Francine Elliot

For almost 20 years, Francine’s practice has primarily focused on healthcare and transactional law representing healthcare providers throughout the healthcare industry from individuals to large entities.  She started off her practice focusing on medical malpractice defense in a law firm but expanded her practice over the years in law firms and eventually went in-house.

Francine served as the Assistant General Counsel to Neighbors Health, an emergency medicine provider group and medical facility developer in Texas.  Following the sale of the company, Francine served as the General Counsel to SignatureCare Emergency Center and oversaw every aspect of the organization and operation of over two dozen emergency centers and two urgent care facilities in Texas.  Francine then moved back to Louisiana where she served as the General Counsel of Stone Clinical Laboratories and Stone Direct Diagnostics, working with executives in negotiating, documenting, and executing strategic transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures, and joint ventures, and managing all litigation filed against or on behalf of the company.  She participated in all licensing and license compliance in all jurisdictions in which the company did business and drafted laboratory service agreements and CLIA laboratory applications.  She was also responsible for ensuring compliance with HIPAA and HITECH regulations.

By working in law firms and in-house, Francine has gained extensive experience in assisting clients with all kinds of sophisticated corporate transactions, including commercial real estate transactions, M&A, capitalizations and reorganizations and the negotiation and preparation of complex contracts.

Francine earned her J.D./B.C.L. from the Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 2007.  She received an M.S. in Pathology from Louisiana State University’s Health Sciences Center in 2002, and her B.G.S. in Pre-Medicine from Louisiana State University in 1999.

Francine is licensed to practice law in Louisiana and Texas.