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David C. Ashburn is Managing Shareholder of the Tallahassee Office. He provides state and federal regulatory counsel and administrative litigation representation to clients in the health care, managed care, financial services and insurance-industries. His understanding of governmental regulatory processes also enables him to counsel buyers and sellers of regulated businesses and the lenders and private equity groups that finance those transactions. The types of clients that David advises include: Institutional health care providers such as hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, home health agencies, durable medical equipment providers, sober homes and hospices Continuing care retirement communities Financial services providers, including financial advisers and brokers Insurers, health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and third party administrators (TPAs) Lenders and investors, including financial institutions, private equity funds and real estate investment trusts Physician practices, including large multi-specialty practices Concentrations Health care transactions Government regulation Government procurement Administrative litigation Insurance regulation

Fred W. Baggett is the Chairman of the Tallahassee Office and a senior member of the firm's National Government Law & Policy Practice. For more than 30 years, Fred has represented a broad range of the general business community, associations and governmental entities before federal, state and local agencies, and legislative bodies. A significant portion of his practice focuses on matters relating to health care, insurance, environment regulation, banking and finance, and business and professional regulation. Fred's practice also includes policy development and advocacy as well as administrative litigation. Fred also focuses on the lobbying of insurance and other regulatory issues before the Office of Insurance Regulation and the Florida Legislature.

Roger (Beau) Beaubien is a member of the Government Law & Policy Practice in Greenberg Traurig’s Tallahassee office. Prior to joining the firm, Beau served as Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Cabinet Affairs in Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s administration. In this role, he oversaw all operations of the Office of Cabinet Affairs, and provided policy and operational oversight of a number of state agencies including the Department of State, Department of Corrections, and Department of Juvenile Justice. His private practice experience includes advising on matters related to ethics and elections. He has provided counsel to various clients including candidates, campaigns, political committees, and political parties on the complexities of Florida’s campaign finance and election laws. Beau has also represented clients before the Florida Elections Commission and the Commission on Ethics. Beau’s additional governmental experience includes serving as Assistant Attorney General and Special Counsel in the office of Attorney General Pam Bondi. He has served in major roles on transition teams and gubernatorial campaigns.

Agustin G. Corbella, Senior Director of the Government Law & Policy Practice of the firm's Tallahassee office, focuses his practice on legislative and executive branch lobbying and public policy advocacy. With nearly 30 years of experience working in and with state and federal government, as well as state and national campaigns, he is widely recognized as one of the 100 most influential people in Florida politics. Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig in 2004, Gus previously served as Chief of Staff to the Florida Senate President, staff director for the Majority Offices of both the Florida Senate and the Florida House of Representatives, and worked for a Member of the United States Congress. His role as an advocate and chief advisor to government's most prominent leaders has provided Gus with a broad knowledge of the process and issues before the Florida Legislature, and state and federal government.

Hayden R. Dempsey is the Chair of the Florida Government Law & Policy Practice. He lobbies on behalf of numerous private and public clients before both the federal and Florida state governments. He regularly represents clients in legislative matters, Medicaid and health policy matters, appropriations, procurement disputes, transportation and infrastructure issues, health care regulatory matters, and election matters. He also focuses on the lobbying of insurance and other regulatory issues before the Office of Insurance Regulation and the Florida Legislature. Hayden has broad governmental experience, having served in four governors’ administrations. Hayden served as Special Counsel to Gov. Rick Scott, where he oversaw the Legislative Affairs Office and advised the Governor and his staff on legislative, policy, and budget issues. He also worked closely with the Governor’s agencies to assist in development and passage of their legislative priorities. Hayden previously served as Legislative Affairs Director, Deputy General Counsel, and Legislative Counsel for Gov. Jeb Bush. He started his professional career working for Gov. Bob Martinez and Gov. Lawton Chiles. Hayden represented the presidential campaigns of Bush-Cheney ’04, Florida and McCain-Palin '08, and the gubernatorial campaigns of Gov. Rick Scott, Gov. Charlie Crist, and Gov. Jeb Bush. Hayden also represented Congressman Vern Buchanan in the 2006 election contest relating to the office of Representative from the Thirteenth Congressional District of Florida.

