Bruce counsels clients in all aspects of the healthcare industry, including hospital-physician strategic alignment, payor agreements (from both the provider and payor perspectives), healthcare joint ventures, multispecialty clinics, individual or small-group physician practices, and ambulatory surgery centers.
He also has extensive experience in all aspects of insolvency proceedings, including restructurings involving hospitals, continuing care retirement communities, nursing homes and domestic health insurers.
Among his accomplishments, Bruce has:
- Provided guidance in creating one of Wisconsin's first accountable care organizations (ACOs).
- Assisted in the creation and implementation of Wisconsin's first regional health information organization (RHIO), the Wisconsin Health Information Exchange.
- Guided the Archdiocese of Milwaukee through a multiyear restructuring process involving questions of first impression under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
Before joining Husch Blackwell, Bruce was a shareholder at Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C., where he served nearly 21 years as a member of the firm's Management Committee and later its Board of Directors.
Professional Associations and Memberships
- National Diocesan Attorneys Association
- American Health Lawyers Association
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- ALFA International Health Care Practice Group, former member, Program Chair, 2001-2003, Practice Group Chair, 2003-2016
- State Bar of Wisconsin, Health Law and Bankruptcy Sections
- American Bar Association, Business and Health Law Sections
- Seventh Circuit Bar Association
- Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association, Director, 2002-2005, Co-Chair, Bankruptcy Section, 2006-2014
- Milwaukee Bar Association, Bankruptcy and Health Law Sections, Program Chair, Bankruptcy Section, 1985-1986, Bankruptcy Section Chair, 1986-1987
Awards and Recognitions
- Judge Dale E. Ihlenfeldt Bankruptcy Award, 2010
- Wisconsin Law Journal Leader in the Law Award, 2010
- The Best Lawyers in America, Health Care Law and Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2005-2018
- Milwaukee Magazine, 75 Best Lawyers in Milwaukee, 1994, 2004
- Wisconsin Super Lawyers, Health Care, 2005-2016
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent
Civic Involvement
- Marquette University High School, past Chair, Board of Directors
- Georgetown University Alumni Club of Wisconsin, Vice President and Member, Board of Directors
- Milwaukee Bar Foundation, Director
- Divine Savior Holy Angels High School, Former Chair, Board of Directors
- St. Thomas More Lawyers Society of Wisconsin, Past President
- National Institute for Medical Informatics, the Wisconsin Health Information Exchange, Former Chair of the Board