Professional Experience

Mr. Wolff works on healthcare transactions including mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures. He also specializes in managed care, nonprofit institutions, public policy, strategic planning, and healthcare regulatory matters.

Mr. Wolff has been in private law practice in New York and Washington for over 30 years. He has extensive experience with sophisticated corporate transactions—both domestic and international—including institutional, group and individual providers, managed care companies, underwriters and venture capital investors. He also has a broad range of regulatory and compliance experience. He has developed a number of ground-breaking for-profit/non-profit collaborations and negotiated the health benefit plan coverage for various Fortune 500 companies. Mr. Wolff has been deeply involved in various innovative public policy and strategic planning initiatives over the years. And he has represented a number of educational institutions, technology-oriented entities, and a variety of nonprofit organizations, including national public charities.

Mr. Wolff previously served as Vice President and Senior Counsel for Health Operations at Aetna Life and Casualty, in charge of all legal, regulatory and state government affairs for Aetna’s health and group insurance businesses. He served on the Management Council of Aetna Health Plans, responsible for running Aetna’s health businesses, and on the Chairman’s Health Strategy Group, responsible for determining Aetna’s strategic direction in healthcare.

Mr. Wolff was a Special Assistant to Secretary Joseph Califano at the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, where, among other things, he was in charge of revitalizing the federal HMO program and convincing large national employers to offer and encourage HMOs. He has also served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislation at Health, Education and Welfare, where his responsibilities included the agency’s budgetary process on Capitol Hill.

Education

Harvard Law School , LL.B., 1968.

Amherst College , B.A., 1965.

Memberships & Activities

Admitted to practice in New York and the District of Columbia.

Member, Board of Directors, 1992-96; and National Counsel, 1986-92; Muscular Dystrophy Association and Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon.

Former Chairman, Committee on Medicine and Law, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

Former Chairman, D.C. Citizens Advisory Council to the Medicaid Program.

Former Chairman, Special Committee on Healthcare Systems, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

Chairman, International Conference on Polish Health System Reform, Warsaw, 1998.

Member, National Academy of Sciences/ Institute of Medicine Panel on Employer Utilization Review Activities.

Honors & Awards

Named as one of the Top-Ranked Attorneys, Chambers USA, 2008.

Speaking Engagements

Numerous public speaking appearances, ranging from keynote addresses to participation in programs/panels throughout the U.S., and various other presentations/teaching appearances, ranging from classroom settings to Board rooms, on health policy, corporate governance and other topics.