Jean Marie R. Pechette Joins McDermott’s Health Law Practice in Chicago
CHICAGO (October 20, 2009) — McDermott Will & Emery LLP today announced that Jean Marie R. Pechette has joined the Firm's Chicago office as a partner in the Health Law Department. Ms. Pechette will focus her practice on information technology and intellectual property matters, with a concentration on the health care industry.
"We are very excited to have Jean join our practice. She is a much-welcomed addition to our team and will be a tremendous asset to our clients," said Michael F. Anthony, head of McDermott's international Health Law Department. "Jean brings a wealth of experience representing and counseling industry leaders in healthcare and information technology."
Ms. Pechette comes to McDermott from a mid-sized New York based firm, where she also focused her practice on information technology and intellectual property matters within the healthcare industry. In this position, she represented the commercial interests of providers of medical devices, electronic records, and clinical information systems, as well as provided counsel on HIPAA, the HITECH Act, and a number of regulatory compliance issues. Previously, Ms. Pechette was Associate General Counsel at GE Healthcare, a division of General Electric Company, where she oversaw legal matters for the company's clinical information technology and image archiving business units.
Ms. Pechette is the co-chair of the Life Sciences and Physical Sciences Division of the Section of Science and Technology Law of the American Bar Association. She is also an Honorary Member of the Board of Directors of the Asian American Bar Association of Chicago. She received her J.D. from Indiana University School of Law and her B.A. from Indiana University, where she graduated summa cum laude.
With an over 50-year history of serving the health care industry, McDermott Will & Emery has one of the largest and most prestigious health law departments in the world. Our international health team counsels leading organizations in every major sector of the health and life sciences industry on regulatory and business transaction issues.
The Firm represents health care clients as either general or special counsel. Non-institutional clients include physicians and other health professionals on both an individual and group (such as medical staff or professional association) basis. Institutional clients include integrated delivery systems, hospitals, large physician group practices, physician and dental practice management companies, ambulatory care clients, nursing homes, visiting nurse associations, home health agencies, health maintenance organizations, and other forms of alternative delivery systems and hospices. We also represent medical device, pharmaceutical, and medical supply manufacturers and distributors.
McDermott Will & Emery is a premier international law firm with a diversified business practice. Numbering more than 1,000 lawyers, we have offices in Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Düsseldorf, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Milan, Munich, New York, Orange County, Rome, San Diego, Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C. Extending our reach to Asia, we have a strategic alliance with MWE China Law Offices in Shanghai.
