Cynthia Marcotte Stamer

Current

• Partner at Curran Tomko Tarski LLP

Past

• President/CEO at Cynthia Marcotte Stamer, P.C., A Member of Glast, Phillips & Murray, P.C.
• Chair, Managed Care & Insurance Interest Group at American Bar Association Health Law Section
• Member at Glast, Phillips & Murray, P.C.

• Board Member and Board Compliance Committee Chair at National Kidney Foundation of North Texas
• Partner at Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
• Partner at Andrews & Kurth
• Partner at Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP
• Partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
• Partner at McKenna & Cuneo
• Attorney at Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP

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Education

• Loyola Law School Los Angeles
• Arizona State University

Recommended

8 people have recommended Cynthia Marcotte

Connections

248 connections

Industry

Law Practice

Websites

• My Website
• My Company

Cynthia Marcotte Stamer’s Summary

Helps organizations and leaders manage people and processes to achieve their business and operational objectives and manage legal and other risks.

Applies in-depth of human resources, insurance, employee benefits, health care, corporate compliance and other legal matters to assist clients to formulate pragmatic operational and risk management strategies taking into account the financial, operational, political, legal and other realities.

Board certified in labor and employment law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

Helps organizations establish and administer effective corporate ethics and compliance, internal controls, external controls, human resources, employee benefits, outsourcing, isnrasnce and other management strategies.

Regularly provides training, counseling, representation to entrepreneurs and established businesses and their founders, officers, and directors on operational and risk management issues including the establishment and administration of effective internal controls and corporate governance, including design and administration of up-the-ladder corporate compliance and risk management strategies under Sarbanes-Oxley and other laws.

Nationally recognized for work, training and publications foremployee benefit plan sponsors, fiduciaries, vendors, and others to design, document, administer and defend cost-effective and legally compliant employee benefit programs that manage legal risks and achieve business objectives.

Her insights quoted in the Wall Street Journal, the BNA Pension and Benefits Reporter, the Dallas Business Journal, the Houston Business Journal, Modern Health Care, Managed Healthcare Executive, Health Leaders, Caring for The Elderly Magazine, For The Record, the Dallas Morning News, Spencer Publications and others.

Ms. Stamer also serves in numerous professional and civil leadership roles, is a popular speaker, and is the author of hundreds of publications.

Cynthia Marcotte Stamer’s Specialties:

Solutions lawyer board certified in labor and employment law helping public and private technology, health care, insurance and other organizations use internal controls,risk management, human resources, contracting, insurance and other strateiges to manage and mitigate legal liabilities and promote business effectiveness.

Cynthia Marcotte Stamer’s Experience

• Partner

  Curran Tomko Tarski LLP

  (Law Practice industry)

  March 2009 — Present (9 months)

  A Solutions Lawyer Board certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Cynthia Marcotte Stamer helps businesses and their leaders promote business effectiveness by managing people, process and legal risk. She combinesher in-depth knowledge of human resources, insurance, employee benefits, health care, corporate compliance and other legal matters to assist health care, technology, and other business clients to formulate pragmatic operational and risk management strategies. As a core component of this work, Ms. Stamer helps organizations establish and administer effective human resources, employee benefits, corporate ethics and compliance, internal controls, external controls, outsourcing, insurance and other management strategies. She also is nationally recognized for work and experience with the design, administration and defense of health, retirement and other compensation and employee benefit programs. A widely published author and popular speaker, Ms. Stamer also regularly provides training, counseling, representation to business and governmental leaders on many matters. To learn more about her experience, publications and programs, see www.CynthiaStamer.com.

• President/CEO

  Cynthia Marcotte Stamer, P.C., A Member of Glast, Phillips & Murray, P.C.

  (Law Practice industry)

  April 2005 — March 2009 (4 years )

  Board Certified Labor & Employment Lawyer helping health care, employee benefits, insurance, technology and other businesses manage people, processes, risk and compliance and develop insurance, health care, human resources, employee benefit and compensation, and insurance solutions.

