Bringing more than three decades of experience, Jeff Fink helps businesses navigate complex lawsuits, arbitrations and class actions and regulatory, transactional and contractual matters in jurisdictions nationwide.
In his diverse litigation practice, Jeff advises a range of clients from many industries, including health care systems and financial institutions, in a wide variety of cases. Higher education institutions and federal loan servicers turn to him to advocate for them in lawsuits, arbitrations and accreditation and regulatory conflicts, as well as in program reviews, audits and student complaints before the U.S. Department of Education. Jeff also counsels and guides public pension systems in various litigation and benefits issues.
Always getting to know his clients and their businesses well, Jeff works closely with company employees and executives to help them navigate the litigation process, including discovery, depositions and courtroom testimony. Clients appreciate his straightforward, professional approach and his ability to put them at ease and help them keep legal challenges in perspective.
Jeff’s thoroughness and eye for details helps him to sift through documents and information, drill down and pinpoint the key factual and legal issues in a case. These abilities enable him to craft innovative, cost-effective ways to resolve disputes.
experience
- Jeff has obtained several multimillion dollar settlements for health care systems in arbitrations and litigation seeking to recover amounts owed by major health care payors under provider agreements and federal and state statutes and health care programs.
- Jeff obtained dismissal of a federal class action lawsuit against a major health care system accused of underfunding its employee pension plan in violation of ERISA.
- Jeff obtained summary judgment in a federal class action lawsuit complaining about a hospital’s billing and collection practices as to patients involved in motor vehicle accidents.
- Jeff persuaded a court to undo a California veterans agency’s suspension of a major for-profit educational institution, allowing the institution to continue educating veterans in the state.
- Jeff obtained a preliminary injunction rebuffing an unlawful attempt to seize management of a regional nursing home chain from our client.
- The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
- The Missouri Bar Association
- The Illinois Bar Association
- St. Louis Area Health Lawyers Association
I enjoy biking, playing pickleball, going to movies and taking vacations that involve a beach. My wife and I also like to watch British drama shows on PBS.