Michele M. Volpe

Michele M. Volpe has practiced law for over 30 years.  Her practice concentrates on corporate and regulatory health care law, including matters before state and federal agencies, managed care law, and corporate and regulatory law for hospitals and health care systems.  This includes extensive experience in the representation of clients with all aspects before the Connecticut Department of Public Health and Office of Health Strategy (“OHS”) as successor to the Office of Health Care Access (“OHCA”), including, Certificate of Need, licensure issues, as well as the representation of providers at public hearings and investigative proceedings.  Michele has had the opportunity to work on a variety of high profile matters in the health care industry, including the regulatory approval for the sale of three hospitals to a nationally known academic medical center, the conversion of a multi hospital charitable health system to for profit and the sale to a national hospital operator, as well as the formation of regional integrated delivery systems, physician/hospital joint ventures, and various combinations of health delivery models.  Michele has formed and advised countless numbers of Ambulatory Surgery Centers with all aspects of corporate and regulatory formation, growth, and sale, as well as representing large regional integrated physician groups with practice mergers and ultimate private equity sales.

Ms. Volpe is ranked in Chambers, continuously selected as a Best Lawyer in America® for her experience in the practice area of health care law as well as being named New Haven Health Care Law “Lawyer of the Year”.  She has (for several years) been selected as a Connecticut Super Lawyer®.   Michele maintains an AV® Preeminent rating on the Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review and received her J.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Law, serving as President of the Student Bar Association. Ms. Volpe graduated from Boston College and was a 4-year varsity member of the Boston College Track and Field Team, holding university records, earning All-Big East, All New England, and Greater Boston honors and serving as Captain her senior year.  She is an officer and director of the Connecticut Health Lawyers Association, a member of the Executive Committee of the Health Law Section of the Connecticut Bar Association, a member of the American Bar Association and a member of the American Health Lawyers Association. Prior to forming her own law firm, Michele practiced with a regional law firm and started her professional career with one of the original “Big Six” accounting firms.  Michele serves on several boards and is the current Chair of the Board of Trustees of Gaylord Specialty Healthcare.