Claire Topp

About Claire Topp

A partner in dorsey & whitney’s health and nonprofit and tax exempt organizations…

Experience

1. Partner

   Dorsey & Whitney LLP

   Jan 1992 — Present

   Representative work in Healthcare, Tax Exemption and Standards Development•Represented healthcare systems on joint ventures with physicians related to imaging and ASCs. •Represent individual physicians on negotiating employment agreements in ophthalmology, radiology, ENT, OB/GYN, cardiology, anesthesia, emergency medicine, neurology, gastroenterology, neurosurgery, hospitalists, internal medicine, family practice, etc.•Represented small physician practices (2 to 15 physicians) with various specialties (cardiology, OB-GYN, ENT, anesthesiology, radiology) on sale of practice to health systems,•Represent numerous healthcare systems to obtain fair market value support for utilization reviews, call coverage, acquisitions, joint ventures and other integration strategies.•Represented several charitable organizations on response to Civil Investigative Demand (“CID”) from state Attorney General. •Represented for profit businesses and charities on structuring cause related marketing and fundraising counsel relationships in compliance with state laws in all 50 states. •Assisted numerous non-profits and trusts in obtaining IRS determination letters, establishing reasonable compensation consistent with Section 4958 “rebuttable presumption of reasonableness” safe harbor. •Represent a Colorado nonprofit to use social impact bonds to attract commercial and philanthropic investors in partnership with government. •Represented numerous philanthropists to accomplish their charitable objectives, including gift agreements, donor advised funds, supporting organizations and private foundations. •Represent standards development organizations on a issues arising during the lifecycle of the standards process, including, formation, governance (such as fiduciary duties and conflict of interest issues), appeals, risk management, intellectual property rights policies, patent pools, conformance programs, and tax.

Education

• University of Minnesota

  B.S., English Education

  1987 — 1988

• University of Minnesota Law School

  J.D., magna cum laude

  1989 — 1992

• Carleton College

  B.A., cum laude, English

  1982 — 1986

Skills

• Governance
• Corporate Law
• Health Law
• Non-Profits
• Intellectual Property
• Leadership
• Event Planning
• Commercial Litigation
• Securities Regulation
• Public Speaking
• Employee Benefits
• Joint Ventures
• Trade Secrets
• Nonprofits
• Editing
• Research
• Business Litigation
• Philanthropy
• Class Actions
• Litigation
• Legal Issues
• Securities Litigation
• Strategic Planning
• Social Media
• Fundraising
• Strategy
• Patents
• Trademark Infringement