Direct Dial: (510) 835-6826

Facsimile: (510) 835-6666

Practice Areas

• Professional Liability
• Health Care
• Business & Commercial

Education

J.D., Whittier College School of Law, 1989
B.S., University of California, Berkeley, Mechanical Engineering, 1984

Licensed to Practice in

• California, US District Court – Central District of California, US Court of Appeals – Second Circuit, District of Columbia

Articles

• Are your employees' health files secure?

Attorney Profile PDFs

• Williams, Jimmie

Client Alerts

• Liability, quality assurance, safety and regulatory issues associated with the Affordable Care Act and the need for Pro-Active Risk Management
• Health Plans, Network Payors and Others May Terminate and/or Re-Negotiate Their Fee for Service Schedules with an Individual Practice Association Following FTC Investigation into Anti-Competitive Activities
• Utilization Reviews Must Be Carefully Performed By Insurers, Hospitals and Other Integrated Delivery System Organizations To Avoid Liability
• OIG Publishes Draft Supplemental Compliance Program Guidance for Nursing Facilities
• Hospital's Cost Savings Arrangement with Physicians Group Can Survive OIG Enforcement Penalties

Firm News

• Jimmie Williams Presents BASF Seminar on Business Development
  Burnham Brown Partner Jimmie Williams was a featured panelist discussing the practical aspects of Business Development for the Bar Association of San Francisco, the Barristers Club, and the Bay Area Chapter of the Legal Marketing Association. read more »
• Burnham Brown Attorney Jimmie Williams Obtains Defense Verdict in Products Liability Case

Recent News

• Burnham Brown spearheads $3.6B international victory for its client against Russian multi-national company
• Burnham Brown Partner, Jimmie Williams, named General Counsel to the Oakland Police Foundation
• Burnham Brown Supports Oakland Police Foundation

Practice Expertise

• Serves as general counsel to and defends a variety of clients, including health care and elder care entities, emerging technology companies, foreign and domestic financial services operations, and franchise businesses
• Presently represents a multi-national company in a multi-billion dollar international contract dispute in United States and foreign tribunals, oversees and negotiates his clients' international intellectual property licenses and contracts, and provides advice and counsel to companies conducting business worldwide
• Specializes in the defense of professional and product liability lawsuits, and corporate and commercial disputes

Litigation

• Served as lead trial counsel in over 20 cases, representing physicians, hospitals and nursing homes in professional liability lawsuits, businesses in commercial and transactional disputes, and manufacturers in product liability litigation

Advice & Counsel

• Advises corporations and other entities, directors, financial professionals, investors and other clients on corporate, corporate governance and transactional matters
• Advises clients on entity formation, company purchases, mergers and acquisitions, change in control transactions, and dissolutions
• Advises health care clients on claims reimbursements, credentialing and peer review, fraud and abuse, health law contracts, managed care, physician recruitment contracts, practice management, risk management, and regulatory matters

Professional Associations

• Member, American Health Lawyers Association, California Society for Healthcare Attorneys, Alameda County Bar Association, National Bar Association
• President-Elect, California Society for Healthcare Risk Management ("CSHRM"), 2009; Director, CSHRM, 2007 – 2009
• Member, Board of Directors, Africa-USA International Chamber of Commerce & Industry, was a partner with the United States Department of Commerce for the West African Wine Tasting Promotion and West African International Buyer Program, and served as moderator at the UCLA Anderson School of Management/Corporate Council on Niger Delta Affairs, Niger Delta/Gulf of Guinea Oil and Gas Summit