Farooq Mir

Founder and Principal Attorney

Telephone: (909) 446-2659
Email: info@rfm-legal.com

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Farooq Mir

Bar & Court Admissions

  • State Bar of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern, Central and Southern Districts of California

Professional Affiliations

  • California Society for Healthcare Attorneys
  • Los Angeles County Bar Association (Health Care Law Section)
  • American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA)

Education

  • Loyola Law School, J.D.
  • University of California, Los Angeles, M.P.H.
  • University of California, Irvine, B.A.

Pro Bono

  • Legal Aid Foundation
  • Alliance for Children’s Rights

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Profile

Farooq Mir is RFM Legal’s Founder and Principal Attorney. An experienced healthcare attorney who spent the last ten years prior to founding RFM Legal at Los Angeles’ largest healthcare law firm and forming a national healthcare management services organization, Farooq has developed a thorough understanding of the healthcare industry with a specialized focus on medical-legal issues. In addition to representing both healthcare providers on regulatory compliance, transactional, and litigation matters, Farooq has extensive experience defending investigations on behalf of providers and medical finance companies in the personal injury, worker’s compensation, and private insurance industries.

Farooq has also successfully structured transactions and secured victories for his clients including physicians, medical practices, ambulatory surgery centers, diagnostic imaging facilities, medical finance companies, hospitals, and management services organizations. He is committed to providing comprehensive legal counsel and solutions to his client’s needs, including contract development, litigation defense and support, compliance assessment, regulatory analysis, dispute resolution, and investigation defense.

Awards & Recognition
  • Rising Star, Super Lawyers Magazine (2020)
  • Rising Star, Super Lawyers Magazine (2021)
  • Rising Star, Super Lawyers Magazine (2022)
Representative Matters
  • Successfully defended special investigative unit investigation of medical funding company alleging kickback violations in the personal segment of healthcare.
  • Successfully defended special investigative unit investigation of orthopedic surgery practice alleging over billing and upcoding in the personal segment of healthcare.
  • Structured the financing and sale of over a dozen ambulatory surgery centers and physician practices.
  • Obtained favorable settlement on behalf of pain management practice in dispute with commercial insurance payor.
  • Designed novel revenue cycle program for healthcare providers in response to restrictions under Labor Code 4903.8.
  • Obtained sanctions award on behalf of dozens of medical providers and medical funding companies against insurance payor fishing expeditions.
    Demurrer sustained without leave to amend in favor of a large health system in a whistleblower claim brought by a member of its medical staff.