Benjamin J. Fenton  Partner

Ben regularly advises physicians and healthcare professionals through the complex maze of California’s healthcare regulations, including Medicare and Medi-Cal compliance.  Ben’s representations include:

• Represented a pharmacist in a contractual dispute arising out of the sale of a pharmacy to a national corporation.
• Represented a physician employee in an employment dispute with the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center.
• Represented numerous physicians and other healthcare providers before various administrative boards in California, including the Medical Board of California, the Dental Board of California, the Physician Assistant Committee, and the Board of Registered Nursing.
• Represented a physician in an administrative hearing before the Department of Health Care Services regarding a large overpayment claim against the physician.  After discovery and negotiations, the overpayment claim was reduced to a nominal amount.
• Defended a physician against an action by Blue Shield of California to terminate the physician’s network participation.
• Defended a physician in an action for damages against a hospital in the High Desert.

• Thomson Reuters Southern California “Super Lawyers” (2015-Present)
• Thomson Reuters Southern California “Super Lawyers – Rising Stars” (2013-2014)
• “Best Lawyers in America” (2019-Present)
• Best Lawyers “Lawyer of the Year” for Litigation – Health Care (2024)
• Pasadena Magazine Top Attorney (2019)
• Los Angeles Daily Journal “2022 Top Verdicts” (Gareth K. Forde v. The Regents of the University of California)
  

• University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law (J.D.)
• University of California, Santa Cruz (A.B.)