Meet The Team
Tracey A. Salinski, JD., LLM
With more than two decades of experience in both private practice and as a senior leader in various in-house roles, Tracey Salinski is a trusted advisor and counselor to healthcare organizations, offering strategic counsel on a broad range of healthcare regulatory, corporate and compliance matters. Tracey has deep experience in structuring, negotiating and closing a broad range of transactions in the highly regulated and complex health care industry and takes a collaborative approach with clients to create and implement strategies and solutions which promote growth while avoiding or minimizing exposure to legal liability. Tracey also regularly provides advice in connection with provider operations, transactions and governance matters.
Tracey’s in-house experience and understanding of a client’s business needs inform her perspective on the significant opportunities and challenges which clients face in the ever-changing and complex healthcare regulatory environment.
Prior to joining the firm, Tracey was Counsel at an Am Law 100 law firm and, prior to that, served as in-house General Counsel and SVP of Legal for Illinois’ largest multi-specialty physician-directed medical group.
Tracey’s extensive experience allows her to partner with clients to drive strategic initiatives by providing advice on an array of matters including:
–Health care alignment transactions
–Health care fraud and abuse
–Physician self-referral restrictions
–Contracting matters
Salinski holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), a J.D. from the Michigan State University College of Law, and an LL.M. in Taxation, magna cum laude, from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law.
Distinctions: Selected as a Crain’s Chicago Business Notable General Counsel (2021)
Memberships
American Health Law Association
Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys
Publications
The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin Published Timothy Liam EPSTEIN’s Article Entitled, “The plot thickens in players’ defamation suit over PEDs report.”
When a professional baseball player is accused of using performance-enhancing drugs (“PEDs,” inclusive of hormones for purposes of this article), the implications can be catastrophic.
Sports Law Group Named Among Nations Best
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Contract Cancellation and Force Majeure – Know your Rights and Consider the Consequences
As the world copes with COVID-19 and the necessity of social distancing, individuals and businesses must contemplate the legal ramifications of their contracts, and what happens when those contracts cannot or are not being performed. Most contracts contain termination and remedies provisions that may be implicated given the current health crisis.
Workers’ Compensation & Remote Employees
As stay-at-home orders are being extended throughout the country, a significant population of the US workforce is and will continue to work remotely. Because employers cannot actively monitor and supervise their employees, employers are exposed to additional risks of liability. One significant risk is the potential for employees to sustain accidental injuries while working remotely. […]
Non-deductibility of Expenses Funded with PPP Loan Proceeds
Late last week, the IRS issued Notice 2020-32 which states that no deduction will be allowed for an expense that would otherwise be deductible by a small business if the payment of such expense results in forgiveness under the provisions of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) of the CARES Act, and the income associated with […]
DB Alert: CARES Act Tax Relief
As we’ve outlined in our previous Newsletters, President Trump signed into law on March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act or the Act). In addition to the Paycheck Protection Program offered to businesses to further support employee retention and maintenance of the business (See March 30th, CARES Act and Paycheck […]
Alert: Qualified Opportunity Zone Funds
Summary As part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA), a new community and economic development program was enacted under Section 1400Z-1 & 1400Z-2 that garnered little attention at the time of passage, but which now appears to be causing high net worth investors and the investment community at large to take […]
IRS TO ALLOW MOST TAXPAYERS TO DEFER PAYING 2019 TAXES ON APRIL 15, 2020 DUE TO COVID-19
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, speaking at a coronavirus news conference today, announced that individuals who owe taxes to the IRS can defer up to $1 million, and corporations can defer up to $10 million in payments, for a period of 90 days from the April 15th deadline. At this point, the deferral applies to the income taxes owed, and there does not appear […]
DB Alert: 2019 Payment and Filing Deadlines
As we previously alerted our clients and friends, the Internal Revenue Service has postponed the tax payment deadlines for calendar year taxpayers until July 15, 2020 provided that the amounts owed did not exceed certain levels (prior alert); however, the tax filing deadline itself was not automatically extended under this prior guidance Recent guidance just […]
All Cook County Properties to be Re-Assessed in 2020 Due to COVID-19
The Cook County Assessor’s Office recently announced updates to its assessment and appeal process in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Normally, one-third of Cook County is reassessed in any given year, but due to the projected impact of COVID-19 on property values, the Assessor announced adjustments are planned across the entire county. To make assessments […]