Liz Dudek’s career in Florida’s state government spanned over 40 years across a variety of senior management positions including Secretary of the Agency for Health Care Administration and Deputy Secretary of Health Quality Assurance. As Secretary, Liz oversaw one of the largest Medicaid programs in the nation. Under her administration, the Agency successfully implemented the Statewide Medicaid Managed Care program and the establishment of the Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse. Liz has worked extensively with health care facilities, providers, and insurers. As a leader in health care regulation and insurance, her distinctive knowledge and experience give her unmatched insight into the needs of clients. Concentrations Health care regulation Insurance regulation Medicaid Procurement Florida state licensure programs

Fred E. Karlinsky is Co-Chair of Greenberg Traurig’s Insurance Regulatory and Transactions Practice Group. Fred has nearly 30 years of experience representing the interests of insurers, reinsurers and a wide variety of other insurance-related entities on their regulatory, transactional, corporate and governmental affairs matters. Fred is a recognized authority on national insurance regulatory and compliance issues and has taken a leadership position in many insurance trade organizations, has led many industry-driven legislative and regulatory initiatives, and is a sought after thought leader who has spoken and presented to insurance executives and governmental officials, both nationally and internationally. Fred is experienced in transactional law, executive and legislative governmental affairs, administrative law, and corporate representation. He advises clients on operational issues — including start-up initiatives, structuring, capitalization, and collaborative business relationships— and a complete array of regulatory and compliance issues, including licensure and corporate amendment applications, business expansion initiatives, solvency and statutory accounting issues, rate and form filings, and financial and market conduct examinations, to name a few. Fred has a long history as a primary strategist in all types of insurance-related legislative and regulatory initiatives for all kinds of insurance, including homeowners, automobile, workers’ compensation, medical malpractice and other lines of property and casualty and life and health insurance. In addition to his role with Greenberg Traurig, Fred has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at Florida State University College of Law since 2008, where he teaches a course on Insurance Law and Risk Management. Fred is also a Florida Supreme Court Certified Mediator. Concentrations Insurance regulatory law Insurance transactional matters Insurance legislation Executive, legislative and municipal government affairs Governmental law Corporate representation Health care

Timothy F. Stanfield is a Shareholder with the Florida Government Law & Policy Practice. He represents a broad array of private and public-sector clients before the Florida Legislature, Cabinet and State agencies. Tim’s practice is largely focused on regulated industries to include insurance, land use, and alcoholic beverages, including addressing ‘tied house evil’ issues. He also represents local governments, trade associations, and clients participating in Florida’s procurement process. Tim has more than a dozen years of lobbying experience, and is known within Florida’s Capitol for his deep subject matter knowledge and strategic thinking. Tim also provides clients with regulatory legal and consulting services. Tim has obtained a variety of permits, licenses, and approval certificates from state and local government agencies. He maintains working relationships within state departments and agencies, including the Department of Financial Services, Office of Insurance Regulation, Department of Economic Opportunity, Department of Transportation, Department of Health, Agency of Health Care Administration, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, and the Department of Management Services. Concentrations Insurance Economic development Tied-house evil (alcoholic beverages) Land use Hemp Local government

Christian Brito focuses his practice on national insurance regulatory and compliance matters. Christian represents a wide variety of entities in the insurance industry, including insurers, reinsurers, managing general agencies, producers, third-party administrators, and claims companies, with regulatory, transactional, corporate, and governmental affairs matters. Christian regularly advises clients on operational issues and a complete array of regulatory and compliance issues, including licensure and corporate amendment applications, business expansion initiatives, solvency and statutory accounting issues, rate and form filings, and financial and market conduct examinations. Christian is also experienced in transactional law, governmental affairs, administrative law, and corporate representation, and is a frequent author on trends and developments in the national and Florida insurance markets. Concentrations Insurance regulatory law Insurance transactional matters Insurance legislation Executive, legislative and municipal government affairs Governmental law Corporate representation