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Telephone:  256-535-1100
Facsimile:  256-533-9322

Street Address:
Suite 102
2101 West Clinton Avenue
Huntsville, AL 35805
Mailing Address:
Post Office Box 2087
Huntsville, AL 35804-2087

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J. Clark Pendergrass

Practice Areas

Profile

Mr. Pendergrass practices primarily in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate and business law, and health-care law. Mr. Pendergrass has extensive experience in complex trans- actions involving the federal government (including those related to defense and the military) and health-care industries.

In the area of government contract law, Mr. Pendergrass regularly advises clients about issues involving the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Defense Acquisition Regulation (DFAR), Section 8(a) program, small disadvantaged business program, the women-owned business program, and the service-disabled, veteran-owned small business program.

In the area of health-care law, Mr. Pendergrass regularly advises hospitals and physicians concerning regulatory compliance issues involving analysis of the Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute. Mr. Pendergrass has represented health-care clients in complex transactions, such as hospital-physician joint ventures and other arrangements involving radiation therapy, sleep laboratories, and orthopaedic-sports therapy; the acquisition, development, and leasing of medical and physician office buildings; and the divestiture of a home health division.

Mr. Pendergrass has represented emerging and start-up companies and been involved in venture capital and other private equity transactions. Mr. Pendergrass has experience in negotiating and preparing merger and acquisition agreements and other ancillary definitive transaction documents; stock purchase agreements; asset purchase agreements; organizational

Bar Admissions

  • Alabama, 1997

Court Admissions

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  • United States District Courts
  • Northern District of Alabama
  • Middle District of Alabama
  • Southern District of Alabama
  • All Alabama state courts

Professional Affiliations

  • Alabama Bar Association
  • Huntsville-Madison County Bar Association
  • American Health Lawyers Association

Publications

  • “Discovery and Claims Alleging Police Misconduct,” For the Defense, June 2003 (with George W. Royer).
  • “Unitary Status: A New Wave of Litigation,” Alabama School Boards, August 1999 (with J. Russell Gibson, III).
  • “The Real Estate Consumer's Agency and Disclosure Act: The Case Against Dual Agency,” Alabama Law Review, 1996.

Presentations

  • “Structuring Your LLC for Resale or Closure,” Small Business Development Center, Alabama A&M University, 2009.

Education

  • J.D., summa cum laude, 1997, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
    Managing Editor (1996-1997) and Junior Editor (1995-1996), Alabama Law Review
    Order of the Coif
    Dean M. Leigh Harrison Award
    Hugo L. Black Scholar
    Member, John A. Campbell Moot Court Board
    Quarterfinalist, John A. Campbell Moot Court Competition
    Bench and Bar Legal Honor Society
    Bench and Bar Excellent Written Advocacy Award
    George Azar, Jr., Memorial Scholarship
  • B.A., 1991, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
    Phi Beta Kappa
    Margaret Artley Woodruff Award for Creative Writing
    Poetry Editor, Phoenix Literary Art Magazine (1990-1991)

Community Involvement

  • Member, Huntsville Hospital Foundation Development Council (2006-2009).

Other Experience

  • Senior Staff Attorney, Justice Harold F. See, Alabama Supreme Court (1999-2001).