Jane Taber

Taber Estes Thorne & Carr PLLC
3500 Maple Avenue, Suite 1100
Dallas, Texas 75219
Direct Dial: 214.599.4001
jtaber@taberestes.com
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Practice Areas

Administrative Law
General Corporate Law
Health Care
Insurance

Practice Emphasis

Jane Taber has a comprehensive corporate practice with experience in all aspects of transactional matters advising on corporate governance, operational concerns, risk management, business dispute resolution, and contracts.

Ms. Taber has a particular emphasis in the health care industry, advising clients in compliance, fraud & abuse, illegal remuneration, referrals and Stark legislation. In addition, she has an expertise in representing insurance companies, agencies and related entities on business, regulatory and administrative law issues, including arbitrations on reinsurance disputes.

Education

J.D., Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center (1982)

B.S., Louisiana State University (1979)

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Prior Work Experience

• Partner, Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP (1992-2008)
• Associate Attorney, Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP (1988-1992)
• Associate Attorney, Riddle & Brown (1986-1988)
• Associate Attorney, Evans Feist Auer & Keene (1983-1985)
• Law Clerk, Second Circuit Court of Appeal, Louisiana State Court (1982-1983)

Affiliations

• Member, State Bar of Texas
• Health Law Section
• Business Law Section
• Member, Louisiana State Bar
• Member, American Bar Association
• Health Law Section
• Member, Dallas Bar Association
• Health Law Section
• Member, American Health Lawyers Association

Community Activities

• Member, Health Industry Council of the D/FW Region
• Active member, General Counsel, Former Senior Warden and Treasurer, Episcopal Church of the Ascension
• Supporter, Habitat for Humanity
• Active member, Parent's Association, Episcopal School of Dallas
• Member, Dallas Museum of Art
• Former Board Member and Solicitations Chairman, Lakewood Service League
• Former Board Member, Developmental Learning Center at First United Methodist Church of Dallas

Client Matters

Ms. Taber represents the largest residential home builder in the US, handling insurance, risk management, regulatory and licensing work. She also represents one of the largest title insurance companies in its holding company and regulatory matters.

Ms. Taber has represented the 1200 member Texas Association for Home Care trade association as general counsel, and many individual member companies of the association, over the last 15 years from handling their challenge to the constitutionality of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to regulatory violations and licensing matters.

Her clients range from large public companies in various industries, to small to mid-sized corporations, and individual physicians and physician groups in all aspects of general corporate counseling.

Publications and Speeches

Some of Jane's publications and speeches include:

Speeches

• "You've Been Elected to the Board: What Have You Gotten Yourself Into?," Community Board Institute (CBI)
• "Duties and Obligations of Texas Non-Profit Corporation Officers & Directors," National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Lone Star Chapter Board Meeting.
• "Starting a Business: The Legal Perspective," Business and Professional Women/USA, 2006 National Conference
• "Abuse, Neglect & Exploitation: What Do I Do When It Happens?," TAHC 2002
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• "Contract Management," KRLD Radio - Business and Technology Law Briefs
• "Web Policies," KRLD Radio - Business and Technology Law Briefs
• "High Tech Collaboration," KRLD Radio - Business and Technology Law Briefs
• "Non-Disclosure Agreements," KRLD Radio - Business and Technology Law Briefs
• "Y2K and Physicians," Dallas County Medical Society
• "How to Survive After the Interim Payment System," Tarrant County Home Health Care Association
• "Legal Risk Management for Year 2000," Rx2000 Solutions Institute, Year 2000 Special Interest Group Meeting
• "Home Health Agency Options Following Implementation of the Interim Payment System," Gardere & Wynne Forum for Home Health Care Providers
• "Practicing Medicine in a Rapidly Changing World," Gardere & Wynne Health Care Practice Group Presentation to Physicians and Industry Representatives
• "Legal Implications of Managed Care," Texas Association for Home Care Annual Meeting
• "Administrative Law Procedures - What's the Process?," Texas Association for Home Care Annual Meeting
• "Health Law Issues for Employers," Lorman Business Center, Inc.
• "Fraudulent Death Claims, Foreign and Domestic (Panel Member)," Eastern Claims Conference
• "Understanding the New Medicare Fraud and Abuse Safe Harbor Regulations," Gardere & Wynne Private Business Section
• "Employment Laws - A Puzzling Dilemma," Texas Association for Home Care Workshop: Five Easy Pieces to the Home Care Puzzle
• "Coping with the Texas Workers' Compensation Nightmare," Gardere & Wynne Briefings to Corporate Executives
• "Insurer Insolvency," Gardere & Wynne Banking & Bankruptcy Section

