Wayne Whitaker
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After obtaining his Master of Laws in taxation, Wayne practiced six years with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Fort Worth, Texas where he gained experience in fraud enforcement litigation, broker dealer activities, and registration of securities. Upon entering private practice in 1978, he immediately began representing public companies in all areas of securities compliance, general corporate needs as well as mergers and acquisitions. Wayne has experience in advising companies in their routine reporting obligations including Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, Form 8-K, and Proxies as well as matters involving their public marketplaces such as the NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ. He has extensive experience in representing both the buyer and seller in merger and acquisition activities, ranging from small private company transactions to large public transactions involving filings with the SEC and under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976. Since 1987 Wayne has practiced heavily in the healthcare area, and has represented healthcare clients in a variety of matters including various levels and types of financings and in acquiring and divesting over 40 hospitals and other healthcare facilities. Wayne's corporate experience includes representing clients in public and private offerings, private venture capital financings, mezzanine and later stage financings, real estate developments, and matters of sensitive corporate governance issues. He has a unique appreciation for issues confronting the Board of Directors, as he served on the board of an AMEX traded company and was its Chairman for a period.

• State Bar of Texas
• Tarrant County Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• American Health Lawyers Association

• Ronald McDonald House of Fort Worth, Chairman and Former President
• First United Methodist Church of Bedford, Texas, Board of Trustees
• Northeast Texas Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Former President
• World Health Forum 2000, Steering Committee

• B.B.A. (Finance), Baylor University, 1971
• J.D., Baylor University School of Law, 1971
• Master of Laws, Taxation, Southern Methodist University School of Law, 1972
• Bar Admissions
  • Texas, 1971
  • United States District Court, Northern District of Texas, 1976
  • Admitted to Practice in the Supreme Court of the United States, 1978
  • United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1983

• Martindale-Hubbell Rating: AV