William F. Ziprick, Partner
707 Brookside Avenue
Redlands, CA 92373
Telephone: (909) 798-5005
Cell Phone: (509) 951-7230
Fax: (909) 793-8944
Email Me: wziprick@ziprickcramer.com
Website: www.ziprickcramer.com
Areas of Practice:
- Healthcare, General Business & Corporate, (including for profit and nonprofit entities), Contracts, Real Estate, Financing, Business Acquisition/Sales
Profile:
- Primary areas of William Ziprick’s responsibilities at the firm have included negotiating, structuring and preparing documentation for numerous multi-million dollar transactions (with several in excess of $100 million), including:
- Strategic affiliations between medical centers, healthcare providers and medical groups.
- Hospital transactions (acquisition, lease, and/or management contracts).
- Sophisticated equipment purchase contracts.
- Real estate acquisitions and leases.
- Conducting extensive due diligence related to various affiliations, acquisitions, etc.
- Medical group and physician representation and contracting.
- Numerous financing transactions.
- Organizing and advising numerous types of business entities, including corporations (for profit and non-profit), limited liability companies and partnerships.
- Contract review, negotiation, and drafting.
Bar Admissions:
California, 1980
United States District Court
- Southern District of California, 1987
- Northern District of California, 1986
- Eastern District of California, 1980
- Central District of California, 1985
United States Tax Court, 1986
Education:
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University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA
Juris Doctorate, 1980, Order of the Coif -
Pacific Union College - Angwin, CA
B.S., 1977, Magna cum Laude
Major: Business Administration (Accounting Emphasis)
Educational and Professional Honors:
- Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating: AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5.
- UCLA
- Order of the Coif - UCLA Chapter (Top 10% of Graduating Law Class)
- American Jurisprudence Award: Remedies (Top of Class)
- American Jurisprudence Award: Civil Procedure
- American Jurisprudence Award: Labor Law - Pacific Union College
Graduated Magna cum Laude (3.9 GPA)
Wall Street Journal Award: Outstanding Senior Business Major: 1977 - Passed Certified Public Accountant Exam: May, 1977, during senior year of college (Not a licensed CPA)
Professional Board & Committee Memberships:
California Assisted Living Association
- Board of Directors: 2000 - 2006
- Treasurer: 2003 - 2005
- Chair of Finance Committee: 2003 - 2005
- Vice-Chair of Finance Committee: 2006
- Chair of Associate Partnership Task Force: 2003 - 2007
- Executive Committee: 2004 - 2006
- Lobbyist Selection Committee: 2003
California Society of Healthcare Attorneys
- Board of Directors: 1997 - 2001
- Chair of Board of Editors: 1997 - 2001
- Board of Editors: 1992 - 2001
Professional Memberships:
- California Bar Association
- American Health Lawyers Association
- California Association of Healthcare Attorneys
Seminar Presentations:
- Participant in a panel discussion at the California Society for Healthcare Attorneys 1998 Fall Seminar entitled "Reassessing Integrated Delivery Systems for the New Millennium: The Winners and Losers".
- Presenter at the California Assisted Living Association (CALA) 2003 - 2006 Semi-Annual Spring and Fall "Ask The Attorneys" Seminars.
- Moderator for the California Assisted Living Association (CALA) Spring 2004 Seminar entitled "Elsa's Ailing Back-Effectively Managing Your Worker's Comp Claims".
Editorial/Publications:
- Co-Guest Columnist for USA Today article entitled, “We’re Helping Other Infants Live” (1988).
- Co-Author: Quarterly "Topical Reports" summarizing new relevant case law for the California Health Law News (California Society of Healthcare Attorneys) (1993 - 1996).
- Edited the following articles for California Health Law News:
- "Assisted Living Facilities: Legal and Regulatory Issues" (by Joel Goldman, 1998).
- "Do Friendly Professional Corporations Violate the Corporate Practices of Medicine Prohibition?" (By Bruce Shih, 1998).
- "What You Always Wanted to Know About Withholding of Care but Were Afraid to Ask" (by Mark and Michelle Hiepler, 1996).
- "The Medical Staff and Medical Group Hearing" (by Ross Campbell, Steven Schnier and Robert Sullivan, 1994).