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Ann E. Lewis
Counsel
Ropes & Gray
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036-8704
T + 1-212-841-0694
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Practice
Ann Lewis is counsel in Ropes & Gray's Health Care practice in New York. She focuses her practice on HHS OIG compliance, in particular, the development and communication of health care law compliance policies, as well as other elements of compliance programs, including creative approaches to training, auditing, monitoring and investigations.
Professional Experience
With twenty-five years experience in the pharmaceutical industry advising on regulation of sales and marketing, and commercial issues, Ann was an early and forceful advocate for the need to understand and communicate the government's compliance expectations to the pharmaceutical industry. She directed a cross functional team in the development and implementation of the first health care law compliance program at Pfizer Inc, and headed the US health care law compliance function at Bristol-Myers Squibb in a time of culture change. Recently, Ann was a key presenter and a key member of a team negotiating a Corporate Integrity Agreement resulting from a high stakes settlement with the US Attorney for the District of Massachusetts.
As an Assistant District Attorney in New York County, Ann prosecuted more than 100 felony cases and handled numerous appeals. Ann began her career as an Assistant Counsel to New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, and served under Governors Wilson and Carey as well.
Presentations & Speeches
- Speaker, Massachusetts Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Manufacturer Conduct Law, Ropes and Gray Audioconference, March 25, 2009
- Panel Chair and Speaker: State Laws: Assessing Challenges, What’s Ahead; Tenth Annual Pharmaceutical Regulatory and Compliance Forum, October 28, 2008
- Speaker, PhRMA Code Revisions, Implementing the Changes; Windhover Webinar, October 7, 2008
- Speaker, The New PhRMA Code, Ropes and Gray Audioconference, August 12, 2008
- Co-presenter, Medical Science Liaisons and Requests for Medical Information: Mitigating Regulatory Risks, AHIA Second Annual Conference on Auditing in the Pharmaceutical Industry (October 2007)
- Panelist, Does Self-regulation Deter Government Regulation?, Women in International Regulatory Law Symposium (April 2007)
- Keynote speaker, Association of Healthcare Internal Auditors First Annual Conference on Auditing in the Pharmaceutical Industry (December 2006)
- Chair, Best Practices in Compliance Auditing panel, Pharmaceutical Compliance Forum (November 2006)
- Speaker, Off-label, Consultant, Sales Force and Off-label Issues, ACI Conference on Drug Advertising and Promotion (March 2006)
- Co-presenter and co-author, Managing Relationships Between Manufacturers and Institutional Providers, American Health Lawyers' Association Pharmaceutical and Device Law Institute (March 2005)
- Panelist, Responding to OIG Guidance, Pharmaceutical Congress, Pharmaceutical Compliance Forum (June 2003)
- Co-Chair, 3rd National Forum, American Conference Institute: Fraud and Abuse in the Sales and Marketing of Drugs and Medical Devices (March 2003)
- Panelist, Creating and Implementing Internal Guidelines Against Fraud and Abuse, American Conference Institute (April and October 2002)
- Speaker, HCAA Audio Conference: Risk Areas in Sales Techniques (December 2001)
Memberships & Affiliations
- Legal Facilitator, represented a World Trade Center widow through the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (2001-2003)
- Author, Reuniting Refugee Families: An Attorney's Guide to Law and Procedure, Lawyers Committee for International Human Rights (August 1994)
Languages
Bar Admissions
Education
- 1973,
J.D., Columbia Law School
- 1970,
B.A., Wellesley College; Wellesley College Scholar
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