In the News:

James W. Saxton Appointed a Fellow of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
June 19, 2008

Shareholder
Health Care, Co-Chair
Litigation
Captive Insurance

Lancaster
717.399.6639
610.236.4181 fax
jws@stevenslee.com

Jim is Co-Chair of the Health Care Department and Chair of the Health Care Litigation Group. He is an active trial lawyer – a practice he has sustained for over 25 years – representing providers, including hospitals, physicians and retirement communities in state and federal courts and administrative proceedings. His practice includes litigation, licensing and medical staff issues.

Jim uses his extensive experience as a litigator to advise hospitals, medical groups and retirement communities throughout the United States in connection with understanding and reducing their professional liability risk. Jim develops risk reduction strategies for health care providers and organizations nationwide and has created innovative strategies and educational programs to support them. This includes the creation of complete customized loss control programs and event management systems for self-insured organizations and captive insurance groups. Among the captive insurance programs he has helped create are Central Pennsylvania Physicians Risk Retention Group (CPPRRG), Communities Advancing Retirement Excellence (CARE, Ltd.) and NOVUS, a risk retention group for bariatric and general surgeons nationwide.

Jim lectures frequently on health law issues and has published more than 200 articles, several handbooks and seven textbooks. He is an invited speaker across the country on health care issues, including liability reduction and risk management, and presents to nationally prominent health care organizations such as the American Association of Clinical Urologists, the American College of General Surgeons, the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, American Health Lawyers Association and the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management.

As published in the June 2005 issue of Philadelphia magazine, Jim was recognized as a 2005 Pennsylvania Super Lawyer by being selected by his peers as among the top 5 percent of lawyers in the Commonwealth.

Education:
Duquesne Law School, J.D., 1982
Shippensburg State College, B.A., 1979

Bar Admissions:
Pennsylvania

Court Admissions:
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Representative Publications:

• Contributing Author, Sorry Works!, Disclosure, Apology and Relationships Prevent Medical Malpractice Claims. AuthorHouse, 2007.
• Contributing Author, Minimizing Endoscopic Complications: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America, January 2007, Volume 17, Number 1, W.B. Saunders Company, A Division of Elsevier, Inc.
• "Liability Risk Reduction Strategies for Physicians"
  Physician's News Digest, August 2006. Co-authored with Maggie M. Finkelstein.
• "Can Adhesive Labels Prevent Wrong Site Surgery and Reduce Liability Risk?" Widener Law Review, Vol. 12:293.
• "Best Practices: Reducing Liability Risks for Nursing Homes - Changing the Liabilty Equation." LTC Advisor, a publication of the American Health Lawyers Association Long-Term Care Practice Group, February 2006. Co-authored with Maggie M. Finkelstein.
• Five-Star Customer Service: A Step-by-Step Guide for Physician Practices. HCPro, Inc. Co-authored with Maggie M. Finkelstein.
• 15 Policies and Procedures to Reduce Liability for Physician Practices. HCPro, Inc. Co-authored with Maggie M. Finkelstein and Patricia M. Kearney.
• The Satisfied Patient: A Guide to Preventing Malpractice Claims by Providing Excellent Customer Service. HCPro, Inc.
• Bariatric Surgery: A Comprehensive Bariatric Program Can Act to Reduce Liability Risks and to Promote Patient Safety. Co-authored with Maggie M. Finkelstein.
• The New Universal Protocol: Can Adhesive Labels Prevent Wrong Site Surgery and Reduce Liability Risks? Co-authored with
  Maggie M. Finkelstein.

Professional Associations and Civic Affiliations:
Lancaster Bar Association, Professionalism Section
Pennsylvania Bar Association, Civil Litigation Law Section
American Bar Association
American Health Lawyers Association, Practice Guide on Alternative Risk Financing, Co-Editor; Healthcare Liability and Litigation Practice Group, Immediate Past Chair
Defense Research Institute, Medical Liability and Health Care Law Committee
Hospital Association of Pennsylvania, Society of Healthcare Attorneys
American Society of Law & Medicine
W. Hensel Brown Inn of Court, Master Designation; also Past President
Pennsylvania Medical Directors Association
Lancaster Community Health Plan, Founding Board Member
Lancaster Family YMCA, Foundation Chairman, 2004 Volunteer of the Year