Reza Ghafoorian

Reza Ghafoorian, MD, Esq. is the founder of G2Z Law Group, PLLC and a dual trained patent and healthcare attorney. With over 10 years of experience as a health care attorney, he counsels clients on health law and health care regulations, including, fraud and abuse, such as antikickback statutes and Stark Law, privacy and security, such as HIPAA and HITECH statutes, reimbursements, CMS appeals and telemedicine/telehealth. Dr. Ghafoorian also represents clients in obtaining state Certificate of Needs, peer-review/hospital privilege proceedings related to medical staff privileges, and health care professional disciplinary hearings.

Dr. Ghafoorian has also over 14 years of experience in representing clients in patent law, including over 7 years as an Examiner at the US Patent and Trademark Office in the biotechnology arts. As a patent attorney, Dr. Ghafoorian drafts and prosecutes domestic and international patent applications in the fields of biotechnology, medical devices, diagnostics, bioinformatics and software.

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District of Columbia

District of Columbia Bar

Since 2006

Florida

The Florida Bar

ID Number: 12962

Since 2005

Principal Attorney

G2Z Law Group, PLLC

2012 - Current

G2Z Law Group, PLLC was founded in 2012 with a vision to provide comprehensive and scalable health care legal counseling to health care professionals and health care businesses. When they partner with us, our clients receive not only our commitment to them, but also to their team and vision. Our health care attorneys pay attention to our clients’ goals and create our legal solutions by first understanding our clients' needs and businesses. We always strive for clear and honest communications with our clients and embrace diverse perspectives. We love what we do and the beneficial effect it has on the society. Finally, we understand the challenges our clients face with budgeting for legal costs. In the face of these challenges, we offer project specific fee arrangements designed to reduce legal fee risk and enhance efficiency.

Examiner

US Patent and Trademark Office

2011 - 2018

Examined Patent Applications Art Unit 1600, in the fields of genetic expression in eukaryotes and prokaryotes, protein expression, biodevices, medical devices, culture medium, personal medicine and medical diagnostics methods.

Of Counsel

The Marbury Law Group

2006 - 2011

Healthcare Attorney and Patent Attorney.

The George Washington University Law School

J.D. (2005) | Law

2001 - 2004

George Washington University - Virginia Campus

MD (2000) | Medicine

1996 - 2000

George Washington University - Mount Vernon campus

B.S. (1996) | Biology

1992 - 1996

American Health Law Association

Member

Current

Society of Iranian American Healthcare Professionals

Vice President

2018 - Current

District of Columbia Bar

Member

2006 - Current

US Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Bar

2006 - Current

Florida Bar  # 12962

Member

2005 - Current

The Stark Law and the “Group Practice” Requirement

Health Care Compliance Association

2010