J. Matthew Stephens has practiced law for over 17 years. He is the Litigation Partner of Russell, Oliver & Stephens, PLC. He has spent the last 14 years handling health plan reimbursement matters on behalf of employers, plan fiduciaries, and third-party administrators. During this time, Mr. Stephens has litigated many ERISA reimbursement lawsuits throughout the United States, and he has obtained favorable results for the health plan in each lawsuit. Before joining Russell, Oliver & Stephens, Mr. Stephens served as a law clerk to the Honorable W. Frank Crawford of the Tennessee Court of Appeals, and he worked with one of the country’s largest labor and employment law firms. He is a frequent speaker on ERISA, FEHBA, Medicare, and other health plan subrogation and reimbursement topics, and he is a published author. In fact, his article “Becoming the Best Healthcare Gunslinger in the Ninth Circuit,” was published in the Winter 2006 Edition of Subrogator by the National Association of Subrogation Professionals. Additionally, he co-authored “Healthcare Subrogation Trilogy: Sorting Out the Three Cases Decided by the Supreme Court in 2006 in Order to Maximize Subrogation Recoveries in 2007 and Beyond,” published in the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Legal Affairs Bulletin, No. 974 (March 2007).
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