• Chair, Managed Care & Insurance Interest Group

  American Bar Association Health Law Section

  (Law Practice industry)

  2006 — 2008 (2 years )

• Member

  Glast, Phillips & Murray, P.C.

  (Law Practice industry)

  April 2005 — 2008 (3 years )

• Board Member and Board Compliance Committee Chair

  National Kidney Foundation of North Texas

  (Law Practice industry)

  2002 — 2008 (6 years )

• Partner

  Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Law Practice industry)

  October 2003 — February 2005 (1 year 5 months)

  Board Certfied Labor and Employment Lawyer practicing in the employment, health care and employee benefits practice groups. Extensive work with health industry, technology, bankruptcy, insurance, and employe benefit clients to manage regulatory and other risks, reengineer and restructure businesses, design and administer health, retirement, executive compensation and other employee benefit and insurance programs and employment, corporate ethics, compliance and other processes and policies.

• Partner

  Andrews & Kurth

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Law Practice industry)

  2001 — 2003 (2 years )

  Board Certfied Labor and Employment Lawyer practicing in the employment, health care and employee benefits practice groups. Extensive work with health industry, technology, bankruptcy, insurance, and employe benefit clients to manage regulatory and other risks, reengineer and restructure businesses, design and administer health, retirement, executive compensation and other employee benefit and insurance programs and employment, corporate ethics, compliance and other processes and policies.

• Partner

  Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP

  (Partnership; 501-1000 employees; Law Practice industry)

  1997 — 2001 (4 years )

  Board Certified Labor and Employment Lawyer practicing in employment, employee benefits and health care practices. Practice emphasized design and administration of health and insurance benefit programs and other employee benefit plans, served as a primary outside operations counsel for large national hospital corporation, various other hospitals and managed care organizations and other health care providers about peer review, regulatory compliance, employment, and other health care and operations matters. Advice and representation of technology, insurance, consulting, manufacturing, international and wide range of other businesses on employment and employee benefit matters including significant experience with restructuring, mergers & acquisitions, reengineering and other operational issues.

• Partner

  Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

  (Partnership; 1001-5000 employees; Law Practice industry)

  1994 — 1997 (3 years )

  Board Certified Labor and Employment Attorney practicing in employment, employee benefits and health care practice groups. Primary advisor to Government of Bolivia on its pension privatization project and various other employment, employee benefits and health care related policy work domestically and internationally. Advice and representation of domestic and international public and private technology, health care, insurance, manufacturing, hospitality and other employers, debtors, bankruptcy trustees, creditors, and others about workforce reenginerring, employment liability management, employee benefits, insurance, corporate compliance and other aspects of managing people and processes.

• Partner

  McKenna & Cuneo

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Law Practice industry)

  1993 — 1994 (1 year )

  Partner practicing in employment, employee benefits and health care practices. Advice and representation of wide range of businesses nationally and internationally about employment and employee benefit matters including compliance, dispute resolution, health and retirement plans, executive compensation. Also advised and represented hospitals, health care providers, health insurers, third party administrators and others on managed care, insurance, and health care regulatory and operational matters. Designed, drafted and advised and defended employee benefit plan fiduciaries, sponsors and administrators. Conducted training for businesses on employment and other risk management matters.

• Attorney

  Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP

  (Partnership; 201-500 employees; Law Practice industry)

  1988 — 1993 (5 years )

  Attorney practing employee benefits, employment and health law. Leading role in the development and administration of health and welfare plan practice. Advised employers, fiduciaries, administrative services providers, and insurers on the design, administration, documentation, interpretation and defense of health, severance, disability, nonsubscriber and other welfare benefit & pension plans, executive compensation, other compensation and benefit matters. Extensive experience representing and advising employers, bankruptcy trustees, debtors, creditors, and others about workforce management, reductions in force, compliance/,risk management, and other human resources & employee benefits issues. Also extensive representation of insurers, tpas, physicians, hospitals, and other health industry clients on peer review, licensing, product design, operations, and other related matters.

