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Renowned Pharmacy Lawyer Herb Weinberg Leaves McGuireWoods to Join Fenton Jurkowitz Law Group

Renowned Pharmacy Lawyer Herb Weinberg Leaves McGuireWoods to Join Fenton Jurkowitz Law Group

Los Angeles, CA – April 08, 2015 – Renowned pharmacy attorney Herb Weinberg has left McGuireWoods to join Fenton Jurkowitz Law Group, one of the nation’s leading healthcare law firms.

Mr. Weinberg, a licensed pharmacist who has owned and operated a dozen pharmacies in Southern California, has been practicing in the healthcare law arena for more than 30 years, and has represented hundreds of pharmacists and pharmacies in regulatory matters before the Board of Pharmacy, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Department of Justice (DOJ).  He also assists pharmacies with responses to audits conducted by third party payers and has presided over, and documented, the purchases and sales of more than two hundred pharmacies.

Henry Fenton, Managing Partner at Fenton Jurkowitz Law Group says “It’s a great coup any time a law firm can acquire a lawyer of Herb’s caliber from a national firm like McGuireWoods.  Herb has established himself as the leading pharmacist and pharmacy lawyer in the area of healthcare law.  We are thrilled to add him to the Fenton team.”

Herb Weinberg adds “I am looking forward to practicing at a law firm with a strong presence in my particular area of the law, healthcare, after building a strong client base at a large, national firm.  Henry Fenton is the healthcare industry standard, and I look forward to augmenting Fenton Law Firm’s existing client base.

In his spare time, Mr. Weinberg lectures to pharmacists, is a former traffic and parking commissioner, and a Past President of Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills.

For the past 30 years, the Fenton brand has been synonymous with healthcare law.  The firm has represented hundreds of physicians, medical groups and other healthcare providers, and has established precedent setting case law in areas such as medical staff privileges, Medicare/Medi-Cal audits, and HMO and PPO Credentialing.

Fenton Jurkowitz Law Group lawyers have accolades from Martindale Hubbell (“AV Preeminent”) to U.S. News and World Report (“Best Lawyers”) to Los Angeles Magazine (“Southern California Super Lawyers” and “Rising Stars”).

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