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Bruce G. Arnold

Partner

Milwaukee
phone: 414.978.5501
fax: 414.223.5000

email: [email protected]

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“Bruce Arnold answers my emails nearly immediately and picks up the phone when I call. Very impressive customer service.”

President and chief executive officer, non-profit medical care provider

Overview

Bruce is a relationship builder -- with clients, between clients, within the communities he serves and with the institutions that shape his practice. Like the healthcare professionals he admires, Bruce applies these principles to his practice: diagnose, predict and treat.

Decades of experience representing companies and providers at every stage of the healthcare continuum give Bruce a distinct understanding of the industry. He counsels clients on all aspects of the healthcare field, including hospital-physician strategic alignment, payor agreements (from both the provider and payor perspectives) and joint ventures, advising multispecialty clinics, individual or small-group physician practices, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and ambulatory surgery centers.

Bruce also has extensive experience in insolvency proceedings, including restructurings involving hospitals, continuing care retirement communities, nursing homes, domestic health insurers and dioceses. Bruce brings a unique perspective to restructuring, having served as the debtor’s counsel in many of the major cases filed in Milwaukee.

For 19 years Bruce served as a Director of Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek, which combined with Husch Blackwell in 2016. In this capacity, Bruce not only directed and contributed to the growth of the firm but also gained valuable leadership experience that he employs to help clients move their businesses forward.

“Bruce Arnold answers my emails nearly immediately and picks up the phone when I call. Very impressive customer service.”

President and chief executive officer, non-profit medical care provider

Industry

Healthcare

Services

Healthcare Insolvency & Bankruptcy

Healthcare M&A, Joint Ventures, and Other Transactions

Healthcare Providers

Healthcare Regulatory & Compliance Counseling

Insolvency & Commercial Bankruptcy

Nonprofit Organizations & Religious Institutions

Recognition

The Best Lawyers in America®
- Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2005-2025
- Health Care Law, 2005-2025
St. Thomas More Lawyers Society of Wisconsin, Faithful Servant Award, 2020
Milwaukee Magazine, 75 Best Lawyers in Milwaukee, 1994, 2004
Wisconsin Super Lawyers, Health Care, 2005-2022
Judge Dale E. Ihlenfeldt Bankruptcy Award, 2010
Wisconsin Law Journal Leader in the Law Award, 2010
Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent

Education

J.D., University of Michigan Law School
- cum laude
B.S.B.A., Georgetown University
- summa cum laude

Admissions

Wisconsin
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin
U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit

Professional Memberships and Certifications

American Health Law Association
National Diocesan Attorneys Association
American Bankruptcy Institute
ALFA International Health Care Practice Group, Program Chair, 2001-2003; Practice Group Chair, 2003-2016
Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association, Director, 2002-2005; Co-Chair, Bankruptcy Section, 2006-2014
American Bar Association, Business and Health Law Sections
State Bar of Wisconsin, Health Law and Bankruptcy Sections
Milwaukee Bar Association, Bankruptcy and Health Law Sections
Seventh Circuit Bar Association

Experience

As a key member of the firm's CARES Act resource team, advised clients on accessing COVID-19-driven financial assistance, including Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) and Main Street Lending Program.
Provided guidance in creating one of Wisconsin's first accountable care organizations (ACOs).
Advised on creation and implementation of Wisconsin's first regional health information organization (RHIO), the Wisconsin Health Information Exchange.
Guided the Archdiocese of Milwaukee through multiyear restructuring process involving questions of first impression under Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
Structured financing transactions for startup telemedicine technology solutions company. Project included developing private placement memorandum, negotiating with potential investors and arranging sophisticated stock incentives for key employees.
Created clinical co-management arrangements including, most recently, orthopedic surgery and neurosurgery service lines.
Offered guidance on creation, development and sale of ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), including so-called "hospital joint venture" ASCs.
Advised physicians, hospitals and managed care organizations in developing, implementing and enforcing credentialing protocols, including service as special counsel to the medical staffs of several hospitals in creating consolidated medical staff bylaws under the Medicare disproportionate share hospital rules.
Created multiemployer "church plan" among several hundred employers.
Advised on creation, acquisition and sale of Wisconsin domestic health insurers, including through change of control agreements, purchase of assets and ceding transactions.
Counseled several multispecialty groups on the development of physician compensation formulas that comply with the federal statutes, including Professional Services Agreements and compensation models applying survey data tied to a least-squares regression line formula.
Advised on creation of compliance plans uniquely tailored to emergency medicine, neurosurgery, ambulance services, medical billing companies and ambulatory surgery centers.
Counseled physicians nationwide on whether to sell their practices and, if they chose to do so, how to achieve favorable employment agreements and appropriate corporate governance protections.

