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William P. Aiken
Shareholder
Bill Aiken is a member of the firm's business section, focusing his practice in the areas of corporate and securities law, mergers and acquisitions, health care, and commercial and business transactions.
Mr. Aiken has advised numerous private and public entities and individuals in various types of business matters, including initial organization and planning, equity and debt financing, purchases and sales of stock and assets, mergers and contract negotiations.
Bill has represented health care organizations, including private and faculty physician groups, management companies, nursing and assisted care facilities, and hospitals. He has advised these entities in connection with various health care matters, including formation and structure, joint ventures, acquisitions, Stark, fraud and abuse, HIPAA and Medicare.
Memberships
- American Bar Association, Business Law Section, Committee on Negotiated Acquisitions; Health Care Law Section
- American Health Lawyers Association
- Baylor School, past Trustee and Alumni Board President
- Boys' & Girls' Club of Chattanooga, Board of Directors, 1978-present; past President
- Chattanooga Bar Association
- Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library Board, past Chairman and Member
- German American Chambers of Commerce, Tennessee Chapter
- Haitian School Project
- Original Equipment Suppliers Association, member
- Tennessee Bar Association, Business and Health Law Sections; Joint Opinion Committee of the Sections of Real Estate and Business Law, 2009-2010
- University of North Carolina Board of Visitors, 2000-2004
- Vanderbilt Law Alumni, Board, past member
Honors
- Boys' & Girls' Club of Chattanooga, 2009 Man & Youth Award
- The Best Lawyers in America , "2009 Chattanooga Best Lawyers Corporate Lawyer of the Year"
- Fellow, American, Tennessee, and Chattanooga Bar Foundations
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America (Corporate and Health Care Law)
- Patrick Wilson Scholar, Vanderbilt University Law School
- Morehead Scholar, University of North Carolina
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review
- Law Clerk to Hon. Frank Gray, Jr., Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee (1975-1976)