Cynthia Marcotte Stamer’s Education

• Loyola Law School Los Angeles

  J.D. , Law , August 1984 — May 1987

• Arizona State University

  B.S. , Political Science, Public Policy , 1983 — 1984

Additional Information

Cynthia Marcotte Stamer’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Company

Cynthia Marcotte Stamer’s Interests:

internal controls, risk management, public affairs, process improvement, sports, baseball, leadership development, health care advocacy, education advocacy, teaching

Cynthia Marcotte Stamer’s Groups:

American Bar Association; U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce Bi-National Board; Natn't Kidney Foundation of North Texas Board; MDNews Legal Columnist; University of Dallas Graduate School Mgmt former professor; Society For Human Resources Management; Internal Revenue Service TE/GE Council; Texas Assoc. of Business; Alliance for Healthcare Excellence; Web Network of Benefit Professionals; Dallas World Affairs Council Former Board Member; Turnaround Management Association, American Health Lawyers Association, DFW Business Group on Health, Intntl. Foundation of Certified Employee Benefit Plan Specialists; Health Information Management Systems Society; Intntl. Pension and Employee Benefits Lawyers Assoc., Self Insurance Institute of America; Southwest Benefit Association, various others

•    SHRM Networking Group
•    Health Informatics Technology (HIT)
•    Consultants Network
•    Workout/Restructuring
•    Human Resource Management
•    H.R. Professionals
•    Human Resources Professionals Worldwide - www.HRProWorld.com
•    Global Insurance Professionals
•    Business Process Professionals
•    Marcotte Family
•    Pension and Employee Benefits Specialists
•    Open Compliance & Ethics Group (OCEG) GRC Professionals
•    Restructuring and Turnaround Management
•    International club of boutique law firms
•    Turnaround, Restructuring & Distressed Debt (OPEN TO ALL)
•    Health Plan Compliance Group
•    Business Improvement, Change Management & Turnaround
•    Managed Care Provider Contracting
•    Health Insurance
•    Benefits Forum & Expo 2009 Networking Group
•    Renaissance People
•    Worldwide Employee Benefits
•    CompliancEX
•    Dallas HR Manager / Generalist Professional Emphasis Group
•    ERISABoard
•    Greater Dallas Area Human Resources Professionals - HR
•    Risk, Regulation & Reporting
•    Life, Health and Disability Insurance Attorneys
•    Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors (AIRA)
•    Charles Krugel's Labor & Employment Law & Human Resources Practices Group
•    Risk & Insurance
•    Healthcare Pros
•    Distressed Asset Acquisition & Disposition Group
•    International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP)
•    IWIRC
•    Healthcare Executive Network Group
•    Benefits and Health & Welfare Professionals.
•    Jasper Booster Club
•    Executive Healthcare Network - DFW Chapter
•    DC Corporate 401k & Public 457
•    Coalition for Responsible Health Care Policy
•    H.R. Spotlight
•    Mens Basketball
•    Jasper Baseball
•    Title VII and Sexual Harassment Prevention Group
•    Self Insurance and Self Funding Magazine and Conference, Self Insured and Partial Self Funding

Cynthia Marcotte Stamer’s Honors:

International Who’s Who of Professionals; Admitted to Practice, State Bar of Arizona, State Bar of Texas, Tax Court, and various federal courts; Board Certified, Texas Board of Legal Specialization; Fellow, American Bar Foundation; Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation;
The Bureau of National Affairs Editorial Advisory Board; ABA RPPT Section Welfare Benefit Subcom.Chair, Health Law Section Managed Care & Insurance IG Vice Chair, and TIPS Worker's Comp Com. Vice Chair; U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce Bi-National Board; National Kidney Foundation of North Texas Board Compliance Committee Chair; former Society For Human Resources Management Consultant Forum Board Member; Texas Assoc. of Business former State Executive Committee, Regional and Dallas Chapter Chair; Alliance for Healthcare Excellence Patient Empowerment Board Founder/Past President; Web Network of Benefit Professionals National Whistle-stop Speaker/past National Board; author of hundreds of publications; popular lecturer.

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