Russ Kolsrud is a member at Dickinson Wright PLLC and is a senior trial lawyer for clients with commercial disputes, health care controversies, transaction disagreements and disputes with government regulatory and licensing agencies. Since 1982, 80% of his practice involved representation of clients in the health care industry. He represents behavioral health care providers, physician groups, third party administrators, and he defends psychiatric malpractice claims. Mr. Kolsrud is also involved in the implementation of strategies to integrate medical and behavioral health care, electronic medical record exchanges and handle Medicaid and Medicare claims denials and procurement issues.
Russ has been in private practice since 1985, and has been a partner or member of law firms since 1988. Prior to that, he served in the Arizona Attorney General's Office as a trial lawyer for seven years representing the State of Arizona in complex civil litigation, and appeared before the United States Supreme Court on two occasions. He also served as law clerk for the Honorable William Eubank of the Arizona Court of Appeals and as a clerk in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.
In January 2009, Russ along with his partner Gregory Moore created a Behavioral Health Care Law focused Practice Group, the first of its kind in a national law firm. With more than 50 years of combined experience, Russ and Greg continue to guide their behavioral health care clients through the highly nuanced Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. They have been and continue to be leaders in educating and counseling clients as Parity and the integration of behavioral health and physical health take center stage.