Speaking Engagements | April 22, 2024

Speaker, "Life After Chapter 11: Is It Ever Really Over?", National Diocesan Attorneys Association

Speaking Engagements | February 23, 2023

Speaker, "Be Part of Shaping Education in Milwaukee and Your Future Workforce," BizTimes Media's Milwaukee Education Spotlight

Speaking Engagements | March 31, 2021

Speaker, "Physician Compensation Under the New Physician Fee Schedule: Major Changes to wRVUs, Conversion Factor and More," Strafford

Webinar | October 2020

Health Law & Innovation Virtual Series: Developing Strategies Around Hospital and Physician Integration

Health Law & Innovation Virtual Series

Speaking Engagements | September 24, 2020

Speaker, "The Life Cycle of Physician Contracting," Chicago-Kent College of Law

News Releases | August 15, 2024

Best Lawyers in America® Places More than 250 Husch Blackwell Lawyers in 2025 Rankings

News Releases | August 17, 2023

Best Lawyers in America® Places More than 230 Husch Blackwell Lawyers in 2024 Rankings

Media Mentions | February 20, 2023

BizTimes: What does success look like in Milwaukee's schools?

Media Mentions | January 27, 2023

BizTimes: Inaugural BizTimes Media Education event seeks to inspire business leaders to support high-performing schools in Milwaukee

News Releases | November 15, 2022

Wisconsin Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars 2022 Recognizes 18 Husch Blackwell Attorneys

News Releases | August 18, 2022

Best Lawyers in America® Places More than 170 Husch Blackwell Lawyers in 2023 Rankings

News Releases | November 16, 2021

Husch Blackwell Attorneys Named to 2021 Wisconsin Super Lawyers/Rising Stars

News Releases | August 19, 2021

Best Lawyers in America® Places More Than 170 Husch Blackwell Lawyers in 2022 Rankings

News Releases | November 17, 2020

Husch Blackwell Attorneys Named to 2020 Wisconsin Super Lawyers/Rising Stars

Media Mentions | October 2020

Best Lawyers® 2021: The Midwest Issue

News Releases | August 20, 2020

Best Lawyers in America® Names 170 Husch Blackwell Attorneys, 12 "Lawyers of the Year"

Outside the Office

Bruce and his wife are adventurous “foodies” who are equally fanatical about cooking and eating.

They enjoy taking cooking classes together and studied under world-class chef Sandy D’Amato at Good Stock Farm Cooking School in Hatfield, Massachusetts. The couple also enjoy raising and training golden retrievers. Their current goldens, Rusty and Baxter, have their own Instagram account: “browndogwhitedog.”

Bruce adds the final topping to his dish.

Bruce poses for a photo in a chefs hat and apron.

Golden retrievers, Rusty and Baxter, take a break from walking on a park bench.

Community Leadership

An agent for change.

Bruce grew up idolizing Robert F. Kennedy and knew early on that becoming a lawyer could carry the honor of being a change agent. Bruce’s parents raised their children to give back to the community, and Bruce’s special passion is Catholic education.

Bruce’s community leadership also includes:

Seton Catholic Schools, Vice Chair, Board of Directors, 2016-2019; Chair, 2019-present
The Legatus Society, 2024-present
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, 2018-2019 Good Samaritan Campaign, Chair
Marquette University High School, Board of Directors, 2010-2016, Board Chair, 2014-2016
Georgetown University Alumni Club of Wisconsin, Past President
Milwaukee Bar Foundation, Director, 2011-2017
Divine Savior Holy Angels High School, Board of Directors, 2002-2008, Board Chair, 2007-2008
St. Thomas More Lawyers Society of Wisconsin, Past President
National Institute for Medical Informatics, the Wisconsin Health Information Exchange, Board Chair, 2007-2013
Faith in Our Future Trust, Trustee, 2007-2010