speaker, “The Evolving Challenges of Providing Healthcare in a Post-Dobbs America," December 8, 2022
Atlanta Bar Association, Speaker, "Resolving Health Care Disputes Spurred by the COVID-19 Pandemic," April 6, 2022
State Bar of Georgia, Attorney Wellness Committee, Speaker, "We Took the Pledge: Now What? Well-Being in Legal Practice," April 29, 2021
Kentucky Bar Association Foundation, Speaker, “Judicial Speaker Series: Importance of Ethics, Pro Bono, and Community Service,” April 8, 2021
Compliance Today, Co-Author, "HHS Guidelines Address Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Testing and Treatment," January 2021

American Bar Association, Health Law Section, Member
American Health Lawyers Association, Member
Georgia Bar Association, Health Law Section, Member; Litigation Section, Member
Georgia State University College of Law, Adjunct Professor, 2013-2021
Georgians for a Healthy Future, Board of Directors, 2013-2019; Board Secretary, 2013-2019; Governance Committee Chair, 2016-2019
Stonewall Bar Association, President, 2008-2009; Board Member, 2005-2011; Annual Dinner Co-Chair 2019
Georgia Asylum & Immigration Network, Board Member, 2020-Present; GALA Chair, 2024
Akerman GLBTQIA+ Bridge Network, Member, 2010-Present

Best Lawyers, 2022-2025, Listed in Georgia for Healthcare Law
Chambers USA, 2023 and 2024, Top 10 Finalist for the “Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year” Award
GaBiz Magazine, 2025, Top Lawyers List, Honoree
Akerman Pro Bono Impact Award, 2021 and 2022
Akerman Community Impact Award, 2021
Mayor Reed's Blue Ribbon Mediation Commission, 2009
Bleckley Inn of Court, Barrister, 2010
Super Lawyers Magazine, 2009, 2010, Listed as a Rising Star in Georgia

National Urban League:
- Assisted the National Urban League in drafting and finalizing its “21 Pillars: A Comprehensive Framework for Redefining Public Safety.”
- Led a team of 12 associates who researched Law Enforcement Bill of Rights statutes in the 17 states that have them and drafted a summary of problematic statutes, legislative histories, and potential strategies and targets for repeal or revision to promote the National Urban League’s “21 Pillars” for law enforcement reform, specifically accountability and transparency. Presented results to NUL affiliates and leadership alongside Maryland Speaker of the House.
- Led a team of nine attorneys researching the parole statutes in the 37 jurisdictions where the National Urban League has associate offices to identify technical parole violations that result in reincarceration when there is no threat to public safety. Currently drafting the final report to NUL focusing on these statutes and how their legislative histories instruct potential paths to reform.

Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights:
- Co-led a team of more than 20 lawyers and staff that partnered with the Leadership Conference to build and populate “Accountable Now,” the only comprehensive, open source, publicly accessible, nationwide use-of-force database providing full transparency into the circumstances and targets of law enforcement use-of-force by using state open records acts to obtain use-of-force data from 146 jurisdictions across the country. Data from Accountable Now has already been used in legal briefings and press investigations into law enforcement use-of-force in several different communities around the country.

Georgia Asylum & Immigration Network (Board Member):
- Representing a client seeking asylum after fleeing his home country because he was assaulted with a deadly weapon and then ignored by police and medical workers after being identified in social media as a contestant in a female impersonation pageant.

Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta Pro Bono Champion:
- Assist the Pro Bono Partnership in placing discrete pro bono opportunities with qualified attorneys.

As a former practicing psychologist, provided a full range of psychological services at a large private clinical practice for five years, including intake assessments, individual and family psychotherapy sessions, and psychological evaluations.
Served as an onsite psychologist for two regional jails, a rehabilitation center, and a statewide social work agency.
Taught psychology part-time at Marshall University (1996-2000) and the Art Institute of Atlanta (2000-2002).
Supervised social workers providing in-home mental health services.

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