Publications

• "Mitigating Liability While Serving on a Nonprofit Board," Dallas Bar Journal (July 2007)
• "2006 Biggest Developments in Health Law," Texas Lawyer (December 2006)
• "New Federal Law Affects Non-Profits and Donors," Gardere Client Alert (September 2006)
• "Duties and Obligations of Texas Non-Profit Corporation Officers & Directors," Gardere Client Alert (March 2006)
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• "Trouble Stalks Fast Food Industry," Dallas Business Journal (March 2005)
• "Agencies' Use of "Companionship Services" Exemption to Minimum Wage and Overtime in Jeopardy," Texas Association for Home Care Newsletter Perspective (August 2004)
• "Is Mandatory Arbitration the Cure for Those Med Mal Claims?," [Co-Author], Dallas Business Journal (December 2003)
• "Take 3 Steps Before Using Economic Factors in Credentialing," Credentialing & Peer Review Legal Insider (August 2002)
• "Government Contractors May Face False Claims Acts Suits," [Co-Author] Health Care Fraud & Abuse Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 4 (May 1999)
• "Health Care and Y2K," Gardere & Wynne Y2K Legal News (Fall 1998)
• " Government Contractors May Face FCA Suits if Y2K Problems Emerge," [Co-Author], Y2K Counselor, Vol. 1, No. 7 (April 1999)
• "No Time to Procrastinate - Health Care Organizations Must Implement Corporate Compliance Programs Now," [Co-Author] Gardere & Wynne Health Care Newsletter (Fall 1998)
• "No Time to Procrastinate," [Co-Author] Dallas-Ft. Worth Medical News (September 1998)
• "Physicians and Hospital-Based Home Health Agencies," [Co-Author] Texas Association for Home Care Newsletter Perspective (May 1996)
• "Overtime Compensation and Its Impact on Home Health Aides and Personal Assistants," [Co-Author] Texas Association for Home Care Newsletter Perspective (November 1995)
• "Caught in the Crossfire: Economic Credentialing in the Health Care Ware," Detroit College of Law Review, Issue 4 (Winter 1994)
• "Avoiding Potential Traps Under the Fair Labor Standards and Portal-to-Portal Acts," Texas Association for Home Care Newsletter Perspective (August 1994)
• "Combined Effect of Federal and State Anti-Referral Laws: They Giveth and Taketh Away," ( August 1994)
• "How and When to Fight Fraudulent Claims," Comp Watch (October 1991)
• "Exceeding the Limits of Excess Insurance," [Co-Author] Federation of Regulatory Counsel, Newsletter, Vol. III, Ed. 2 (June 1991)
• "Legal Restructuring of Risk Retention Groups," [Co-Author] Society of CPCU, The Risk Retention Act: Bane or Blessing? (April 1989)
• "Article: PG's State of Domicile Advocated as Single State Situs," The Risk Retention Reporter, Vol. 3, No. 4 (July 1989)
• "Purchasing Groups Hold Promise," Business Insurance, Perspective Section (July 1987)
• "Purchasing Groups: State Preemptions and Regulatory Requirements," The Risk Financing Newsletter, Vol. 4, No. 3 (3rd Quarter, 1987)